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Why is Symantec Connect (Forum) Important?

AR Sharma | 15 hours 10 min ago | 2 comments

I have seen administrators of SEP, DLP, SSIM etc to be on Connect invariably. They don't refer to admin guide of SEP, DLP etc as much as they refer to forum, article, download on Connect. Why is that? Why can't Symantec develop admin guide just like the articles on Connect?

I think the answer is simple!

Admin guide developed by Symantec is about the product. For example, admin guide of SEP will talk about the using SEP, using its feature, product functionality etc.So, its actually product documentation. Whereas, Connect has the solution of practical challenges that administrators find in day to day operation. So, Connect is more about the implementation of product in a specific environment. Now, there can be 1000s of different environment and providing the solution of challenges of each environment differently is difficult for any product vendor. Also, given different environment, how product would behave is difficult to ascertain!

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Traveliing light in a time of digital thievery

bruceparker | 12 Feb 2012 | 1 comment

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/11/technology/electronic-security-a-worry-in-an-age-of-digital-espionage.html

SEP 12.1 is now Available

Tmullen | 10 Feb 2012 | 3 comments

Powered by Symantec Insight™, Symantec™ Endpoint Protection is fast, powerful security for endpoints. It offers advanced
defense against all types of attacks for both physical and virtual systems. Seamlessly integrating the essential security tools
you need into a single, high performance agent with a single management console, Endpoint Protection provides world-class
protection without slowing you down.

Microsoft Privilege Exploitation in 2011

stebro | 10 Feb 2012 | 1 comment

2011 is quickly fading in the rear view mirror so here’s a brief analysis on Microsoft vulnerabilities\patches and privilege risk for the year. As mentioned in the Introduction on Privilege Exploitation, privilege exploitation is where the malicious software takes advantage of the rights of the logged in user to change the configuration of the local computer.

Here is a summary of privilege exploitation in 2011 and 2010 for comparison:

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2011

2010

We live in a Mobile world

Marie Pettersson | 10 Feb 2012 | 1 comment

I am absolutely blown away with what is going on in the mobile world and the latest numbers from IDC demonstrate the fact that mobile is breaking every record. A year on year growth of 57% for Smartphone shipments compared to last year. Do I need to say more? These devices will be used for business and private matters and they function merely as a pc. So what is the difference? I think that we don’t consider that question enough, we simply use it together with all the features we can get our hands on; mobile banking and payments, browsing the web, reading emails, downloading apps, gathering intelligence, and the list goes on... So why should we separate the way we manage mobile devices from any other device or endpoint connected to our network?

Adaptive Mobile did a report last year on the mobile threats and their key conclusions were that mobile scams are way more profitable than the traditional pc scams (2%...

how to set the password to enable the USB access of User end

sumitgupta786 | 03 Feb 2012 | 0 comments

Problem

Need to set the password to disable Smc service

Cause

For the Security Purpose required to Set the password

Solution

Go to SEPM.

Go client Tab and then choose the Group where you want to set the password.

Under that Group choose the policy TAB.

Click on General Setting then tab on Security Setting.

There four option avail

Check the "Require a password to stop the client service"

Enter the passwor that have mention on right hand side of the security tab.

Then ok and then right click on that Group and update the content.

It will set the password to...

Who Will Protect Your Data?

MartinLee | 31 Jan 2012 | 0 comments

Managing the continued increase in data is a major issue for organisations. IDC predicts that we stored 1.8 zetabytes of information in 2011 (1.8 x 1021 bytes), and that this will increase to 7.9 zetabytes stored by 2015 [1].

Figure 1. Graph of data being stored worldwide [1].

At the same time, the value of data is also growing. The annual Cost of a Data Breach study by the Ponemon Institute, shows a clear year on year increase in the costs incurred per data record compromised when data is lost or stolen. [2]

Figure 2. Graph of total costs incurred per data record breached [2].

Other factors may dramatically increase the cost of dealing with lost data; proposed EU legislation will fine companies up to 5% of turnover for contravening data protection laws [3]. Therefore, in the...

4 Tips to Combat the Uncommon Cold

Ctrox | 30 Jan 2012 | 1 comment

Aliens have invaded earth with the intent to wipe out mankind. But ex-scientist turned cable technician, David Levinson (Jeff Goldberg), helps mobilize a plan to use the “common cold” or computer “virus” to fight back against the alien species and bring down their defenses in the 1996 movie Independence Day.

While the story is fiction, the potential damage that a virus or malware can do to businesses and peoples’ lives is all too real. In fact, attackers unleashed an average of more than nine new threats every second in 2010.

The healthcare industry knows firsthand about virus outbreaks. Take the Conficker virus that infected hundreds of MRI devices around the world. In fact, healthcare leads the industry in data breaches with more than 400 health...

Test your password : Password Security Scanner

riva11 | 25 Jan 2012 | 1 comment

Password Security Scanner is a free password tool that allows to test the security of passwords stored locally. This utility scans all passwords stored by popular Windows applications, and the result is a detailed information of every stored password such as total number of characters, number of numeric characters, number of lowercase/uppercase characters, number of repeating characters, and password strength is displayed, without revealing the actual passwords.

You can use this tool to determine whether the passwords used by other users are secured enough, without watching the passwords themselves.

Supported applications :

Internet Explorer 4.0 - 9.0
Mozilla Firefox (All Versions)
Dialup/VPN passwords of Windows
MSN/Windows Messenger
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Symantec Simplifies Process for JPAS Members to Acquire External Certificate Authority Certificates for New DoD Requirements

Marty Jost | 23 Jan 2012 | 0 comments

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) maintains a centralized system that tracks users authorized to access DoD websites through a program called the Joint Personnel Adjudication System (JPAS). The JPAS program helps protect the DoD against unauthorized access to its networks and applications, comply with data protection regulations, and enforce security best practices. Non-DoD individuals who do business with the DoD can apply to the program and thus be authorized to access DoD websites if they meet the DoD requirements.

While non-DoD individuals in the JPAS program used to be able to access websites using only usernames and passwords, beginning January 21, 2012, they must also use a digital certificate stored on a USB token or smartcard that have been issued by a DoD-approved External Certificate Authority (ECA).

Symantec is a DoD-approved ECA and, to help non-DoD individuals in the JPAS program meet these requirements, has released an update of its ECA certificate...

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