The job of your Securepoint Personal Firewall is to protect your PC from unwelcome access from the outside and
to protect your personal data thereby. Protecting the PC from attacks from the internet is the most important
field of application today. The Securepoint Personal Firewall represents the intersection between your local PC
and the internet. It also supervises all transfer of data. The Securepoint Personal Firewall automatically hides
your PC in the internet. That means it makes the PC invisible for possible attackers and catches suspicious
connections. Unnoticed passing-on of personal data will become impossible.
Basics concerning the security strategy of the Securepoint Personal Firewall
The basic security strategy for you consists of several elements and can be formulated by the following
statements:
• Without permission, everything is forbidden
The basic setting of the Securepoint Personal Firewall only allows those applications whose
communications were explicitly permitted.
• Minimal rights of access
Each program on your PC should only own those right of access which it actually needs. The Securepoint
Personal Firewall supports you in this and recognises automatically which programs are tending to
communicate with the exterior. You will be asked if you want to allow this program to communicate or if
you refuse to give your allowance. Thereby, the working surface which could possibly be attacked is
essentially reduced.
• Easy control and overview
An easy control and overview allows you to concentrate on fundamental settings.
• Lines of defence in several layers
Do not rely on a single system of defence. In any case, use other security systems such as virus scanners
in addition to the Securepoint Personal Firewall. Since the Securepoint Personal Firewall is compatible with
virus scanners, e.g. of AntiVir, you can additionally operate with a virus scanner.
Including IPSec based VPN Client.