Symantec held its annual Symantec Government Symposium on June 22 in Washington, D.C.  The Government Symposium is a one-day annual event devoted to the public sector and its partners. The event brings together government IT, security and business professionals to discuss challenges and opportunities related to sharing critical information among public sector agencies – as well as with the private sector and citizens – while protecting sensitive data and complex IT infrastructures.
 
More than 1,100 people attended the event, including more than 600 government attendees. Impactful keynote speeches were given by Howard Schmidt, cyber security coordinator in the executive office of the president, and Maj. Gen. Suzanne M. Vautrinot, who serves as director of plans and policy, U.S. Cyber Command, U.S. Strategic Command.  In addition, Symantec CEO Enrique Salem spoke about how government agencies can better secure and manage their data.
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We're excited to tell you about the launch of a great new feature at Symantec.com. Symantec TV is your one stop for all  Symantec videos. With a slick new interface, great search capabilities, and a wide variety of programming, you just may find that SymantecTV becomes your new favorite channel.

But that isn't all, you could be a SymantecTV star. Many of the videos that our users submit to Connect may be available on SymantecTV. We continuously update the Connect offerings on the SymantecTV line up to ensure that you can find all the timely and relevant information you need. Check out the...

Yesterday Symantec announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire VeriSign’s identity and authentication business, which includes the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Certificate Services, the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Services, the VeriSign Trust Services and the VeriSign Identity Protection (VIP) Authentication Service.

"With this acquisition, we extend our strategy to create the most trusted brand for protecting information and identities online. The VeriSign check mark is the most recognized symbol of trust online with more than 175 million impressions every day on more than 90,000 websites in 160 countries. Symantec’s security solutions and the company’s Norton-branded suites protect more than one billion systems and users around the world. By bringing these security assets together, Symantec will become the leading source of trust online."

- Enrique Salem, President and Chief Executive Officer, Symantec

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Each year, as we start thinking about the next iteration of the Internet Security Threat Report, the PR team collaborates with the Security Response researchers about the security trends and incidents that will be prominent in the report. But we’re all on the front lines and are very familiar with what’s been happening on the threat landscape. So, we thought this year we’d expand the challenge to you through a Twitter contest and ask you: How well can you predict what Internet security trends you will see in the latest report?”

Here’s what you need to do:

1- Follow Symantec’s ThreatIntel Twitter account, and watch for us to ask what security trends you think will be mentioned in this year’s Internet Security Threat Report.

2- Be the first to @ reply with a security trend that you...