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Symantec Enterprise Security Manager

Symantec Enterprise Security Manager detects the security vulnerabilities and provides the solution to security policy management. Symantec ESM administers and enforces the policies and procedures that your organization establishes to control access to secured areas. Symantec ESM identifies the potential security risks and recommends actions to resolve the potential breaches in security.

When the potential breaches are resolved, Symantec ESM delivers frequent updates to ensure protection against new threats. Symantec ESM has a broad reporting capability to keep you informed of the security status of the network. Symantec ESM achieves the goals of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of secured information for your organization.

Application Modules

ESM Application modules reports on various databases and provide new security content and modules to support new application versions, checks, templates, and enhancements.

Checks and Template Reference

ESM checks and template reference contains information about the Symantec ESM modules, checks, and messages, and templates.
Save the CHM to your local computer. After launching the CHM from your local computer, if the CHM does not display any topics, visit the following Microsoft Help and Support site and refer to the section on RESOLUTION: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/902225

ESM Agent Downloads

ESM Agents download provides the download information for the supported Symantec Enterprise Security Managerâ„¢ (ESM) 9.0.1/9.0/6.5.x/6.0 agents.

Industry Standards Policies

ESM industry standards policies are configured to harden specific OS platforms and applications based on Symantec security research of various industry standards

Network Assessment Module

Network assessment content update adds vulnerability assessment to Symantec ESM. Vulnerability assessment evaluates operating systems, and applications on computer systems and other network devices for missing fixes to known problems.

Patch Policies

ESM Patch policies checks for the updated Patch templates for the supported operating systems and applications that are delivered with the security update releases.

Program Updates

ESM program updates provide bug fixes and program enhancements to the Symantec Enterprise Security Manager console, managers, and agents.

Regulatory Policies

ESM regulatory policies are configured to harden specific OS platforms and applications based on Symantec security research of various supported industry regulations.

Security Updates

ESM Security Updates SUs provide six monthly security content and modules to support new operating system versions, module enhancements, updated patch templates, and other security content.
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