The Microsoft Forefront comprehensive line of business security products provides greater protection and control through integration with your existing IT infrastructure and through simplified deployment, management, and analysis. Forefront is a comprehensive solution that helps provide protection for the client operating system, application servers, and the network edge.

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Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server and Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint help businesses protect their Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 environments against viruses, worms, spam, and inappropriate content. These products integrate multiple antivirus scan engines from industry-leading security firms into a single solution, providing comprehensive protection for messaging and collaboration systems.

Microsoft Forefront Client Security is designed to help protect business desktops, laptops and server operating systems from viruses, spyware, Trojans and other current and emerging threats. Microsoft Forefront Client Security delivers critical visibility into threats and vulnerabilities through central management, and integrates with System Center solutions, Active Directory® directory services and other Microsoft technologies. Forefront Client Security had achieved West Coast Labs Checkmark certification, a leading global standard that certifies information security products to real-world standards.

The Forefront edge security and access products, Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 and Intelligent Application Gateway (IAG) 2007, provide enhanced network edge protection and application-centric, policy-based access to corporate IT infrastructure across the three primary usage scenarios listed below:

• Secure Remote Access
Optimized access for employees, partners, and customers from virtually any device or location 
• Branch Office Security
Enhanced connectivity and security for remote sites 
• Internet Access Protection
Increased resiliency for IT infrastructure from Internet-based threats 
 
For businesses of all sizes, ISA Server 2006 and IAG 2007 combine to serve IT needs for network separation and full control of inbound and outbound content and access, adding a broad range of edge security functionality to address emerging Internet threats.