As I settle into my new role here at Symantec in User Authentication and Website Security Solutions, I am pleased to find myself surrounded by passionate people that really care about security, from the customer experience and confidence out through the security ecosystem to end-user education.
 
I’m happy to share that Symantec User Authentication has made a leap into the Visionary quadrant of the high profile Gartner 2013 Magic Quadrant for User Authentication.  We are very proud of this recognition!  If you are a Gartner customer and want to read this report you can access it on Gartner’s web site:  
http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?id=2362415&ref=%27g_fromdoc%27
 
These kinds of accolades are gratifying validation of our work.  The report made note of some of our new innovations, which includes both token-...

Online threats have become a fact of life for people who regularly use the internet. However, rather than worrying about it or waiting for potentially important details to be compromised, there a number of key points which you can consider to counter any possible threat.

Pondering the important issues and putting the right structures in place can go a long way towards making sure that you are sufficiently set up to deal with a number of threats.

Cyber criminals are constantly coming up with new and inventive ways to fool us into parting with our cash or handing over our details online.

New web threats

There was a time, not so long ago, when you could spot a malicious website a mile away. Something would always give it away, whether it was a suspicious domain name, strange wording or poor usability.

These days, the cyber criminals have become a lot savvier – and a lot more dangerous. The majority of malicious websites out...

Any idea what’s the average number of website logins that someone in your organisation might have? The answer? 25 apparently. Impressive. What isn’t such good news, though, is that most people use just 6.5 passwords to protect them, each of which is shared across 3.9 different sites, according to the same landmark study, ‘A Large Scale Study of Web Password Habits’ (https://research.microsoft.com/pubs/74164/www2007.pdf). It’s convenient, yes, but far from insecure. And, if your employees are that careless about keeping themselves safe, what impact might it be having on your business when they’re logging in at work?

You should really ensure that they use different passwords for all their logins, at all times. That way, you can avoid the situation...

The objective of the Website Security Solutions team at Symantec is to produce quality, integrated offerings that help our customers achieve their goals.  We help eCommerce companies establish and grow their online businesses across multiple devices, platforms, and media types. We also help large corporations protect information flowing across public and private networks using SSL encryption. 

Our suite of Website Security Solutions solve problems for organizations of every size, focusing on the needs of the organization and end user alike.  We call these “right-for-me solutions”.

Our Website Security Solutions combines SSL encryption with the Norton Secured Seal announcing that websites have passed a daily malware scan, and been confirmed as legitimate by a leader in establishing trust. A website posting the Norton Seal show improved search results, and show up as trusted to anyone surfing for wares using Norton Safe Web or Safe Web Lite....