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What is VMware Carbon Black Cloud Host-Based Firewall

Summary: VMware Carbon Black Cloud Host-based Firewall is an add-on feature to the VMware Carbon Black Cloud software as a service (SaaS) solution.

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Instructions

This feature provides the ability to create rules that govern network behaviors of applications across endpoints in your environment.


Affected Products:

  • VMware Carbon Black Cloud Standard
  • VMware Carbon Black Cloud Advanced
  • VMware Carbon Black Cloud Enterprise

Affected Versions:

  • Windows Sensor 3.9 or higher

Affected Operating Systems:

  • Windows

Note: For more information about VMware Carbon Black Cloud versions, reference What are the Differences Between VMware Carbon Black Cloud Versions.

VMware Carbon Black Cloud Host-based Firewall provides the following centralized management features:

  • Consolidated view to manage firewall rules across assets through the Carbon Black Cloud console.
  • Association of ordered (ranked) rule groups to security policies; rule groups can be reused across security policies.
  • Rules are evaluated in order of user-defined precedence.
  • Ability to test rules before enforcement.
  • Count of behaviors blocked by Host-based Firewall policy.
  • Visibility into security posture of assets through the Alerts and Investigate pages in the Carbon Black Cloud console.
Note:

To contact support, reference Dell Data Security International Support Phone Numbers.
Go to TechDirect to generate a technical support request online.
For additional insights and resources, join the Dell Security Community Forum.

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Affected Product

VMware Carbon Black

Last Published Date

31 May 2023

Version

1

Article Type

How To