Symantec Unveils the Future of Endpoint Security

Symantec Unveils the Future of Endpoint Security

Symantec Endpoint Protection 14 Provides
Multi-Layered Protection Including Advanced Machine Learning and Response
Capabilities to Protect and Respond to Cyber Threats at the Endpoint 

SINGAPORE – November
8, 2016 – Symantec
Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC), the world’s leading cyber security company, today announced Symantec Endpoint Protection
14, the next evolution in endpoint innovation from the leader in endpoint
security. Powered by artificial intelligence on the endpoint and in the cloud,
Symantec Endpoint Protection 14 is the industry’s first solution to fuse
essential endpoint technologies with advanced machine learning and memory
exploit mitigation in a single agent, delivering a multi-layered solution able
to stop advanced threats and respond at the endpoint regardless of how the
attack is launched.

Symantec Endpoint
Protection delivers powerful protection in a lightweight package, building on
industry-leading 99.9 percent efficacy, low false positives and a 70 percent
reduced footprint over the previous generation through new advanced cloud
lookup capabilities. Powered by combined threat intelligence capabilities made
possible by integrating Symantec and Blue Coat’s security telemetry, Symantec
now protects 175 million consumer and enterprise endpoints, 163 million email
users, 80 million web proxy users, and processes nearly eight billion security
requests across these products every day.

“Symantec Endpoint
Protection 14 is a major leap forward in endpoint protection, delivering the
latest innovations in endpoint security on a single platform and from a
security company you can trust,” said Alan Lee, Senior Manager, Global Product
Management, Advanced Threat Protection Group, Symantec. “Multi-layered
protection, enabled by artificial intelligence, backed by the world’s largest
and most powerful threat intelligence force, and powered by the cloud – this is
literally the smartest choice in endpoint technologies. Symantec Endpoint Protection 14 is an
essential element of an integrated cyber defense strategy that enterprises
require to combat today’s advanced threats.”

The pace and
sophistication of new threats facing organizations is daunting. In 2015,
Symantec reported more than
430 million new pieces of malware and expects that figure will grow this year.
To defend against these advanced threats, Symantec provides customers a single
agent and management capabilities that addresses threats in entirely new ways:

·  Advanced machine learning powered by Symantec’s Global Intelligence Network provides a depth of knowledge no one else can claim.

·         Integration
with existing infrastructure through published APIs enables seamless management
of thousands of endpoints in multiple locations and across diverse operating
systems and platforms. 

·         Access
to Symantec’s intelligent threat cloud technology reduces daily definition file
updates by 70 percent, significantly reducing bandwidth use across the company
network.  

·         Integration
with Symantec Advanced Threat Protection solution to detect and respond to
stealthy threats at the endpoint using a single agent.

·         Simultaneous
protection of customer endpoints and their networks with seamless integration
of Symantec Endpoint Protection and Blue Coat Secure Web Gateway.

“As a healthcare
institution, we’re dealing with sensitive patient records and strict regulatory
standards, so using innovative technology protections is critical to our
business,” said Sharon Finney, corporate data security officer at Adventist
Health System. “However, as a large institution with tens of thousands of
users, we do not take unnecessary risks by immediately deploying every new
technology or point product, and count on vendors like Symantec to integrate
those innovations with proven products and a solutions approach like they have
done with Symantec Endpoint Protection 14.”

According to the 2016
Forrester Wave for Endpoint Security Suites, “Symantec offers the most complete
endpoint security suite on the market. Symantec’s deep bench of endpoint
security technologies spans a range of prevention, detection, and remediation
capabilities. Almost every possible attack surface is covered when buyers
utilize the full extent of this portfolio.”

Pricing and
availability

Symantec Endpoint
Protection 14 is available globally now. More information can be viewed here. 

Resources

With more than 300,000
customers, Symantec is a proven leader in threat protection technologies.
Symantec’s Global Intelligence Network provides global visibility into the
threat landscape through big data accumulated from more than 175 million
endpoints.

·         Gartner
Magic Quadrant: Symantec has been recognized as a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for
Endpoint Protection Platforms¹

·         Symantec
Endpoint Protection has been recognized as a leader in the 2016 Forrester Wave for
Endpoint Security Suites²

·         SC
Magazine Review: Symantec Endpoint Protection 14 was also reviewed by SC Magazine and
given its highest ranking and recommended buy rating

·         2015
Best Protection Award from AV Test

·         AAA
ratings from SE Labs reviews of
endpoint solutions