Symantec's Latest Gateway Products Protect Inside Networks
From Outside Threats
Mumbai -- September 26, 2001 -- Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq:
SYMC), a world leader in Internet security, alerts users on the growing
need for a complete computer security solution at the gateway -- the portal
through which e-mail and web communications travel. Widespread malicious
assaults such as CodeRed, CodeBlue and now, theW32.Nimda.A@mm worm indicate
that customers are being infected by malicious viruses and worms not only
through e-mail usage, but also through everyday Web surfing.
"Corporate networks are being compromised more and more frequently
as a result of threats encountered during Web surfing. Hypothetically,
if users visit even one infected Web site, their systems can become infected
and they can then propagate the virus to unsuspecting friends and co-workers
within minutes," said Joy Ghosh, Country Manager - Symantec India.
"To secure corporate networks and consumer systems, users should
implement a scalable security solution to protect FTP and HTTP protocol
traffic at the gateway," he added.
While past viruses such as "I Love You" and "Melissa"
primarily attacked mail servers, W32.Nimda.A@mm propagates through both
e-mail and Web surfing activities as well as through network shares. A
scalable, multi-protocol gateway solution for mail and Web traffic is
able to stop threats like W32.Nimda.A@mm before they invade the network.
Symantec's Norton AntiVirus for Gateways, for example, stops the propagation
of W32.Nimda.A@mm by securing SMTP traffic and Symantec Web Security scans
and secures all FTP and HTTP traffic to and from an organization's network.
Symantec Web Security/NAV for Gateways
Symantec Web Security provides maximum protection against known and unknown
virus threats and includes comprehensive content filtering options to
increase employee productivity, reduce exposure to corporate liability
and preserve valuable bandwidth. Symantec's Norton AntiVirus for Gateways
provides unsurpassed protection against virus threats that propagate via
e-mail. Symantec's Norton AntiVirus for Gateways also incorporates proactive
anti-virus filtering features such as the ability to block e-mails based
on subject line, attachment type and message size.
Additional detailed information about these solutions, are available
at Symantec's enterprise Web site at http://enterprisesecurity.symantec.com.
Symantec Enterprise Security
Symantec Enterprise Security provides any size organization with the
technology, global response and services necessary to manage its information
security. Symantec's comprehensive solution offers best-of-breed products
to protect gateways, servers, and clients with virus protection, firewall
security, intrusion detection and vulnerability management. Customers
benefit from Symantec's global network of researchers that provide customers
with around-the-clock, immediate response to any new security-related
attacks. Symantec Enterprise Security customers are also supported by
one of the largest professional security organizations in the world, offering
security consulting, security education and managed security services.
For more information, please visit Symantec's enterprise Web site at
http://enterprisesecurity.symantec.com/
About Symantec
Symantec, a world leader in Internet security technology, provides a broad
range of content and network security software and appliance solutions
to individuals, enterprises and service providers. The company is a leading
provider of virus protection, firewall and virtual private network, vulnerability
management, intrusion detection, Internet content and e-mail filtering,
remote management technologies and security services to enterprises and
service providers around the world. Symantec's Norton brand of consumer
security products is a leader in worldwide retail sales and industry awards.
Headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., Symantec has worldwide operations
in 37 countries. For more information, please visit www.symantec.com
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