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Messaging Security

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Messaging Security

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Overview

Protection against external threats over inbound and outbound email, instant messages (IM) and SharePoint collaboration with integrated antispam, antivirus, and advanced content filtering.

Benefits

Correlate security logs with real-time, actionable intelligence to address new messaging threats quickly and minimize risks
Block viruses and other external threats from SharePoint collaboration sites to maintain employee productivity
Improve Exchange and Domino performance and minimize network downtime by reducing the volume of processed messages
Choose from a range of delivery options, including on-premise, hosted, managed service, appliance and hybrid implementations

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Software

Protection Suite Enterprise Edition

Brightmail Gateway

Brightmail Traffic Shaper

IM Manager

Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange

Mail Security for Domino

Protection for SharePoint Servers

Hosted Email Security

Hosted Instant Messaging Security

Together, our software and services deliver a comprehensive solution for your business needs.

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Featured Resources

Protection Suite Enterprise Edition		Creates a protected endpoint web and messaging environment that is secure against today’s complex security threats, and is quickly recoverable in the event of failure. Learn more
Endpoint Protection and Network Access Control	Trialware	Endpoint Protection and Network Access Control 11.0 combines Symantec AntiVirus with advanced threat prevention in a single agent, delivering unmatched defense against malware for laptops, desktops and servers.
Network Access Control	Trialware	Symantec Network Access Control 11.0 securely controls access to corporate networks, enforces endpoint security policy and easily integrates with existing network infrastructures.
Evaluate the Brightmail Gateway Virtual Edition	Trialware	Easily download and evaluate the Brightmail Gateway Virtual Edition on your own choice of server environment at no cost for 30 days.
Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange	Trialware	An integrated, high performance security solution that protects against viruses, spam, and security risks while enforcing company policies on Microsoft Exchange 2000, 2003 and 2007 servers.
Mail Security for Domino	Trialware	An integrated security solution that protects against viruses, spam, and security risks, and enforces company policies.
Premium AntiSpam	Trialware	Add-on subscription service for Symantec Mail Security products, powered by Brightmail technology and response.
Backup Exec System Recovery 2010 Desktop Edition	Trialware	Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 2010 Desktop Edition is a simple, cost-effective backup and recovery solution enabling you to recover Windows desktops or laptops in minutes, not hours or days.
Brightmail Gateway		Delivers inbound and outbound messaging security for email and IM, with effective and accurate antispam and antivirus protection, advanced content filtering, and data loss prevention technology. Learn more
Evaluate the Brightmail Gateway Virtual Edition	Trialware	Easily download and evaluate the Brightmail Gateway Virtual Edition on your own choice of server environment at no cost for 30 days.
Request Evaluation Unit	Trialware	Evaluate the Brightmail Gateway deployed on a physical Brightmail/Mail Security 8300 Series appliance at no cost.
IM Manager	Trialware	Seamlessly manages, secures, logs, and archives corporate instant-messaging traffic with certified support for public and enterprise IM networks. Learn more
Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange	Trialware	Protects against viruses, spam, and security risks while enforcing company policies on Microsoft Exchange 2000, 2003 and 2007 servers. Learn more
Premium AntiSpam	Trialware	Add-on subscription service for Symantec Mail Security products, powered by Brightmail technology and response.
Mail Security for Domino	Trialware	Protects against viruses, spam, and security risks, and enforces company policies. Learn more
Mail Security for Domino Multi Platform Edition	Trialware	An integrated security solution that protects against viruses, spam, and security risks, and enforces company policies.
Premium AntiSpam	Trialware	Add-on subscription service for Symantec Mail Security products, powered by Brightmail technology and response.
Protection for SharePoint Servers	Trialware	Provides antivirus protection for SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and WSS 2.0. Virus settings are managed with a web-based management console. Learn more
Hosted Email Security		Stops viruses and spam, enforces Acceptable Use Policies, and controls sensitive information without requiring on-site hardware or software. Learn more
Email Anti-Spam	Trialware
Email Anti-Virus	Trialware
Email Image Control	Trialware
Email Content Control	Trialware
Hosted Instant Messaging Security	Trialware	Protects and controls traffic on public IM clients such as Yahoo, MSN, and AIM, delivering the benefits of IM use while mitigating the risks. Learn more

