New product range

Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition v12.0
Symantec Protection Suite Small Business Edition v3.0
Symantec™ Protection Suite Enterprise Edition v3.0
Symantec™ Endpoint Protection Mobile Edition
Symantec™ Network Access Control Mobile Edition 6.0
What’s new? - Symantec™ Endpoint Encryption – Full Disk Edition 8.0
What’s new? - Symantec™ Endpoint Encryption – Removable Storage Edition 8.0
What's new? - Symantec™ Endpoint Encryption Device Control

Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition v12.0
Increase your small business revenue opportunities with Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition. This easy-to-use security software provides comprehensive protection designed for your smaller customers while optimising their system performance and resource use.

What’s new:

Seamlessly integrates industry-leading protection technologies (antivirus, antispyware, desktop firewall, and intrusion prevention in a single agent for proactive, comprehensive protection against known and unknown threats.
Comes with Symantec-recommended security defaults so no additional configurations are needed and minimal training is required for easy deployment.
Built-in tools such as the Client Installation wizard simplify deployment of client software and eliminate the need for installation and deployment training.
Provides licensing support to keep track of maintenance and the number of licenses purchased.
Ability to configure Symantec Protection Center to send license notification to Partners.

Key Features:

Provides award-winning integrated technologies and unmatched protection from the market-leading endpoint security vendor.
Comes with pre-configured settings, streamlined user interface and built-in tools tailored for the small business environment.
20-minute installation and superior performance.

Upgrade Information:

Free of charge: Symantec AntiVirus™ Starter Edition 10.2 with valid maintenance
Cross-grade: Existing Symantec AntiVirus™ Corporate Edition and Symantec™ Endpoint Protection customers may use a cross-grade sku to migrate to Symantec™ Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition 12.0.

Symantec Protection Suite Small Business Edition v3.0
Symantec Protection Suite Small Business Edition is a new, easy to sell and deploy “all-in-one” suite that solves your small business customer’s needs for endpoint protection, messaging security and backup/recovery, giving you a competitive advantage and fresh revenue opportunities.

This suite includes:

Symantec™ Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition 12.0
Symantec AntiVirus™ for Macintosh® 10.2x
Symantec™ Mail Security for Microsoft® Exchange 6.0x with Premium AntiSpam
Symantec™ Backup Exec System Recovery Desktop Edition 8.5.

What’s New: Endpoint Security Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition

Protects against more threats by integrating industry-leading protection technologies such as antivirus, antispyware, desktop firewall, and intrusion prevention technologies to offer multi-layered security
Saves you time and money with a 20-minute deployment and helps simplify the install process with self-guiding wizards for easy setup and configuration
Minimises performance impact with superior boot-time and low overhead when it comes to every day interaction with files and applications.
Provides operational efficiencies by delivering a single integrated interface for managing all Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition technologies.

Messaging Security AntiSpam and Messaging Security for Microsoft® Exchange

Protects Microsoft Exchange Server from spam and phishing threats with industry-leading antispam technology that catches more than 97% of spam with less than one in a million false positives.
Defends against new and known viruses with timely and automatic updates to ensure protection against emerging threats.
Ensures compliance with integrated content filtering for policy enforcement, blocking inappropriate content and restricting confidential information from being sent.
Provides centralised management and consolidated reports and requires minimal on-going administration after initial setup.

Backup and Recovery Full System and Data Recovery

Ensures that your business assets are protected against new threats through automated, event-driven backups
Easily restore entire computer systems back to an exact point-in-time, even to dissimilar hardware, without the need for manual and lengthy error prone processes
Minimise downtime and gets your computer systems back up and running in minutes, not hours or days.

Key Features:

Proactive technologies provide end to end protection against unknown threats for laptops, desktops and messaging servers
Recover critical data in seconds or entire computer systems in minutes, even to different computer systems or virtual environments.
Easy management and optimised resources help simplify implementation and quickly deploy with minimal disruption to your environment.
Identify and control the flow of sensitive information via email so that your business reputation is protected.

Upgrade Information:

Cross-grade: This is a new suite offering. Existing Symantec™ Multi-tier Protection Small Business Edition 11.0.2 and Symantec™ Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition 11.0 customers may use a cross-grade sku to migrate to Symantec™ Protection Suite Small Business Edition.

Symantec™ Protection Suite Enterprise Edition v3.0

Symantec Protection Suite Enterprise Edition creates a protected endpoint and messaging environment that is secure against today’s complex malware, data loss and spam threats, and is quickly recoverable in the event of failure–controlling costs and managing risk.

