Symantec Endpoint Protection
Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0 combines Symantec AntiVirus with advanced threat prevention to deliver unmatched defense against malware for laptops, desktops and servers. It seamlessly integrates essential security technologies in a single agent and management console, increasing protection and helping lower total cost of ownership.
Key Features:
- Provides unmatched protection from the market leader in endpoint security
- Seamlessly integrates antivirus, antispyware, firewall, intrusion prevention, device and application control
- Requires only a single agent
- Powerful central management of security on Windows and Macintosh endpoints
- Enables instant NAC upgrade without additional software deployment
- Antivirus and antispyware for and Macintosh and Linux clients
- Secures both physical and virtual environments
Key Benefits
- Stops malware such as viruses, worms, Trojans, spyware, adware, bots, zero-day threats and rootkits.
- Prevents security outbreaks thus reducing administrative overhead.
- Lowers total cost of ownership for endpoint security.
New Features
Single Agent and Single Console
Delivers a single agent for all Symantec Endpoint Protection technologies and Symantec Network Access Control. Delivers a single integrated interface for managing all Symantec Endpoint Protection technologies and Symantec Network Access Control. All allow for a single communication method and content delivery system across all technologies.
- Provides operational efficiencies such as single software updates, single policy updates.
- Provides unified and central reporting.
- Provides unified licensing and maintenance.
- Requires no change to the client when adding Symantec Network Access Control enforcement.
Multi-platform Support
Symantec Endpoint Protection now protects Windows, Mac OS X and Linux endpoints.
Single Sign-on Web Console
Efficiently manage your environment with a single sign-on web console that provides administrators full configuration management, report generation, and consolidated dashboard views across multiple Symantec protection technologies.
- Manage Easily
- Unified Management and Administration
- Automatically remove existing solutions, install new clients, and report on them
- Manage Windows and Mac clients from the same console
Proactive Threat Scanning
Behavioral-based protection that protects against zero-day threats and threats not seen before. Unlike other heuristic-based technologies, TruScanTM Proactive Threat Scan scores both the good and bad behavior of unknown applications, providing a more accurate malware detection.
- Accurately detects malware without the need to set up rule-based configurations.
- Helps lower the number of false positives.
Advanced Rootkit Detection and Removal
Provides superior rootkit detection and removal by integrating VxMS (Veritas Mapping Service—a Veritas technology), thereby providing access below the operating system to allow thorough analysis and repair.
- Detects and removes the most difficult rootkits.
- Saves time and money and productivity lossses associated with re-imaging infected machines.
Application Control
Allows administrators to control access to specific processes, files, and folders by users and other applications. It provides application analysis, process control, file and registry access control, and module and DLL control. It enables administrators to restrict certain activities deemed as suspicious or high risk.
- Prevents malware from spreading or harming endpoints.
- Locks down endpoints to prevent data leakage.
Device Control
Controls which peripherals can be connected to a machine and how the peripherals are used. It locks down an endpoints to prevent connections from thumb drives, CD burners, printers, and other USB devices.
- Prevents sensitive and confidential data from being extracted or stolen from endpoints (data leakage).
- Prevents endpoints from being infected by viruses spread from peripheral devices.
The Symantec Endpoint Recovery Tool
The Symantec Endpoint Recovery Tool repairs severely infected PCs. The tool is a self-booting CD with Symantec's most powerful malware removal technology. The tool boots the computer into a specialized, virus free state so that malware can be safely removed.
Optimal Client and Server Performance
Optimized client boot times and application load times enables comprehensive protection and better performance for all customer sizes and environments.
Secure Virtual Environments
Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0.6 adds resource utilization leveling to ensure that simultaneous scans or updates won't impact the performance of virtual environments. Utilization leveling includes an option to randomize when scans and updates take place, preventing resource contention and leveling CPU resources. In addition, SEP's performance optimized scan engine includes IO aware Scan Tuning, and multithreading for optimal performance.
Advanced Reporting and Analytics
Symantec Endpoint Protection now includes The Altiris™ IT Analytics Symantec Endpoint Protection Pack. ITA complements and expands upon the traditional reporting offered by Symantec™ Endpoint Protection by incorporating multi-dimensional analysis and robust graphical reporting in an easy to use dashboard.
