MS forefront comparison to MS ISA for App layer defense

MS forefront comparison to MS ISA for App layer defense

Microsoft Forefront is a business security software created by Microsoft. It is a family or group of business security applications that are designed to protect a business or organization’s network servers, and or computer networks like for example the Microsoft SharePoint Server, the Microsoft Exchange Server, and other individual devices as well. Microsoft Forefront, as a group, is composed of several other products and they are:

For protection and access:

• Forefront Endpoint Protection
• Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server
• Forefront Security for Office Communications Server
• Forefront Online Protection for Exchange
• Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint
• Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010
• Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010

For management:

• Forefront Server Security Management Console
• Forefront Identity Manager 2010

For platform:

• Active Directory Federation Services
• Active Directory Certificate Services
• Active Directory Rights Management Services
• Active Directory Domain Services
• Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services

The Microsoft ISA Server is also known as Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server and is included in the Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010. This is also another product under Microsoft Forefront.

For more information about Microsoft ISA Server or to know the system requirements on Microsoft ISA Server 2006, You may visit TechNet – Microsoft® Forefront | Products | Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server.