Endpoint Protection

We are currently in a SEPM 11 environment, however there are now critical servers with IBM AIX. 

Can i use the current Symantec Endpoint Protection for IBM AIX servers or what should I do? I read that the antivirus for IBM AIX is only for emails, is it so.

you assistance is greatly appreciated.

We do not have antivirus on our AIX servers. They are in an environment where they are not vunerable.

For emails you can use

http://www.symantec.com/connect/forums/aix-anti-virus

So in other words IBM servers with AIX are not vulnerable to some kind of viruses?

http://www.symantec.com/region/jp/techsupp/enterprise/savf/30unix/aix.pdf

Hi Edwin,

SEP is chiefly a Windows defence system, though it does come with some Mac and Linux software. 

Malware authors want their threats to spread as widely as possible.  So, they typically craft their code to exploit known vulnerabilities in the most widely-used OS's: generally that means Windows, though in recent months there have been a lot of threats for the popular Android OS and FakeAv for Mac.  See these Security Response blog posts for more info:

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/blogs/i-dont-use-av-because-i-have-mac

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/blogs/droid-dreams-reoccurring-nightmare-android-users

There are some threats that specifically target Linux (for instance), but off the top of my head I am not familiar with any that target the AIX OS. 

For your AIX server, the product you probably need is Symantec Critical System Protection.  Symantec Critical System Protection 5.2 is intrusion detection software that protects against day zero attacks, hardens systems, and helps maintain compliance by enforcing behavior-based security policies on clients and servers. A centralized management console enables administrators to configure, deploy and maintain security policies, manage users and roles, view alerts, and run reports across heterogeneous operating systems

System requirements:

IBM AIX 5L (version 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3)POWER PC platform
100 MB free disk space
256 MB of RAM
 

Hope this helps!

Mick