Symantec Information Foundation protects against risks

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Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ:  SYMC) today announced  Symantec  Information  Foundation  2007,  a  new,  integrated information   security  and  archiving  suite  that  provides  a  common framework for consistently enforcing content control policies across the enterprise,  from  e-mail  gateway security to archiving.  With Symantec Information  Foundation,  IT  professionals can help proactively prevent the  risk  of  data  loss  and  policy  violations,  while  rapidly  and cost-effectively   responding   to  electronic  discovery  (E-Discovery) requests.

 

In  addition, Symantec also announced today the availability of the beta version  of  Symantec  Information  Foundation  Mail  Security  6.0  for Exchange,  a  key solution in the Symantec Information Foundation suite. Scheduled  to be generally available in March, the solution will provide market-leading  technologies  to  reduce  risks  to  information flowing internally  as  well  as  in  and  out  of  the enterprise via Microsoft Exchange servers, including Microsoft Exchange 2007.

 

"All  systems  that are used to exchange and store information within an organization   are  vulnerable  to  an  increasing  range  of  security, compliance,   and  legal  risks,"  said  Anand  Naik,  director,  system engineering, Symantec India and SAARC.  "Symantec Information Foundation helps  organizations  protect themselves against theses risks across the wide  range  of  e-mail,  instant  messaging,  Web  communications, file sharing, and other information systems within the enterprise."

 

Specifically,  Symantec  Information  Foundation  offers  the  following differentiating capabilities:

 

   · Consistent content controls with automatic classification and policy enforcement for effective risk management ? As information flows across the network gateway, internal servers, and enterprise archive, Symantec Information Foundation consistently captures, scans, and classifies content based on risk and business value.

   · Integrated incident management and remediation for ensuring risk management compliance ? As policy violations such as confidential information loss, customer data disclosure, and regulatory compliance breaches are detected, incidents are automatically created and escalated for review and action.

   · Centralized archiving, audit, and discovery ? Data flagged as suspicious or violating policy can be proactively retained as evidence for future discovery and investigation.

 

"Disjointed,  piece-part compliance solutions offer little extensibility and  suffer  from  high administrative overhead," according to Christian Christiansen, IDC VP of Security Product and Services. "With Information Foundation,  Symantec offers a compliance infrastructure that can handle future  regulatory  and  internal  compliance  demands.  Its integration provides   the  capability  to  reduce  IT  workloads,  simplify  policy administration, and improve audit execution."

 

Built   on   Symantec's  market-leading  antivirus,  anti-spam,  content filtering,  archiving,  retention,  E-Discovery,  and  policy management technologies,   Symantec   Information  Foundation  provides  integrated  protection  for  information  contained  in  enterprise  e-mail, instant messaging,   Web   communications,  portals,  file  sharing,  and  other enterprise  information  systems.   In  addition,  Symantec  Information Foundation  simplifies administration by consolidating a single platform from  a  single  vendor,  which enables IT organizations to reduce their ongoing management and maintenance costs while effectively managing risk through a common policy framework.

 

Symantec  Information  Foundation  includes the following market-leading technologies:  Symantec  Enterprise  Vault,  Symantec  Enterprise  Vault Discovery Accelerator, Symantec Enterprise Vault Compliance Accelerator, Symantec  Mail  Security  8300  Series,  Symantec  IM  Manager, Symantec Information   Foundation  Mail  Security  for  Exchange,  Symantec  Mail Security  for  Domino,  and Symantec Web Security for Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA).

 

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