Microsoft Forefront

Microsoft Forefront delivers end-to-end security and access to information through an integrated line of protection, access and identity management products.

Forefront Security products deliver protection, access, and management solutions, built around user identity and integrated with a highly secure, interoperable platform.
Microsoft is working to achieve the goal of business ready security based on 3 fundamental tenets:
Integrate and Extend Across the Enterprise

· Deeply integrates with the identity infrastructure and across the stack

· Support for heterogeneous environments

· On-premises and hosted solutions for seamless connectivity

· Open standards and protocols based identity and security platform
Help Protect Everywhere, Access Anywhere

· Defense in depth across multiple layers to help protect across endpoints, servers, and network · Secure identity-based access products help connect the mobile workforce virtually anywhere

· Identity-aware protection help organizations secure information and enable policy-based access
Simplify the Experience, Manage Compliance

· Enable centralized management of the environment and gain critical visibility into the state of the infrastructure

· Help improve security and compliance through identity tracking and enforcement throughout the enterprise

· Provide policy management features and reporting to enable auditing and compliance