Symantec Introduces Industry’s First Cloud-Based Network Security Solution With Web Isolation; adds Complete Endpoint Prote...
June 07 2018 - 12:01AM
Business Wire
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:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
information, please visit www.symantec.com or connect
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