
McAfee Email Gateway
Security Target
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1 Introduction
This section identifies the Security Target (ST), Target of Evaluation (TOE), ST organization, document
conventions, and terminology. It also includes an overview and description of the evaluated product.
1.1 Identification
1.1.1 TOE Identification
The TOE is the McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) software v7.0.1, running on appliance models 4000-B,
4500-B, 5000(B, C & C-2U), 5500(B & C), and the Content Security Blade Server.
1.1.2 ST Identification
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1.2 TOE Overview
MEG is a scalable hardware/software appliance that provides a comprehensive security solution for Email
services. Through a series of security scanning, alert and configured actions and detailed content filtering
options, the MEG appliance protects user and company IT resources from a variety of email threats.
Threats and resource liabilities such as Viruses, Potentially Unwanted Programs (including Spyware),
Spam and Phishing attempts are identified and systematically blocked from protected IT resources. In
addition, Compliance allows administrators to assure that inappropriate content or bandwidth usage is
actively thwarted, further protecting the business from unnecessary costs or litigation.
Various hardware scalability options are available to tailor the MEG software solution to throughput
requirements based on the size of the enterprise and number of users. The McAfee MEG Appliance
utilizes the same software suite regardless of hardware platform selected.
The McAfee MEG provides the following functionality:
• Anti-Virus
• Anti-Spam
• Compliance
• Quarantine Management
• Secure Web Delivery - push/pull message delivery
• Action and Remediation
• Security Management
• Identification and Authentication
• Audit and Alerts
• Cryptographic Operations
The first six of these are described below. The remaining items address the [NDPP] functionality and are
described in Section 1.8.
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