The McAfee® Web Gateway Administration course from Education Services provides an in-depth introduction to the tasks crucial to setting up and administering McAfee Web Gateway effectively. The course combines lectures and practical lab exercises, with significant time allocated for hands-on interaction with the McAfee Web Gateway user interface. It provides detailed instructions for the integration of this product.

• Identify the purpose of the solution, as well as its key features.
• Plan the deployment.
• Install and configure solution components.
• Configure rules, rule sets, lists, and related component to meet customer security, performance, and usage requirements.
• Implement controls for administrator access.
• Monitor solution’s operation and performance.
• Gather information about the solution and generate reports for more detailed analysis.

Module 1—Welcome

• About the Course
• Acronyms and Terms
• About You
• Intel Security Community

Module 2—Solution Overview

• Challenges of Effective Web Security
• Solution Overview
• Key Features
• New/Enhanced Features for This Release
• Flexible and Scalable Deployments
• Access Controls
• Management Interface
• Central Management
• Integration

Module 3—Planning

• Planning Overview
• Business Requirements
• Appliance Types
• Physical Appliance Requirements
• McAfee Web Gateway Operating System
• Supported Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Cards
• Virtual Appliance Requirements
• McAfee Blade Server System Requirements
• Client Requirements
• Supported Browsers
• Open Port Requirements
• Web Security Licenses
• Proxy Design
• Explicit/Transparent Proxies: Overview
• Explicit/Transparent Proxies: Comparison
• Proxy High Availability (HA)
• Reverse HTTPS Proxy
• Comparing ICAP and Reverse HTTPS Proxy
• Deployment Plan
• Change Control

Module 4—Installation

• Installation Overview
• Requirements
• Downloading Appliance Software
• Using Online Tools
• Installing Software on Physical Appliances
• Installing Software on Virtual Appliances
• Setting up Virtual Appliance with Hyper-V
• Initial Configuration Settings
• Implementing Default Settings
• Implementing Custom Settings: DHCP Not Used
• Implementing Custom Settings: DHCP Used
• Downloading McAfee Web Gateway UI Webstart
• Completing the Setup
• Logging into the User Interface
• Verifying User Interface Is Accessible
• Navigating McAfee Web Gateway Interface

Module 5—System Configuration

• Configuration Overview
• McAfee Web Gateway License Administration
• Obtaining McAfee Web Gateway Updates
• Downloading Update Package Manually
• Uploading Update Package Manually
• Configuring Automatic Updates
• Triggering Automatic Updates
• Reviewing Update Information on Dashboard
• Reviewing Update Logs
• Network Settings Overview
• Review: Gateway Versus Proxy Serve
• Review: Transparent Gateway
• Review: Proxy Server
• Viewing Proxy Configuration
• Supported Network Modes
• Supported Data Transfer Technologies
• Proxy (optional WCCP)
• HTTP Proxy Settings
• Web Cache Settings
• Domain Name System (DNS) Settings
• Other Proxy Settings
• Configuring Network Interfaces
• Configuring Domain Name Service
• Configuring Network Protection
• Configuring Static Routes
• Configuring Port Forwarding
• Configuring Date and Time
• Log File Manager Overview
• Enabling and Configuring Audit Log Settings

Module 6—Policy Overview

• Review: Web Page Components
• Review: Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
• Policy Overview
• Policy Page Overview
• Policy Page Overview: Rule Sets Tab Views
• Policy Page Overview: Lists Tab
• Policy Page Overview: Settings Tab
• Policy Page Overview: Templates Tab
• How Rules and Rule Sets Work
• Inside a Rule Set
• Rule Elements: Criteria
• Operators
• Rule Elements: Actions
• Rule Elements: Event
• Rule Cycles
• Rule Processing
• Nested Rule Sets
• How Lists and Rules Interwork
• Permissions
• Best Practices

Module 7—Rule, Rule Set, and List Configuration

• Review: Filtering Traffic
• Review: Transactions (Request- Response)
• Review: Cycles
• Review: How Rules Work
• Default Rule Sets with Preconfigured Rules
• Rule Design Overview
• Example Rule Construction
• Deleting Default Policies
• Adding Top Level Rule Set
• Adding IP Blacklist Rule
• Adding IP Whitelist Rule
• Adding Block All Rule
• Review: Lists
• Example: List Management
• Editing IP Blacklist
• Editing IP Whitelist Tag Catalog

Module 8—McAfee Global Threat Intelligence (McAfee GTI) and URL Filtering

• URL Filtering Overview
• McAfee GTI Overview
• Some Ways McAfee Web Gateway Uses McAfee GTI
• Gateway Anti-Malware Engine Overview
• Configuring Gateway Anti-Malware Engine
• URL Filter Engine Overview
• Configuring Default URL Filter Engine
• Configuring Dynamic Content Classifier (DCC)
• Rule Construction
• Default URL Filter Rule Sets and Rules
• Default URL Filtering by Category Rule Set
• Default Web Category Filtering Rules
• Default Geolocation Rule Set
• Default Dynamic Content Classification (DCC) Rules
• Use Cases

