Objects > Security Profiles

Security profiles provide threat protection in Security Policy. Each Security policy rule can include one or more Security Profiles. The following are available profile types:

•	Antivirus profiles to protect against worms, viruses, and trojans and to block spyware downloads. See Objects > Security Profiles > Antivirus.

•	Anti-Spyware profiles to block attempts from spyware on compromised hosts trying to phone-home or beacon out to external command-and-control (C2) servers. See Objects > Security Profiles > Anti-Spyware Profile.

•	Vulnerability protection profiles to stop attempts to exploit system flaws or gain unauthorized access to systems. See Objects > Security Profiles > Vulnerability Protection.

•	URL filtering profiles to restrict users access to specific websites and/or website categories, such as shopping or gambling. See Objects > Security Profiles > URL Filtering.

•	File blocking profiles to block selected file types, and in the specified session flow direction (inbound/outbound/both). See Objects > Security Profiles > File Blocking.

•	WildFire™ analysis profiles to specify for file analysis to be performed locally on the WildFire appliance or in the WildFire cloud. See Objects > Security Profiles > WildFire Analysis.

•	Data filtering profiles that help prevent sensitive information such as credit card or social security numbers from leaving a protected network. See Objects > Security Profiles > Data Filtering.

•	DoS Protection profiles are used with DoS Protection policy rules to protect the firewall from high-volume single-session and multiple-session attacks. See Objects > Security Profiles > DoS Protection.

•	Mobile Network Protection profiles enable the firewall to inspect, validate and filter GTP traffic.

In additional to individual profiles, you can combine profiles that are often applied together, and create Security Profile groups (Objects > Security Profile Groups).

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