The newest selling point to and most unique feature of the LiveSecurity System is the LiveSecurity Broadcast software. This information is created by the Rapid Response Team and includes a threat response, software updates, information alerts, and other information. This information is also sent encrypted to your firewalls and management stations and relies on digital certificates to ensure the authenticity of the sender and information. In addition to automatically deploying the latest security information and patches, the LiveSecurity System also offers a nice monitoring and notification tool. If a user attempts to bypass the firewall, an alert is generated and automatically sent to the administrator via an e-mail message.
Administrators can also view activity reports to see what users are accessing and when.
Particularly handy is the bandwidth meter, which offers a real-time view of the amount of traffic traveling through the Firebox device. All of the management and monitoring features run on a centralized Windows-based PC that can watch multiple remote Firebox IIs. Other features of the LiveSecurity System include the WebBlocker content-filtering system. This software runs on the firewall and allows the administrator to define which sites a user can access. For example, we used WebBlocker to deny access to several pornographic and hate sites.