Security
White Paper - IDC’s Containing Vendor Sprawl
Improve Security, Lower Risk & Lower Costs explains the cost of managing multiple vendors across disparate products and outlines the benefits of consolidating security, storage, and systems management solutions with one strategic vendor.
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Magic Quadrant for Network Access Control, Gartner, 2009
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Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms, 2009
Gartner names Symantec a Leader in the Endpoint Protection Platform Magic Quadrant. Symantec Endpoint Protection provides antivirus, anti-spyware, personal firewall capabilities through a centralized console with continually expanding integration with its client management (Altiris Client Management Suite) and data loss protection (Vontu DLP) solutions.
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Brief: Symantec Achieves Client Management Integration with CMS 7, EMA, 2009
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Forrester Wave: Email Filtering, Forrester, 2009
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Tolly Group Report, Symantec Endpoint Protection Performance Evaluation
Symantec Endpoint Protection consistently delivered faster response time than competing products tested. At its best, Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0.3 achieved response times that are twice as fast as some competing products tested.
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Tolly Group Report, Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition Performance Evaluation
This comprehensive test, which includes 7 vendors, concentrates on real world use cases and common pain points with traditional endpoint security solutions.
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Magic Quadrant for E-Mail Security Boundaries, Gartner, 2008
Symantec is named a Leader in Gartner’s 2008 Magic Quadrant for E-mail Security Boundaries. With extensive experience in the enterprise and SMB markets, Symantec offers comprehensive solutions covering a range of e-mail security functions, multiple delivery models, dashboard reporting and flexible policy options.
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Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management, 2008
Gartner recognizes Symantec as a leader in the SIEM market. Symantec’s Security Information Manager provides scalable and easy-to-use SIM, SEM and log managing functions that integrate with other security and compliance products. Read the full report to discover why Gartner chose Symantec as a leader in their SIEM Magic Quadrant.
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MarketScope for Network Access Control, Gartner, 2009
Gartner gives Symantec a positive recommendation as a network access control vendor. Symantec Endpoint Protection provides policy, baseline and access control from a centralized console, giving organizations the functionality they need for NAC.
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The Growing Need for Endpoint Risk and Operations Management, ESG, July, 2008
The proliferation of endpoints (mobile devices, smartphones, consumer electronics) in the enterprise, and the increased management and security challenges they present, requires a new model: Endpoint Risk and Operations Management. Symantec’s is one of the few vendors to integrate security and management into an open collaborative architecture, with a centralized console to help improve security, reduce complexity and simplify endpoint management.
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White Paper - A Phased Approach to Network Access Control (NAC), ESG, 2008
Network Access Control is a tricky concept that frequently fails. With Symantec Network Access Control, organizations can use the recommended phased implementation approach that aligns policy with strategic business initiatives, provides a centralized management console, and the flexibility to change policies and grow with business needs.
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Information Risk & Compliance
Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management, Gartner, 2009
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Magic Quadrant for Content Monitoring & Filtering and Data Loss Prevention, Gartner, 2008
Gartner names Symantec a Leader in the 2008 Data Loss Prevention Magic Quadrant. Symantec offers the strongest network and workflow capabilities and comprehensive discovery and endpoint features.
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Research Brief: Symantec’s Information Risk Management: Great Positioning and Immense Potential, ESG, 2008
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InfoPro: Why Data Loss Prevention?
A new study from the TheInfoPro and Symantec titled “Why Data Loss Prevention?” found that DLP is the top security initiative and pain point for Fortune 1000 companies. The findings are based on over 140 in-depth interviews with Fortune 1000 Information Security professionals about their key issues, budget priorities, and preferred vendors across a range of information security solutions.
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The Ponemon Study
Survey results reveal that 59 percent of ex-employees admit to stealing confidential company information. Many of these instances of data theft could have been prevented with better data loss prevention policies and technologies.
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Insight Report: Content security for the next decade: Is your organisation ready to weather the storm?, Quocirca, 2008
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Research Note - Survey of IT Governance, Risk and Compliance Management in the Real World, EMA, 2008
What makes an organization successful at IT GRC management? An understanding of strategic processes as the base of risk management and compliance, backed by the use of management tools like Symantec’s Control Compliance Suite. Control Compliance Suite helps organizations automate key compliance processes, align business IT to business objectives, and establish monitoring and accountability.
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Research Brief - CCS 9.0: A Comprehensive Compliance Management Suite, An Opportunity for Symantec, ESG, 2008
The newest version of Symantec Control Compliance Suite offers a uniquely integrated solution suitable to large organizations across multiple government and industry regulations and technologies, delivering the automated compliance help users are asking for.
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Symantec’s High Value Foundation IT Risk Assessment
Learn how Symantec’s Foundation IT Risk Assessment solution can help organizations identify risks and create an action plan aligned with business objectives in as little as three weeks. Identifying and remediating IT risks is no longer optional, no matter an organization’s size, and Symantec’s solution is an ideal place to begin.
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Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
Magic Quadrant for Content-Aware Data Loss Protection, Gartner, 2009
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Insight Report: Content security for the next decade: Is your organisation ready to weather the storm?, Quocirca, 2008
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Services
Magic Quadrant for MSSPs, North America, Gartner, 2009
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MarketScope for Managed Security Services in the Asia/Pacific Region, Gartner, 2008
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Forrester Wave: Managed Security Services, Forrester, 2007
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Brief: Foundation IT Risk Assessment, ESG, 2007
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Brief: IT Risk Management, A Business Issue of Strategic Importance, IDC, 2007
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Brief: INFORM, Can IT security give a return on investment?, Ovum, 2006
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The Impact of Training on IT Organizational Performance, IDC, 2007
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EMEA Viewpoint: Security Services, IDC
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Managing IT Risk with Symantec Business Critical Services, IDC, 2007
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Residency Services: Managing IT Risk Through Staff Augmentation, IDC, 2007
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Symantec Protection Network Backup/Recovery Offering Set to Ride the SaaS Wave, EMA, 2007
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