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.