Symantec Introduces Industry’s First Cloud-Based Network Security Solution With Web Isolation; adds Complete Endpoint Protection
Network Security for the Cloud Generation delivers comprehensive,
cloud-based protection from network to endpoint to reduce risk and
protect enterprises as businesses move to the cloud
Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC), the world’s leading cyber security
company, today announced new innovations and enhancements to its Network
Security for the Cloud Generation solution, designed to protect
enterprise devices, anywhere their employees work or travel, across the
network, the cloud, mobile and traditional endpoints. As an integral
element of Symantec’s Integrated Cyber Defense Platform, enhancements to
the solution include:
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Industry-first Web Isolation technology integrated into Symantec’s Web
Security Service (WSS), enables web browsing without risk of infection
by zero-day malware or advanced threats.
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Comprehensive network-to-endpoint protection with the integration of
Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) and SEP Mobile into WSS, allowing
web traffic re-directs to WSS for enforcement of network security
policies, thus eliminating the need for a separate agent to manage
traffic flow.
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SD-Cloud Connector enables customers to combine the performance and
reliability of Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) technology with
Symantec’s WSS to create a simple, high-performance method to connect
branch office locations with its leading cloud security service.
Symantec’s WSS is a single-service offering that includes Secure Web
Gateway (SWG), Web Isolation, malware inspection engines, sandboxing,
data loss prevention (DLP), and cloud access security broker (CASB), and
integrates with multi-factor authentication. The new features provide
businesses with a comprehensive, easy-to-use, cloud-based network
security service that safeguards critical business information for
secure and compliant cloud application and web use.
As businesses adopt cloud applications such as Office 365 and employees
access these apps remotely, it introduces new security and compliance
risks. Symantec’s Network Security for the Cloud Generation provides
comprehensive protection designed to meet the needs of increasingly
diverse enterprise IT operations and secure modern business environments
– including cloud-based services as well as physical and virtual
appliances.
“Web Isolation is a critical innovation that is helping our customers
address new types of advanced threats that target employee web browsers
by protecting against malware and phishing attacks without over-blocking
or impeding productivity,” said Mike Fey, Symantec President and COO.
“These additions to our Web Security Service help meet the challenges of
the cloud generation by protecting users and data with the most
comprehensive set of cloud-delivered threat prevention capabilities on
the market, all in a single-service offering.”
SGN, a natural gas distribution company that distributes to more than
5.9 million homes and businesses, uses Symantec’s WSS to secure its
distributed workforce. SGN CISO, Mo Ahddoud said, “Security is of
paramount importance in this industry, and with an increasingly mobile
workforce, the challenge to secure employees’ devices both at work and
on-the-move has never been so great. With Symantec Web Security Service,
we’re able to enforce company compliance policies for all users,
regardless of location or device; to support productivity and protect
against evolving threats.”
Jon Oltsik, senior principal analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group said,
“Enterprises are wrestling with the complexity and cost of integrating
improved security capabilities into their existing network stack. This
challenge is heightened by the fact that so many employees work remotely
or in branch offices. Symantec’s cloud-delivered Web Security Service
can help address these challenges, with a comprehensive set of threat
prevention, information security and cloud application control
capabilities. The new Web Isolation, endpoint integrations and SD-Cloud
Connector capabilities bring additional security and simplicity benefits
that many organizations will value.”
As part of Symantec’s Integrated Cyber Defense Platform, Network
Security for the Cloud Generation can seamlessly redirect web traffic at
multiple levels, such as the endpoint, integrate intelligence from the
world's largest civilian threat intelligence network, and enforce
consistent security policies to help with compliance of corporate
policies.
Symantec’s Network
Security for the Cloud Generation is available now; SEP Mobile
integration will be available in the third calendar quarter. SD-WAN
providers wishing to certify their product’s interoperability with the
Web Security Service can find more information here.
About Symantec
Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC), the world's leading cyber security
company, helps organizations, governments and people secure their most
important data wherever it lives. Organizations across the world look to
Symantec for strategic, integrated solutions to defend against
sophisticated attacks across endpoints, cloud and infrastructure.
Likewise, a global community of more than 50 million people and families
rely on Symantec's Norton and LifeLock product suites to protect their
digital lives at home and across their devices. Symantec operates one of
the world's largest civilian cyber intelligence networks, allowing it to
see and protect against the most advanced threats. For additional
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