This suite includes

Symantec™ Endpoint Protection 11.0
Symantec AntiVirus™ for Macintosh®
Symantec AntiVirus™ for Linux®
Symantec Mobile AntiVirus™ for Windows® Mobile
Symantec™ Mail Security (Microsoft® Exchange & Lotus Domino®)
Symantec™ Brightmail Gateway (includes DLP)
Symantec™ Network Access Control (Self Enforcement)
Symantec™ Backup Exec System Recovery Desktop Edition 8.

What’s new: Endpoint Security Endpoint Protection and Network Access Control

Integrated industry-leading protection technologies such as antivirus, antispyware, desktop firewall, intrusion prevention, and application and device control technologies offer multi-layered security
Gain operational efficiencies such as single software updates, single policy updates
Unified and central reporting
Unified licensing and maintenance
Integrated self-enforcement with Network Access Control
Lowers Total Cost of Ownership for endpoint security
Reduces administrative effort
Prevents malware from spreading or harming endpoints
Locks down endpoints to prevent data leakage and usage of rogue applications
Adapt to risks faster and take action within minutes with the Symantec Global Intelligence Network.

Antivirus for Linux®, Macintosh®, and Windows® Mobile

Comprehensive virus protection against malicious threats that target Windows Mobile operating systems, Linux and Macintosh systems.

Messaging Security

Antispam and Messaging Security for Microsoft® Exchange and Lotus Domino® servers
Protects Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Domino servers from spam and phishing threats with industry-leading antispam technology that catches more than 97% of spam with less than one in a million false positives.
Defends against new and known viruses with timely and automatic updates to ensure protection against emerging threats.
Ensures compliance with integrated content filtering for policy enforcement, blocking inappropriate content and restricting confidential information from being sent.
Provides centralised management and consolidated reports and requires only minimal on-going administration after initial setup.

Antispam and Messaging Security at the Gateway

Gateway solution that protects against inbound and outbound email and instant messaging (IM)-borne threats, enabling organisations to secure vulnerable messaging systems.
Advanced content filtering and data loss prevention technology helps organisations control sensitive data, reduce the risks associated with data loss, and meet regulatory compliance and corporate governance demands.
Simple to administer, effective, and accurate, catching more than 97% of spam with less than one in a million false positives.
Continuous automatic updates, global and self-learning local IP reputation analysis, and comprehensive reporting ensure that Brightmail Gateway effectively and transparently responds to new spam threats to minimise network downtime and preserve employee productivity.

Backup and Recovery Full System and Data Recovery

Ensures that your business assets are protected against new threats through automated, event-driven backups
Easily restore entire computer systems back to an exact point-in-time, even to dissimilar hardware, without the need for manual and lengthy error prone processes
Minimise downtime and get your computer systems back up and running in minutes, not hours or days.
Create real-time, while you work backups, without impacting user productivity and save to any disk-storage device.

Key features:

Proactive protection for laptops, desktops, servers, mobile devices, and messaging environments that includes more than traditional antivirus and antispyware
Effective and accurate antispam and antivirus protection for email and instant messaging (IM). Advanced content filtering and data loss prevention further protects email and IM by identifying and controlling the flow of sensitive data.
Rapid data and system recovery recovers individual files and folders in seconds or complete Windows® systems in minutes reliably and with confidence, even to dissimilar hardware or virtual environments.
Flexible and scalable solution that provides granular control over policies and features, and makes them easily configurable and selectively deployable based on the needs of your environment.

Upgrade Information:
Cross-grade: This is a new suite offering at this time. Existing Symantec™ Multi-tier Protection 11.0.2 customers may use a cross-grade sku to migrate to Symantec™ Protection Suite Enterprise Edition.

Breaches in IT security are making headline news every day, so you can bet they're on the management agenda for many end-users. Your customers want comprehensive, effective IT security solutions that reduce their overall IT costs and minimal impact on everyday IT operations.

Options for Protection
A combination of Symantec AntiVirus and advanced threat prevention for laptops, desktops and servers, Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0 (SEP)seamlessly integrates today’s essential security technologies in a single agent and management console.

Symantec Multi-Tier Protection extends the proposition to businesses employing MS Exchange, Lotus Domino, SMTP and Mac solutions.

Symantec Multi-Tier Protection Small Business Edition extends the offer to business with up to 100 users.

The SEP value proposition
For organisations that need a single, integrated solution to protect against sophisticated attacks that evade traditional security measures, Symantec Endpoint Protection proactively secures laptops, desktops and servers against known and unknown threats by combining Symantec AntiVirus™ technology with advanced threat prevention.

