Security

The Mobile Cloud

Submitted by Dave S. on Wed, 07/06/2011 - 09:14

As the consumerization of IT and a mobile workforce slowly start to make their way into the enterprise, companies need to start paying attention to how their employees are accessing internal information. They need to take a fresh look at the policies and solutions they have in place to safe guard their most vital and mission critical information.

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Symantec Endpoint Protection Support Tool: what is it and what can it do?

Submitted by Dennis L. on Fri, 07/01/2011 - 09:24

The Symantec Endpoint Protection Support Tool is a utility designed to quickly and efficiently diagnose common issues related to SEP and SEPM.  It will diagnose problems on the local computer that it is run on but can be run through a remote session.  The tool completes the data collection in less than 10 minutes.

What benefit do I get from running the tool?

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Proactive vs. Reactive Security

Submitted by John H. on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 15:40

The information technology revolution has changed the way business is transacted, governments operate, and national defense is conducted. Protection of these systems is essential and continuous efforts to protect them have resulted in exponential growth in reported security incidents. There are threats from hackers, spies, corporate raiders, terrorists, professional criminals, and vandals -- all of whom have a vested interest and well defined objectives for challenging the technology for financial and political gain, leading to damages to the enterprise infrastructure.

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Tablets in the Workplace

Submitted by Dave S. on Thu, 06/23/2011 - 09:36

Processor is doing a story on connecting tablets to the network. They are looking for written answers to these questions:

1. What should organizations consider when deciding whether or not to allow tablet computers on their network?

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New Symantec Service Announcement: Symantec Technical Assistance

Submitted by En Pointe on Thu, 06/02/2011 - 12:49

1-866-758-6176

The Symantec Technical Assistance Program enables En Pointe to deliver advanced technical assistance to customers with increasingly complex IT environments. As a trusted advocate with priority access to Symantec’s advanced-level technical assistance staff, En Pointe offers their customers dedicated SE’s and greater levels of technical assistance for the Backup Exec, Symantec Endpoint Security and Messaging and Web Security product families providing them with a broader range of real-time, value added services.

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Symantec’s SEP 12 is Now Available for Public Beta

Submitted by En Pointe on Wed, 05/18/2011 - 14:43

You can check it out at http://go.symantec.com/sep12beta

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What is Symantec Web Gateway MAA?

Submitted by John H. on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 11:23

A malicious activity assessment conducted with Symantec Web Gateway is a professional services engagement to assess the current threat level of an organization's network. Symantec Web Gateway is deployed to passively monitor network traffic from a customer’s production environment.

What does this mean for customer?

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Take Advantage of Symantec’s 3 for 2 Promotion May 2nd - July 4th 2011

Submitted by En Pointe on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 09:15

Many organizations operate without appropriate security measures in place for their desktops or laptops—even though the safety of their business information could depend upon it. For a limited time, customers who buy or renew a two-year maintenance license for any of the products listed below will get an additional year free.

Products eligible for the offer:

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Symantec Vision 2011 Las Vegas: Man on the Street, Pool of the Gods

Submitted by En Pointe on Wed, 05/11/2011 - 13:51

A great video from Symantec Vision 2011 in Las Vegas. Enjoy!

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Data Loss Prevention

Submitted by Dave S. on Tue, 04/12/2011 - 13:46

As regulations and corporate standards place increasing demands on IT to ensure safe data handling, deploying necessary protective solutions can seem daunting. Some data loss prevention (DLP) products require substantial effort to deploy and typically have large ongoing consulting costs. These products leave it up to IT to know about all the data that needs to be protected. Can IT be expected to know about all the data in the various departments of an organization and how it needs to be handled? Of course not.

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