The increased use in the workplace of user-owned devices such as smartphones and tablets, often referred to as bring your own device (BYOD), provides businesses with significant productivity and cost benefits. However, it also presents a number of complex challenges related to security.

Due to the rise of smart media devices like smartphones, tablets and ultrabooks, it is estimated that potentially, as many as 30-35%* of endpoints connected to a company’s network could be unmanaged. These are more at risk than managed endpoints which are typically subject to software patching and endpoint security policies.

Of course unmanaged endpoints are still protected by your perimeter security, such as secure web gateways. However, these have typically evolved from caching proxies and URL filters. What you need is an additional layer of security that provides the best possible levels of protection for unmanaged endpoints.

Symantec Web Gateway (SWG) will...

Microsoft gets it. Today, it makes no sense to release an operating system, especially a game-changer like Windows 8, without some form of basic antivirus protection. That’s why Windows 8 comes preloaded with a default form of protection, Windows Defender, that automatically kicks in when the system does not boot up with installed third-party protection.

If you get Defender for free with Windows 8, is there any point to getting any further protection? Yes -- at least 83 to begin with…

The numbers tell a compelling performance story

In side-by-side tests conducted by PassMark, an independent laboratory, Windows 8 with Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 consistently outperformed Windows 8 without it (with Defender as its default). Consider the highlights:

• 83% faster scanning: End users spend more time working, less time managing interruptions.

I. BACKGROUND:
In mid-2009, W32.Changeup, was first discovered on systems around the world. Over the last few years, Symantec Security Response has profiled this threat, explained why it spreads, and shown how it was created.  Since November 2012 we have seen weekly spikes the number of W32.Changeup detections and infections. The increase in detections is a result of a renewed W32.Changeup campaign now active and in-the-wild.

II. THREAT DETAILS:
When a system is compromised, W32.Changeup may install additional malware. These secondary threats have the ability to download even...

Over the last few weeks we have been working with a number of customers who have large administrative overheads when protecting their IT Infrastructure.

When selecting a new service they have either gone to tender or bought an off the shelf solution upon recommendation from colleagues/friends. 

Whilst this may seem great at first, over the years this has built up a number of systems each requiring their own management systems, portals, update systems and most importantly, they lack integration between solutions. Whilst this may seem like a large problem, it gets worse - the issue with these customers was that they had multiple products performing conflicting tasks. 

One example from a customer who had one product that is designed to AV scan contents of a USB pen drive upon connection to the machine. Another product to encrypt USB pen drives upon connection. This is great if the admin could...