Unlike competing solutions, Symantec Endpoint Protection offers proven world-class protection in a single agent to reduce overhead, time and costs so that customers can efficiently manage security and gain confidence that corporate assets and business are protected.

Compared to the competition, Symantec Endpoint Protection sets the bar for antivirus technology: Symantec Endpoint Protection is the only product that offers the benefit of essential security technologies (antivirus, antispyware, desktop firewall, intrusion prevention (IPS) and device control) via a single integrated agent (without increased resource overhead) and administered from a single management console. Others only offer a bundle of products that are not integrated in a single agent.

Symantec™ Endpoint Protection Mobile Edition
Replacing:

Symantec™ Mobile AntiVirus 5.1 for Windows Mobile
Symantec™ Mobile Security 4.3 for Symbian™.

Symantec™ Endpoint Protection Mobile Edition 6.0 (SEPME) offers comprehensive protection for Windows Mobile and Symbian smartphones against malicious threats with award-winning antivirus technology, an advanced firewall, and SMS Antispam features. SEPME ensures protection of mobile assets and maintenance of compliance requirements. Symantec LiveUpdate™ ensures up-to-date virus definitions and product updates.

This new release of product provides centralised, over-the-air enterprise management and reporting capabilities via the Symantec Management Platform. SEPME also integrates with the new Symantec Network Access Control Mobile Edition product and Mobile Management product. This enables our customers to secure and manage their mobile devices in an integrated fashion.

What's New:
Antivirus (Windows Mobile and Symbian)

Windows Mobile and Symbian support in the same product
File and Folder Exclusion List
File Access Monitor (added for Symbian).

SMS Antispam (Windows Mobile and Symbian)

Windows Mobile and Symbian support in the same product.

Firewall (Windows Mobile and Symbian)

Windows Mobile and Symbian support in the same product.

LiveUpdate™ (Windows Mobile and Symbian)

Automatic LiveUpdate™ after install.

Symantec Mobile Security Solution for the Symantec Management Platform (Windows Mobile and Symbian)

Centralised, over-the-air management and reporting for all components of SEPME for both Windows Mobile and Symbian
Integration with the Symantec Management Platform
Alerting and Notification System
Customisable Policies
Ability to create user groups, users, and devices to facilitate management
Ability to apply different security policies to different groups
Customisable Reports and Event Views
Ability to import and refresh users from MS Active Directory
Compatibility with top mobile device management (MDM) Solutions, including the new Symantec Mobile Management.

Symantec™ Network Access Control Mobile Edition 6.0

Symantec™ Network Access Control Mobile Edition (SNACME) works with Symantec Endpoint Protection Mobile Edition to enforce compliancy with security policies to ensure that only secure, policy-compliant devices can access the network and email on Microsoft® Exchange. The administrator is able to define a series of security checks on the device to be enforced. SNACME notifies the administrator of non-policy compliant devices that fail any of the security checks. SNACME also provides over-the-air centralised management and reporting via the Symantec Management Platform. SNACME is integrated with Symantec LiveUpdate™ to ensure timely updates of software. SNACME supports Windows Mobile and Symbian smartphones.

What’s New:

Network Access Control (Windows Mobile and Symbian)
- NAC Support for Symbian
- Windows Mobile and Symbian support in the same product
- Alerts and notifications on NAC failure
- Block or limit network traffic by automatically applying a special set of firewall rules (defined by the administrator) when the host and security checks fail.
Network Access Control for Microsoft Exchange (Windows Mobile only)
- Block access to Microsoft Exchange if Symantec Endpoint Protection Mobile Edition is not installed and running on the device
- Notify the user if access to Microsoft Exchange is blocked
- Provide logging for the administrator on blocked and allowed accesses to Microsoft Exchange.
Centralised Management through the Symantec Management Platform (Windows Mobile and Symbian)
- Centralised, over-the-air management and reporting for all components of SNACME for both Windows Mobile and Symbian
- Integration with the Symantec Management Platform
- Alerting and Notification System
- Customisable Policies
- Ability to create user groups, users, and devices to facilitate management
- Ability to apply different security policies to different groups
- Customisable Reports and Event Views
- Ability to import and refresh users from MS Active Directory
- Compatibility with top mobile device management (MDM) Solutions, including the new Symantec Mobile Management.

