Symantec Protection Suite Enterprise Edition

Comprehensive, powerful endpoint, messaging, and Web protection, for less money
Data Sheet: Endpoint Security
Overview
Securing your business is challenging, but made easier with Symantec Protection Suite Enterprise Edition. Powered by Symantec Insight, Protection Suite protects with the industrys fastest1 , most-effective2 endpoint security, combined with industry-leading messaging protection and Web security. Powerful, centralized visibility and control from Symantec Protection Center enables policy enforcement, consolidated reporting, and real-time intelligence while reducing upfront and on-going costs.

Fas astes test t, mo mos st eff effective ective securit security yPowered by Insight, you can confidently protect your infrastructure with industry-leading endpoint security, messaging and Web security, and data protection solutions built to secure your physical and virtual environments. Central intelligence and managementEfficiently manage your security with Symantec Protection Center, the unifying foundation for consolidated visibility, cross-product reporting, and real-time actionable intelligence across protection technologies. More pro protection, tection, f for or lessIncrease the security posture across your IT infrastructure, while reducing upfront and on-going IT costs and force out unnecessary complexity.

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PassMark Software, Enterprise Endpoint Protection Performance Benchmarks, February 2011. AV-Test GmbH, Remediation Testing Report and Real World Testing Report, February 2011.

Data Sheet: Endpoint Security Symantec Protection Suite Enterprise Edition

Multi-layer protection from endpoint to gateway
Protect against more threats and secure your environment against data loss, malware, and spam by accurately identifying and addressing risks consistently across different platforms. Only Symantec provides the broad spectrum of core security protections across your endpoint, messaging, and Web infrastructure, while also ensuring endpoints are rapidly recoverable in the event of failure. Multiple layers of protection help ensure you are accurately identifying and addressing risks while delivering consistent protection in both physical and virtual environments.

Fastest, Most Effective Security Endpoint security and recovery

Protection Suite delivers more than industry-leading antivirus with advanced threat prevention that protects your endpointslaptops, desktops, and servers from targeted attacks and attacks not seen before. Proactive technologies automatically analyze application behaviors and network communications to detect and block suspicious activities, including administrative control features that allow you to deny specific devices and applications. Protection Suite extends its system protection to include disk-based system recovery for Microsoft Windows-based desktops and laptops enabling businesses to recover from system loss or disasters in minutes, not hours or days. Multi-la Multi-layer yer pro protection tection from endpoint to gatewa gateway yProtect against more threats and secure your environment against data loss, malware, and spam by accurately identifying and addressing risks consistently across different platforms. Unriv Unrivaled aled securit security yPowered by Insight, Protection Suite detects new threats on endpoints and at the perimeter, earlier and more accurately than signature or behavioralbased solutions alone. Rapid sys system tem recover recovery yQuickly and easily restore physical and virtual systems in minutes3 , even to bare metal, dissimilar hardware, remote locations, or virtual environments.

Central Intelligence and Management Centralized management, messaging and antispam protection
Protection Center is a centralized security management console that allows organizations to identify emerging threats, prioritize tasks and accelerate time to protection based on relevant, actionable intelligence. Protection Suite delivers inbound and outbound messaging security, with accurate real-time antispam and antivirus protection, advanced content filtering, and data loss prevention. Protection Suite messaging security components can be deployed on your messaging server (Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Domino) and at the gateway (physical or virtual appliance-based). Context-aware securit security y managementCorrelate data from endpoint, messaging and third-party security products with early warning alerts from the Symantec Global Intelligence Network. Visibilit Visibility y acro across ss securit security y solutionsThe console of Symantec Protection Center allows organizations to centrally identify threats, prioritize tasks, and accelerate time to protection based on relevant, actionable intelligence. Virtually eliminate spam4 Block more than 99 percent of spam with less than 1 in a million false positives.

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Gartner Magic Quadrants - Magic Quadrant for Secure E-Mail Gateways, Gartner 2010 and Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms, Gartner, 2010 May 2011, VBSpam Report http://www.virusbtn.com/vbspam/index

Data Sheet: Endpoint Security Symantec Protection Suite Enterprise Edition

More Pro Protection tection f for or less Maximize protection, minimize complexity, and stay under budget
Protection suite is a cost efficient way to deploy security and recovery technologies across your IT infrastructure. Reduce upfront and on-going IT costs by forcing out complexitySymantec technologies are centrally managed and work seamlessly together. Protection Suite also offers unparalleled Web security to fend off todays complex Webborne malware threats. Web Gateway detects infected endpoints, monitors inbound and outbound Web traffic for threats, and enables you to safely use todays Web 2.0 applications.

