Symantec Software

Profile

Symantec, the world leader in Internet security technology, provides a broad range of content and network security software and appliance solutions to individuals, enterprises and service providers. The company is a leading provider of client, gateway and server security solutions for virus protection, firewall and virtual private network, vulnerability management, intrusion detection, Internet content and email filtering, and remote management technologies and security services to enterprises and service providers around the world. Symantec's Norton brand of consumer security products is a leader in worldwide retail sales and industry awards.

Technology

Symantec provides best-of-breed security solutions for all tiers of a network: at the gateways between the network and the outside world, at the servers that act as the network's vital organs, and at end-user devices including desktop PCs, laptops and handhelds.

• Integrated security solutions are designed to work together as a unified system, providing better overall protection, quicker response and more efficient management.
• Security management solutions, based on an open, standards-based architecture, provide a comprehensive view of security, enabling proactive defense and real-time enterprise-wide response.
• Firewall/VPN solutions to protect data and assets without slowing performance.
• Intrusion detection solutions that act as a "security force" inside the perimeter to spot intruders that penetrate the outer defenses.
• Policy compliance management solutions help customers define and enforce policies from a central location as well as probe for network vulnerabilities and suggest remedies.
• Virus protection/content filtering solutions offer critical protection from Internet-borne threats for the desktop through the gateway for individuals all the way up to the largest enterprise.

Symantec's Norton brand of consumer security products is a market leader in desktop protection, providing peace of mind with integrated products that work seamlessly to protect individual's computers from virus outbreaks or malicious hacker attacks.