Key Features

Network Access Control Security
Symantec Network Access Control Mobile Edition (SNACME) works with Symantec Endpoint Protection Mobile Edition to enforce compliancy with security policies and ensures that only secure, policy-compliant devices can access the network and email on Microsoft Exchange. SNACME notifies the administrator of non-secure, non-policy compliant devices that fail any of the host integrity checks. It also prevents access to the network and corporate email if any of the host integrity checks fail.

Centralised, Over-the-Air Management - This new release provides over-the-air centralised enterprise management and reporting functions of the products (for both Windows Mobile and Symbian) via the Symantec Management Platform.

Integration with the Symantec Mobile Management solution -This new release of the mobile security products integrate with the new Symantec Mobile Management solution. This enables our customers to secure and manage their mobile devices in an integrated fashion.

New

Symantec™ Endpoint Encryption,
Symantec™ Endpoint Encryption - Full Disk Edition
Symantec™ Endpoint Encryption - Removable Storage Edition

Available from 6 December 2010

Symantec is announcing Symantec™ Endpoint Encryption 8.0. This new version will replace Symantec™ Endpoint Encryption 7.0. Symantec™ Endpoint Encryption protects data on desktops, laptops, netbooks, and removable storage devices. It offers scalable encryption and prevents unauthorised access to endpoints. One year of Basic or Essential Maintenance is bundled with the purchase of a perpetual license.

What’s new?

Symantec™ Endpoint Encryption – Full Disk Edition 8.0

Full disk encryption for Mac OS X-based systems
Updated cryptographic library (adds SHA-2 hashing algorithm)
Supports SQL Server Windows authentication mode
Recurring autologon
Enhanced client event reporting
Reporting enhancements
Fully granular Client Administrator privileges.

Symantec™ Endpoint Encryption – Removable Storage Edition 8.0

Policy integration and Symantec Endpoint DLP-driven encryption of files via FlexResponse
User-choice encryption of files
Improved end-user password management
Device whitelisting (do not encrypt)
Updated cryptographic library (adds SHA-2 hashing algorthim).

Symantec™ Endpoint Encryption protects data on desktops, laptops, netbooks and removable storage devices. It offers scalable, enterprise-wide security that prevents unauthorised access by using strong access controls and powerful encryption. Symantec™ Endpoint Encryption provides a centralised management console, Active Directory-integrated management and easy deployment of endpoint encryption. IT organisations can mix and match hardware and software-based encryption using the same management tools. Central policy governs of data protection methods for all data written to hard drives and removable storage. The audit report generation capabilities help organisations address regulatory requirements for data privacy and avoid data breach notification.

NEW - Symantec™ Endpoint Encryption Device Control

Available from 7th February 2011

Previous Version: GuardianEdge Device Control 2.x

Symantec Endpoint Encryption Device Control prevents the unauthorised transfer of sensitive data to portable media and other endpoint-attached devices as a critical component of a complete endpoint data protection strategy. Device Control provides protection, monitoring and control of physical ports, restricted devices, and file transfer activity.

What’s New?

Rebranded as a Symantec product
Device Control client support for Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit) endpoints
Device Control management server support for Windows Server 2008 (32- and 64-bit)
Device Control management server supported as a VMware ESX/ESXi server workload
Support for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 as well as Microsoft SQL Server Express Edition
User- and computer-based policies
Native client-server policy distribution (in addition to Active Directory GPO and registry key-based methods)
Management server clustering
Role-based, delegated administration with domain partitioning
Apple iPhone block/allow controls.

Key Features

Enforce granular policy-based control, logging, shadowing, and alerts for phsical ports, connections and devices.
Assert wireless connection control, including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and IrDA conections:
- Control connections to untrusted or insecure access points
- Prevent wired-to-wireless LAN bridging.
Allow, disable, or restrict read and write access to external ports, including USB, FireWire, PCMCIA, Secure Digital, parallel, serial, and modem
Log and alert on changes to internal ports, including IDE, SCSI, ATA, SATA, PCI, and more
Whitelist devices and optical media
Restrict read and write access to files
Block hardware loggers
Control execution of U3 and autorun applications
Log and/or shadow a copy of all files written to removable media.

Upgrade Information

Existing GuardianEdge Device Control customers with a current maintenance contract may upgrade free of charge.

Marketing Description

Portable storage devices and media drive can pose numerous risks to critical enterprise data. Symantec™ Endpoint Encryption Device Control enables organisations to monitor device usage and file transfer activity, control access to ports, devices, and wireless networks, as well as to restrict user’s ability to copy protected information to removable media. When implemented with Symantec™ Endpoint Encryption Removable Storage Edition, the combination provides complete protection for enterprise data on PCs from the risks of portable devices and media.

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