Module 9: Media Type Filtering

• Media Type Filtering Overview
• Some Ways McAfee Web Gateway Controls Media Access
• Rule Construction
• Rule Construction: Media Type Criteria
• Rule Construction: Media Type Lists
• Default Enable Opener Rule
• Default Media Type Filtering Rule Set
• McAfee Data Loss Prevention (McAfee DLP) Overview
• Adding McAfee DLP Classifications
• Adding McAfee DLP Dictionary Entries
• Default McAfee DLP Rule Sets and Rules
• Use Cases

Module 10—Malware Filtering

• Malware Filtering Overview
• Anti-Malware Scanning Engines and Behavior
• Configuring Mobile Code Behavior
• Configuring Advanced Settings
• Configuring Gateway Anti-Malware Settings
• Configuring Advanced Settings for Avira
• Configuring Custom Gateway Anti-Malware Engine
• Rule Construction Overview
• Default URL Filter Rule Sets and Rules
• Default Gateway Anti-Malware Rules
• McAfee Advanced Threat Defense— Handle Offline Scan Rules
• McAfee Advanced Threat Defense—Initial Offline Scan Rules
• McAfee Advanced Threat Defense Rules
• Use Cases

Module 11: Authentication and Account Management

• Authentication Overview
• Authentication Types
• Authentication Engines
• Configuring Authentication Method
• Joining Appliance to Windows Domain
• Rule Construction
• Default Authentication Rule Sets
• Transparent Authentication with Cookies
• Default Authentication Rule Sets
• Administrator Management Overview
• Default Administrator Roles
• Adding a Role
• Adding an Administrator Account
• Configuring External Account Management
• Use Cases

Module 12: Secure Socket Layer Scanning

• SSL Overview
• SSL Scanning Engines
• Viewing Default Certificate Authority
• Generating Certificate
• Exporting Certificate
• Importing Certificate: Internet Explorer
• Importing Certificate: Firefox
• Configuring Default Certificate Verification
• Configuring SSL Inspection
• Configuring SSL Client Certificate Handling
• Configuring SSL Client Context without CA
• Rule Construction
• Default SSL Scanner Rule Sets
• Default Restrict CONNECT Rule Sets
• Configuring SSL Scanner Rule Set
• Configuring Handle CONNECT Call Rule Set
• Configuring Certificate Verification Rule Set
• Configuring Verify Common Name (Proxy Setup) Rule Set
• Configuring Content Inspection Rule Set
• Use Cases

Module 13—Quota Management and Coaching

• Quota Management Overview
• Coaching Overview
• Configuring Quota System Settings
• Configuring Coaching Engine Settings
• Configuring Time Quota Engine Settings
• Configuring Volume Quota Engine Settings
• Configuring Authorized Override Engine Settings
• Configuring Blocking Session Engine Settings
• Rule Construction
• Importing Coaching Rule Sets
• Default Coaching/Quota Rule Sets
• Other Default Rule Sets
• Configuring Coaching Rule Set
• Defining Coaching Criteria: Redirection
• Defining Coaching Criteria: Block
• Adding URLs to Coaching Rule Set
• Configuring Time Quota Rule Set
• Configuring Volume Quota Rule Set
• Other Rule Set Types
• Authorized Override Rule Set
• Blocking Sessions Rule Set
• Welcome Page Rule Sets
• Use Cases

Module 14—Web Caching, Next Hop Proxies, Progress Pages, and Block Pages

• Web Caching Overview
• Enabling Cache Option
• Web Cache Rule Construction
• Configuring Read from Cache Rule Set
• Default Write to Cache Rule Set
• Next Hop Proxies Overview
• Next Hop Proxy Rule Construction
• Progress Indication Overview
• Default Progress Indication Rule Sets
• Default Enable Progress Page Rule
• Default Enable Data Trickling Rule
• Block Pages Overview
• Basic Components
• Creating a Custom Block Page
• Modifying Custom Block Page
• Creating Block Action
• Configuring Action in Rule
• Exporting Templates to Archive
• Importing Template Archive

Module 15—Cloud Storage Encryption and Decryption

• Solution Overview
• Importing Cloud Storage Encryption Rule Set
• Configuring Cloud Storage Encryption Engines
• Ensuring Secure Communications
• Manually Decrypting Data
• Encrypting Data Multiple Times