Co Cos st efficientSolve crucial security challenges across multiple threat vectors, while saving up to 72 percent5 over the purchase of individual point products. Eliminate en environment vironment complexit complexity yDeploy essential endpoint, messaging, and Web security technologies as unified solutions with coordinated and integrated management. Streamline processesEliminate additional steps and costs with one decision, one purchase, and one vendor for comprehensive protection.

Key features and benefits

Only Protection Suite:

Meets the broad spectrum of core security needs across your endpoint, messaging, and Web infrastructure, while also ensuring endpoints are rapidly recoverable in the event of failure. Delivers visibility across Symantec and third-party security solutions, and connects you with the worlds largest commercial cyber-intelligence community. Enables organizations to automate common security processes, and customize responses, based on the unique needs of their enterprise environments. Fas astes test t Endpoint Securit Security y Powered by Insight, confidently protects physical and virtual environments Patented technolog technology yInsight separates files at risk from those that are safe, for faster and more accurate malware detection, blocking more threats including mutating and zero-day. Proactive threat pro protection tectionSONAR 3 examines programs as they run, identifying and stopping malicious behavior even for new and previously unknown threats. Antivirus and antispy antispyware ware f for or Windows Windows, , Linux, and Macinto Macintosh sh Provides unmatched, malware protection, market-leading antivirus and spyware protection, new rootkit protection, reduced memory footprint, and blazing performance. Net Network work threat pro protection tectionA rules-based firewall engine and Generic Exploit Blocking (GEB) block malware before it can enter a system.

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Cost calculations based upon MSRP (Express Band A Essential Support) of contributing Symantec solutions (SEP, SMG, SWG, SNAC, SSR, SPC, ITA for SEP, and Workflow)

Data Sheet: Endpoint Security Symantec Protection Suite Enterprise Edition

Pro Protection tection f for or virtual en environments vironmentsProtects your virtual infrastructure with virtual image exception, resource leveling, shared Insight cache, virtual client tagging to optimize your virtual environments security posture. Eff ffective ective Email and W Web eb Securit Security y Reduce upfront and on-going IT costs and forcing out unnecessary complexity Antispam and messaging securit security y pro protection tection from Symantec Messaging Gateway and Symantec Mail Security Enterprise Edition blocks more than 99 percent of unwanted spam.6 Content filtering of inbound and outbound traffic for compliance with industry and government regulations. Saf Safe eguard sensitive inf information ormation by identifying and controlling the flow of sensitive information via email and IM with advanced content filtering and data loss prevention. Pro Protect tect agains against t more threats and secure your environment against data loss, malware, spam, botnets, and other Web 2.0 threats by accurately identifying and addressing risks consistently across different platforms. Central Management and S Sys ystem tem Recover Recovery y Efficiently manage, monitor, update, and enforce security and recovery Single endpoint agent and single management consoleAntivirus, antispyware, desktop firewall, intrusion prevention, device and application control, and network access control are all in a single agentmanaged by a single management console. Single sign-on, central web console provides full configuration management, report generation, and consolidated dashboard views across multiple Symantec protection technologies. Rapid, reliable sys system tem recover recovery y enables organizations to run backups automatically when the Symantec ThreatCon level changes. You can recover complete Windows systems in minutes to dissimilar hardware or virtual environments. Minimiz Minimize e downtimeGet your business systems back up and running quickly by restoring from both event driven and scheduled recovery points. Securit Security-centric y-centric process automation and workflows are pre-built, fully customizable, and streamline new and existing IT processes across Symantec and third-party technologies.

What' What's s new?

InsightSeparates files at risk from those that are safe, for faster and more accurate malware detection. Real T Time ime SONAR 3Examines programs as they run, identifying and stopping malicious behavior even for new and previously unknown threats. Browser intrusion preventionScans for attacks directed at browser vulnerabilities. Endpoint Pro Protection tection f for or Mac and LinuxManaged through the Symantec Endpoint Protection management console. Pro Protection tection f for or virtual en environments vironmentsProtects your virtual infrastructure with virtual image exception, resource leveling, shared Insight cache, and virtual client tagging to optimize your virtual environment's security posture.

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Data Sheet: Endpoint Security Symantec Protection Suite Enterprise Edition

Minimum System Requirements
Get up-to-date System Requirements for Protection Suite Enterprise Edition or from www.symantec.com.

Symantec Endpoint Protection (Windows, Linux, and Macintosh) Symantec System Recovery Desktop Edition Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange Symantec Mail Security for Domino Symantec Messaging Gateway Symantec Web Gateway Symantec Protection Center

Services
Symantec offers a range of consulting, technical education, and support services to guide organizations through the migration, deployment, and management of Protection Suite and help realize the full value of your investment. Essential Support Services provide confidence that critical assets are protected around the clock. For organizations that want to outsource security monitoring and management, Symantec also offers Symantec Managed Security Services to deliver real-time security protection.

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