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White Papers
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Webcasts
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2009 Forrester Wave Report for Email Filtering

Join us as Forrester analyst Chenxi Wang, Ph.D walks through the results of the 2009 Forrester™ Wave report, Email Filtering. This webcast will cover the criteria used for evaluation, dialogue on current market trends like hybrid messaging security and a quick overview of both Symantec and MessageLabs (now part of Symantec) which were cited as leaders in the 2009 Forrester Wave Report for Email Filtering.

Chenxi Wang, Ph.D., Forrester Principal Research Analyst, Angelos Kottas, Product Marketing, Symantec

Securing Your Messaging Environment from External and Internal Threats

Join Product Manager, Jason Grauel and Sr. Product Marketing Specialist, Deaddin Edris to learn how Symantec's 8300 series appliances can help you protect your messaging infrastructure from external and internal threats. Messaging technologies have become the communications life-blood of organizations today and their increased use has left them vulnerable to external attacks like malware, spy-ware and spam and internal threats like data leakage.

Jason Grauel, Product Manager and Deaddin Edris, Sr. Product Marketing Specialist

Spam and SPIM: A Growing Threat To Messaging Systems

Spam has been a serious problem for email administrators and users alike, growing from one in six emails in 2002 to approximately three out of four emails today. After five years of dealing with spam and throwing significant resources at the problem, 54% of messaging decision-makers in mid-sized and large organizations still view spam as a serious or very serious problem according to a recent Osterman Research survey. In addition to SPAM, SPIM also poses a significant threat to your organization. SPIM allows SPAM to be sent into your network through your employee’s IM accounts.

Deaddin Edris, Sr. Product Marketing Specialist

Messaging Security: Understanding and Protecting Your Infrastructure

Jason Grauel, Sr. Product Specialist

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Podcasts
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Wireless Security Trends

This Symantec Security Response podcast focuses on wireless security trends uncovered in a global survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit and sponsored by Symantec. The goal of this podcast is to help enterprises and consumers better understand threats and trends identified in the survey, and inform wireless users how they can protect themselves.

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Wireless Security Trends

Internet Security Threat Report, Vol. 9: Enterprise IM

This volume of the Internet Security Threat Report provides an overview of threat activity that occurred between July 1 and Dec. 31, 2005. This podcast discusses Internet attacks, vulnerabilities, malicious code, and future trends.

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Internet Security Threat Report, Vol. 9: Enterprise IM

Information Risk Management: Unstructured Information

Mathew Lodge, senior director of Product Marketing in Symantec's Information Risk Management Group, discusses some of the findings from the Information Risk Management Survey on Unstructured Information, and provides some best practices on how IT organizations can best secure and manage their information.

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Information Risk Management: Unstructured Information

Symantec Introduces Information Risk Management Strategy

Matthew Lodge, senior director of Product Marketing at Symantec, provides an overview of Symantec's new Information Risk Management Strategy. Matthew discusses the three new products that comprise the cornerstone of the new strategy.

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Symantec Introduces Information Risk Management Strategy

Symantec Hosted Mail Security Overview

Chuck Egress, group product manager at Symantec, provides an in-depth overview of the features and benefits of Symantec Hosted Mail Security and discusses how organizations can save money by using the service.

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Symantec Hosted Mail Security Overview

Vision 2008 Preview: Financial Services Industry Executive Summit

Typically, an organization's IT personnel can't tell a tort from a tart, while corporate counsel doesn't know the difference between a picture frame and a mainframe, and until recently that was OK. The ever-growing volumes of email records an organization must secure and manage require IT and legal to work together, often for the first time.