Module 16: Logging

• Logging Overview
• System Log Files
• Viewing System Log Files
• User-Defined Log Files
• Log File Settings
• Log File Manager Settings: System Log Files
• File System Logging Settings: User- Defined Log Files
• Rule-Based Logging Overview
• Rule Construction
• Configuring File System Logging Settings
• Adding Custom Log Handler (Optional)
• Defining User-Defined Properties
• Using the File Editor
• Use Cases

Module 17: Dashboards and Monitoring

• McAfee Web Gateway Dashboard Overview
• Alerts and Charts and Tables Tabs
• McAfee® ePolicy Orchestrator® (McAfee ePO™) Software Solution Overview
• Integration Workflow: McAfee Web Gateway Activities
• Configuring McAfee ePO in McAfee Web Gateway
• Configuring Common Catalog Role
• Configuring Administrator Account for McAfee ePO
• Enabling REST-Interfaces
• Adding Bypass Rule Set and Rule
• Integration Workflow: McAfee ePO Activities
• Installing McAfee Web Gateway Extension
• Registering McAfee Web Gateway with McAfee ePO
• McAfee Web Gateway Queries and Reports
• Working with Dashboards and Monitors
• Queries Overview
• McAfee Web Gateway Queries
• Creating Custom Queries and Reports
• Using the Common Catalog

Module 18—McAfee Content Security Reporter

• McAfee Content Security Reporter Overview
• Planning: Platform
• Planning: Database
• Planning: McAfee ePO
• Deployment Overview
• Downloading McAfee Content Security Reporter Software
• Installing McAfee Content Security Reporter Software
• Installing McAfee Content Security Reporter Extension in McAfee ePO
• Registering Report Server in McAfee ePO
• Adding Log Source in McAfee ePO
• Configuring Log Settings in McAfee Web Gateway
• Rotating and Pushing Log in McAfee Web Gateway
• Verifying Log Push in McAfee ePO
• Post Installation Activities
• Working with McAfee Content Security Reporter Dashboards in McAfee ePO
• Working with McAfee Content Security Reporter Queries and Reports in McAfee ePO
• Managing McAfee Content Security Reporter Permission Sets
• Maintaining McAfee Content Security Reporter

Module 19—Advanced Management

• Central Management Overview
• How It Works
• Configuring Central Management
• Working with Policies
• Configuring Updates
• Using Different Central Management Groups
• Single Network Group (Default)
• Multiple Network Groups
• Runtime Groups
• Update Groups
• Proxy High Availability Overview
• Configuring Proxy High Availability
• REST Interface Overview
• Types of Scripts
• Preparing Use of REST Interface
• Enabling Use of REST Interface
• Adding Custom Role and Account for REST Access

Module 20—Basic Troubleshooting

• Troubleshooting Overview
• Common Problem Areas
• Performing a Backup and Restore
• McAfee Web Gateway Troubleshooting Tools
• Creating a Feedback File
• Reviewing Log Files
• Running a Packet Tracing
• Using Rule Tracing Central
• Connection Tracing Overview
• Working with Rule Tracing Files
• Working with Core Files
• System and Network Tools Overview
• Using System Tools
• Using Network Tools
• Command Line Interface (CLI)

Module 21—Web Hybrid Solution

• Hybrid Solution Overview
• Configuring Web Hybrid Solution
• Web Hybrid Legacy Configuration
• Hybrid Lists
• Web Hybrid Policy Lists
• Web Hybrid Rules
• Authentication Considerations
• McAfee Client Proxy Solution Overview
• Deploying with McAfee ePO
• Deploying Outside of McAfee ePO
• McAfee Client Proxy Policies Overview
• Configuring Proxy Server List
• Defining Client Configuration
• Configuring Bypass List
• Configuring Block List
• Configuring Permission Sets

Module 22—McAfee Advanced Threat Defense Overview and Integration

• Malware Challenges
• McAfee Advanced Threat Defense Solution Overview
• Multilayer Defense
• Local Blacklist and Whitelist
• Static Code Unpacking
• Embedded Anti-Malware Engines
• McAfee GTI Integration
• Dynamic Analysis (Sandboxing)
• Integrated Advanced Threat Detection
• McAfee Advanced Threat Defense Basic Solution Components
• Physical Appliance Specifications
• Virtual Machine Requirements
• Supported File Types for Analysis
• Client Requirements
• Standalone Deployment
• Integrated Deployment
• McAfee Web Gateway Integration Overview
• Integration Workflow
• Configuring McAfee Web Gateway User Account in McAfee Advanced Threat Defense
• Configuring Settings for McAfee Advanced Threat Defense
• Configuring Rule Sets

• This course is intended for system and network administrators, security personnel, auditors, and/or consultants.

It is recommended that students have a working knowledge of Microsoft Windows administration, system administration concepts, a basic understanding of computer security concepts, and a general understanding of internet services.