Athena NGFW (Next-Generation Firewall)

Athena NGFW (previously known as Network Secure) provides comprehensive protection for every network perimeter, ensuring the safety of your valuable assets, data, and users from emerging threats.
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Security Capability Update

{{ $t('productDocDetail.updateTime') }}: 2026-02-05

To update internal databases of the device before the authorization validity period, which cover Unknown Threat Intelligence, Sangfor Engine Zero File Verification Model, URL, Exploit Protection, Application Ident, WAF signature, Anti-Virus, and Vulnerability Analysis. The following table describes the rule databases.

Name

Note

Unknown Threat Intelligence

This database will update automatically after five minutes. You are not allowed to click Check for Updates.

Sangfor Engine Zero File Verification Model Database

This database can identify the most mainstream active viruses and detect unknown new viruses by analyzing and learning via virus signature identification.

URL Database

This database helps the device identify various websites and manage some of the URLs.

Exploit Protection Database

This database provides all attack features, including system vulnerabilities and app vulnerabilities to the intrusion prevention template.

Application Ident Database

This database provides a set of applications with different app signatures to the application control policy for calling.

WAF Signature Database

This database provides a set of Web application attack features to the web application protection template for calling.

Vulnerability Analysis Rule

This database analyzes traffic passing Athena NGFW and finds existing vulnerabilities.

Anti-Virus Database

This database is a rule set of botnet and virus files.

Table 23:Rule Databases

First, check the box in front of the sequence number. Click Enable or Disable to enable or disable the automatic update of internal databases. Click Refresh to view the real-time information of the versions of the internal databases.

Rule Database Update

If the Athena NGFW device cannot access the Internet, click Offline Update to update the rule database manually within the validity period of the update service.

If the Athena NGFW device is already networked, click Check for Updates to update the selected rule database within the validity period online.

Intelligence Source

This function is used to configure an intelligence source of the device and an update server to be connected. After the intelligence source is changed, a corresponding threat intelligence database will be downloaded.

Click Database Update Settings to go to the Database Update Settings dialog box. The intelligence sources include an intelligence database in China and a global intelligence database. You can select an update server based on actual WAN lines or select Auto so that the device can automatically detect an accessible update server.

Proxy Settings

When an HTTP proxy server exists in the network, configure it. Then the device is allowed to update the internal database by using the proxy server. When you use the proxy server to configure the update of the internal database, make sure that the device is in online status.

Click Proxy Settings to enter the Proxy Settings dialog box. Select Enable proxy server. Enter the IP Address and Port of the proxy server. Select Authentication required. Enter the Username and Password to be verified by the proxy server, as shown in the following figure.

Cloud-Based URL Category Detection

To check the categories of URL databases in the cloud if the categories cannot be searched in the local URL database.

Click Cloud-Based URL Category Detection to go to the Cloud-Based URL Category Detection dialog box. By default, this option is enabled.