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Vision 2008 Preview: Financial Services Industry Executive Summit

E-Discovery Virtual Roundtable

This podcast is a virtual roundtable on the topic of e-Discovery in which representatives from various law firms specializing in e-discovery matters gather together to discuss the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) Project.

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E-Discovery Virtual Roundtable

IT Risk Management Report, Vol. 2, Part 1

This is the first segment of a three-part podcast interview with Symantec’s Darren Thomson and Jeremy Ward on the Symantec IT Risk Management Report, Vol. 2. In this segment, Darren and Jeremy provide a general overview and key findings of the report.

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IT Risk Management Report, Vol. 2, Part 1

IT Risk Management Report, Vol. 2, Part 2

This is the second segment of a three-part podcast interview with Symantec’s Darren Thomson and Jeremy Ward on the Symantec IT Risk Management Report, Vol. 2. In this segment, Darren and Jeremy provide a general overview and key findings of the report.

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IT Risk Management Report, Vol. 2, Part 2

IT Risk Management Report, Vol. 2, Part 3

This is the final segment of a three-part podcast interview with Symantec’s Darren Thomson and Jeremy Ward on the Symantec IT Risk Management Report, Vol. 2. In this segment, Darren and Jeremy provide insights on vertical markets and key findings of the report.

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IT Risk Management Report, Vol. 2, Part 3

CIO Digest Preview: Interview with eBay CISO, Dave Cullinane

There are more than 100 million listings at any given time on the eBay market places. Patrick Spencer, editor in chief for CIO Digest magazine, discusses infrastructure security at eBay with Dave Cullinane, chief information security officer at the online trade company.

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CIO Digest Preview: Interview with eBay CISO, Dave Cullinane

Data Loss Prevention: Interview with Lee Weiner

The protection of intellectual property, including employee data, customer records, and patient data, is critical to any company. Lee Weiner, group product manager in the Information Foundation Business Unit at Symantec, provides an overview of data loss prevention and how companies can work to secure their organization’s valuable information.

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Data Loss Prevention: Interview with Lee Weiner

Symantec Introduces Information Risk Management Strategy

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Symantec Introduces Information Risk Management Strategy

Vision 2007 Conference: Information Foundation; Interview with Art Gilliland

Regardless of the type of communications channel, Symantec Information Foundation manages associated risks. Art Gilliland, senior director of Product Marketing at Symantec, provides an overview of Information Foundation 2007 and the business value it provides to customers.

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Vision 2007 Conference: Information Foundation; Interview with Art Gilliland

IT Risk Management: Financial Services

Assuming and managing risk is one of the important roles the financial services industry provides to its customers. This podcast provides an overview of the Symantec white paper, "IT Risk Management for Financial Services: An Essential Strategy for Business Success."

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IT Risk Management: Financial Services

IT Risk Management Report

IT risk is a growing component of total operational risk as businesses increasingly depend on IT to automate processes and store information. This podcast provides a summary of the February 2007 IT Risk Management Report and discusses how IT risk management is emerging as a separate practice.

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IT Risk Management Report

Patch Management and Security

Enterprises face a constant challenge of keeping their critical systems protected. This podcast discusses why timely patch management is more important than ever before. Included in this podcast is a discussion of some best practices in patch management.

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Patch Management and Security

Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange

Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange provides integrated mail protection against virus threats, spam, security risks, and other unwanted content for Microsoft Exchange. This podcast provides a general overview of Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange, including key features, competition, and FAQs.

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Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange

Mobile and Malicious

Mobile devices such as smartphones and handhelds are a productivity boon for today’s enterprises. But that shouldn’t prevent IT managers from taking a careful look at how these devices access corporate data. This podcast examines some of the primary security issues surrounding mobile devices and offers ideas on how enterprises can address them.

