Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) today announced
the availability of Symantec Client Security 3.1 and Symantec AntiVirus
Corporate Edition 10.1, offering enhanced real-time spyware prevention and
new enterprise-class reporting resources for comprehensive protection
against the increasing cybercrime threat. Symantec’s latest Internet
Security Threat Report ( http://www.symantec.com/threatreport.com ) indicates
continued cybercrime momentum, specifically finding that eighty percent of
the top 50 malicious code samples could reveal important confidential
information needed to facilitating criminal activity for financial gain.
To better protect against evolving spyware techniques, the new Symantec
solution offers constantly updated detection and removal capabilities via a
downloadable anti-spyware engine, helping to ensure that desktop clients
have the new software they need without requiring a full update.
Organizations can rapidly deploy immediate protection against changing and
complicated risks such as rootkits, randomized name risks, and persistent
risks that attempt to re-install themselves. Symantec AntiVirus
proactively blocks installation of software that creates a security risk,
stopping adware, spyware, and other malware. This prevents sophisticated
attacks from gaining any access onto a computer, reducing costly manual
clean-up. These added capabilities, coupled with Symantec’s ability to
deliver security updates automatically via LiveUpdate technology, make
Symantec AntiVirus the leading enterprise security solution on the market
today.
“The advanced virus protection and robust monitoring tools in the latest
versions of Symantec’s Client Security and AntiVirus solutions offer us the
scalability, control, and comfort we need to ensure our customers’
information and transactions are safe and secure,” said Larry
Hargrave, chief IT director at Hemenway Business Service, a business and
financial services firm based in Owosso, Michigan. “The best IT person is
one you never have to see, and the same goes for security solutions.
Symantec’s improved spyware detection, repair functionalities, and
reporting tools provide Hemenway with the resources we need to manage three
separate IT environments from a single location.”
Enterprise-Class Reporting and Risk Management
Symantec Client Security and Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition provide
enterprise-class reporting and monitoring of spyware and malicious code
attacks, including threat and risk reports on the most common infected
hosts or infection sites, scan reports to view scan specific statistics,
and status reports that highlight the version, definition, and status of
servers and workstations. Administrators can set email alerts for virus
outbreaks and new virus events. The alerts provide a hyperlink for
immediate access to detailed reports for event troubleshooting down to
specific servers or client groups.
“Attackers used to be motivated by fame and notoriety, but today’s
attackers are more covert, forcing organizations to deal with the added
challenge of detecting stealthy attacks designed to quietly steal critical
information,” said Brian Foster, senior director of product management for
Symantec Endpoint Security. “Symantec’s enhanced detection capabilities
and reporting tools are vital in this changing threat landscape, helping
organizations better understand and isolate malicious code and spyware
activities to help prevent a potential security breach.”
For added insight about the full impact of spyware to an organization,
Symantec now offers a Risk Impact Matrix that provides end-users and
administrators a clear view into the impact that a security risk will have
on a computer. Leveraging Symantec’s Response group and their analysis of
risk profiles, these impact ratings highlight privacy impact, performance
impact, stealth rating, removal rating, dependent programs, and an overall
rating. Administrators can also add a risk exclusion to better customize
and make informed risk decisions to increase protection against cybercrime
activities, reduce potential exposure of sensitive customer information,
and help preserve the performance of system assets.
Specific to Symantec Client Security, Symantec also offers a new client
configuration feature to manage and help ensure that clients are properly
configured. The console allows administrators to turn on and configure
client compliance features, reset configurations, and periodically check
that systems are adhering to administration policy. This helps to mitigate
for undue security risk that could be introduced by an individual modifying
the security settings for their system.
Availability
Symantec Client Security 3.1 and Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 10.1
are available now through Symantec’s worldwide network of value-added
resellers, distributors, and systems integrators. Organizations seeking a
reseller or distributor should contact Symantec at
http://enterprisesecurity.symantec.com .
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