Use the Dashboard page to view the status of the security license, enable or disable security services, and check for signature updates for all signature-based security services.
1. Click Security Services > Dashboard.
2. In the License Status area, the security license status is displayed. If the security license expires, go to the Device Management > License Management page to renew the license. See Installing or Renewing Security License, page 373.
3. In the Settings Summary area, you can perform the following tasks:
• To enable a security service, check the box in the Enable column. By default, only Network Reputation is enabled.
• To configure the settings for a security service, click Configure.
• To immediately check for new updates for security services, click Check for Updates Now.
– For signature-based security services such as Anti-Virus, Application Control, and IPS, clicking this button will check for signature updates from Cisco’s signature server. Anti-Virus and IPS use different signature database but IPS and Application Control use the same signature database. This operation will check for signature updates for all of them at a time. If a newer signature file than your current one is available on the server, the new signature file will be downloaded to your device.
NOTE: A valid Cisco.com account is required to check for signature updates from Cisco’s signature server. Go to the Device Management > Cisco.com Account page to configure your Cisco.com account credentials on the security appliance. See Configuring Cisco.com Account, page 356.
– For reputation-based security services such as Spam Filter, Web URL Filtering, Web Reputation Filtering, and Network Reputation, clicking this button will only check for new updates for Network Reputation. This operation will not check for new updates for Spam Filter, Web URL Filtering, and Web Reputation Filtering.
The date and time of your last check are displayed in the Last Check column. When a signature file is updated successfully, the date and time of the last successful update are displayed in the Last Update column.
• Spam Filter, Web URL Filtering, Web Reputation Filtering, and Network Reputation obtain the security data from the SecApps servers and determine which traffic is allowed or blocked. The Server Status column displays the status of SecApps servers. Make sure that the SecApps servers are online after you enable these security services; otherwise they will not be available.
4. In the External Web Proxy Settings area, specify an external web proxy used to redirect HTTP traffic if needed:
• External Web Proxy: Click On to support such as Scansafe and third party outbound web proxies, or click Off to disable it.
NOTE: When the external web proxy feature is enabled, the Firewall, QoS, Web URL Filtering, and Web Reputation Filtering settings will not work or be skipped for HTTP traffic.
• Redirected Web Proxy IP Address: Enter the IP address of the external web proxy used to redirect HTTP traffic.
• Redirected HTTP Ports: Specify the proxy ports. To add an entry, click Add. To edit an entry, click the Edit (pencil) icon. To delete an entry, click the Delete (x) icon.