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Mobile and Malicious

CIO Interview: Gerald Shields, Aflac

CEOs and other business leaders can sometimes underestimate IT risks because they are so focused on delivering products and services. In this podcast, Gerald Shields, CIO at Aflac, a Fortune 500 company that provides insurance protection to more than 40 million people worldwide, discusses how IT can minimize IT challenges.

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CIO Interview: Gerald Shields, Aflac

Compliance Briefing: Why Compliance?

This inaugural Compliance Briefing podcast discusses the problems and solutions surrounding information security compliance. Learn about why compliance initiatives have moved to the forefront of information security programs and how compliance and information security are related as disciplines.

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Compliance Briefing: Why Compliance?

The Need for Email Resilience

The rapid growth of electronic mail threatens to overwhelm today's enterprises. While email plays an essential role in improving workforce productivity, it also creates a glut of information and a storage challenge. This podcast discusses why enterprises should establish a resilient framework for the efficient retention and retrieval of email.

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The Need for Email Resilience

Enterprise Threats

Vincent Weafer is senior director of Security Response at Symantec. His team is responsible for research analysis and providing research protection for enterprise and consumer customers for the latest Internet security threats. In this podcast, Vincent provides insights into Internet security issues and trends.

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Enterprise Threats

Safeguarding PDAs and Smartphones

This podcast for small and mid-sized businesses provides information about keeping data secure when using PDAs and smartphones. The podcast discusses proactive measures you can take to secure confidential information in an increasingly mobile world.

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Safeguarding PDAs and Smartphones

Protecting Against IM Threats

This podcast discusses the risks and threats that instant messaging (IM) poses to small and mid-sized businesses. The podcast also discusses steps businesses can take to protect themselves from risk and use IM effectively in business scenarios.

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Protecting Against IM Threats

Getting Started with Online Storage for Backup Exec

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Getting Started with Online Storage for Backup Exec

It's a Web 2.0 World

Web 2.0 doesn’t comprise any one technology or solution; instead, it relies on user-generated content and collaboration. This podcast discusses the benefits and threats associated with social media and Web 2.0 technologies to small businesses.

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It's a Web 2.0 World

IT Risk Management Report

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IT Risk Management Report

Disk-based Backup

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Disk-based Backup

IM Threats, Part 1

Part 1 of a 2-part podcast on instant messaging (IM). Though IM first gained popularity as a social interaction tool, it has gained widespread popularity in the business world. Attackers on IM are finding that most IM systems are unprotected. This podcast discusses what you can do to protect your working environment from IM threats.

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IM Threats, Part 1

Preparing for the Unexpected

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Preparing for the Unexpected

Emailing Securely

Email is one of the most widely used applications in business. In spite of its obvious advantages, email can also introduce a variety of security threats and risks to your business. This podcast discusses how to use email securely in your small business.

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Emailing Securely

Keeping Spam at Bay

Gone are the days when your email inbox contained only messages relevant to you or your business. As employees spend more and more time dealing with unwanted emails, they are being less productive. This podcast discusses tips for fighting spam and keeping employees productive at small businesses.

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Keeping Spam at Bay

Fulton County, Georgia, Protects and Manages with Symantec Solutions

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Fulton County, Georgia, Protects and Manages with Symantec Solutions

Interview with Jason Wilkins, CIO, Xstrata

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Interview with Jason Wilkins, CIO, Xstrata

Interview with Robert Taylor, Formerly of Fulton County, Georgia

Robert Taylor, CEO at KennTechnologies, Inc. and former CIO at Fulton County, Georgia, spoke with Patrick Spencer, senior director of Customer Relationship and Publishing Programs at Symantec, about the unique IT challenges local government CIOs face today, ranging from email and document archiving and e-discovery, to endpoint security and more.

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Interview with Robert Taylor, Formerly of Fulton County, Georgia

Interview with Myrna Soto, VP of Governance and CISO, MGM MIRAGE, Part 1

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