McAfee Risk Advisor

McAfee Risk Advisor Overview:

McAfee Risk Advisor proactively combines threat, vulnerability, and countermeasure information to pinpoint assets that are truly at risk. It takes the guesswork out of when and where to focus your security efforts, saving you time and money.

Description:

When enterprises deploy security point products, they're often flying blind—not knowing whether they're spending too much or too little on security, or whether they're underprotected or overprotected. They struggle to balance business objectives and productivity with the right amount of security.

McAfee Risk Advisor takes the guesswork out of protecting critical assets by correlating threat feeds with vulnerability and countermeasure information to pinpoint critical assets that need immediate attention. Risk Advisor helps you determine what countermeasures you need, and when you need them. It enables businesses to defend themselves against the very real threats they face—from malicious hackers, to viral malware, and more.

Improved visibility into risk posture — Risk Advisor provides an “at-a-glance” view of the risks facing an enterprise and pinpoints areas that need attention. From Risk Advisor's global risk dashboards, you can quickly drill down to get granular details of a threat and how it relates to specific assets.

Consolidated threat feed viewer — Get updated information about new and current threats from millions of collection points, delivered by our renowned research organization, McAfee Labs. In addition to threat descriptions and analyses, the threat feed supplies recommended remediation, links to threat discussion groups and notices, various risk-scoring methods, a list of applications impacted, and insight into how threats affect regulatory mandates. Risk Advisor maps the threat feed to specific McAfee countermeasures that are deployed (or should be deployed) to ensure an optimized security posture. Ultimately, Risk Advisor provides a clear ROI, enabling you to focus your priorities.

Benefits and Features:

System Requirements:

Minimum system requirements

• McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 4.0 (Patch 3)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) or higher
• Microsoft SQL Server 2005 with SP1 or higher

Optional system requirements

• McAfee VirusScan Enterprise
• McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention
• McAfee Rogue System Detection
• McAfee Vulnerability Manager
• McAfee Network Security Platform
• McAfee Policy Auditor
• McAfee Application Control

Documentation:

Download the McAfee Risk Advisor Datasheet (PDF).