Windows Firewall and IPsec

As the need for enterprises to share data within and outside their organizations increases, so does the need for greater security. Windows 7 provides strong, easy-to-configure security features. For example, Windows Firewall with the Advanced Security Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in combines inbound and outbound firewall port management with IPsec for authentication and/or encryption. This powerful layer of security can also be managed via Group Policy or command-line scripting to provide a simple way to deploy firewall filtering and traffic protection rules that can limit access by specific users, computers, or applications, providing the administrator with an extremely high level of control.