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Offering protection from malware and other Web-borne threats without any on-premise requirements, McAfee has introduced McAfee (News - Alert) Web Protection Service. According to the company, McAfee Web Protection Service is the industry’s first software-as-a-service (SaaS) Web security solution to provide such functionality.

 

Earlier, companies required to deploy on premise applications or gateway appliances to achieve a truly comprehensive level of security. This resulted in increased costs and lots of maintenance headaches for the company.

 

The McAfee Web Protection Service claims to eliminate these requirements as it is based on McAfee’s award winning McAfee Web Gateway (News - Alert) technology (formerly known as Webwasher). The McAfee Web Gateway technology addresses all of the key business issues such as security, organizational compliance, and policy control.

 

“Increasingly, our clients are looking to us to provide them with a variety of delivery options for receiving best-of-breed Web security,” said Marc Olesen, SVP and General Manager, McAfee Software-as-a-Service. “The McAfee Web Protection Service incorporates all of the knowledge and experience we’ve gathered through years of proven Web security and anti-malware protection. We are leveraging our best-in-class threat intelligence delivered from the cloud”

 

McAfee Web Protection Service includes benefits such as reputation-based filtering; anti-malware protection; remote offices and user support; transparent user authentication; flexible policy manager; and informative reports and dashboards.

 

Cloud computing services usually provide common business applications online that are accessed from a Web browser, while the software and data are stored on the servers. The concept incorporates infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS) and software as a service (SaaS (News - Alert)) as well as Web 2.0 and other recent technology trends

 

Recently, McAfee released a new line of UTM Firewalls specifically designed for Small and Medium sized Businesses (SMB). These products are available in seven different models for SMBs with features like intrusion prevention, network firewall protection, and VPN services. The McAfee UTM Firewalls, formerly referred to as SnapGear, are multifunctional network security appliances that every small and medium sized business needs.