Symantec Unveils the Industry’s Most Complete Cloud Security Solution to Address the Distinct Security Challenges of the Cl...
February 14 2017 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
The Symantec Cloud Security Platform ensures
information security and protects against threats across the cloud
spectrum
RSA Conference – Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC), the
world’s leading cyber security company, today introduced new
innovations to its Symantec Cloud Security Platform, further
extending its leadership as the industry’s most comprehensive cloud
security offering. As enterprises embrace cloud applications and
infrastructure at an unparalleled rate, Symantec is enabling this
transition to the Cloud Generation through stronger protection,
greater visibility and better control of critical assets, users and
data. The Symantec Cloud Security Platform delivers the broadest
and deepest set of security solutions, delivered in the cloud and
for the cloud.
A Security Platform for the Cloud Generation
Enterprises are experiencing a fundamental shift in the way
their employees and customers consume technology. The influx of
personally-owned devices, ubiquitous high-speed internet, and
cloud-based computing platforms is redefining the traditional IT
landscape, and delivering advanced operational capabilities. With
the adoption of fully outsourced cloud applications and
infrastructure, critical assets, data and users are moving well
beyond the traditional corporate security perimeter.
Unfortunately, most security providers are simply providing
isolated parts of what is required to secure these transformations,
yet the cloud generation mandates a new model of integrated
security. The Symantec Cloud Security Platform uniquely provides a
complete means for the chief information security officer (CISO) of
the modern enterprise to securely enable cloud adoption, while
unifying both cloud and traditional on-premise environments for
seamless security. Symantec is driving this transformation through
a robust, open platform that integrates critical security and
compliance frameworks while delivering the most comprehensive set
of controls available to protect users and the organizational data
with which they interact.
“The value to the enterprise of shifting to cloud applications
and services is undeniable. At the same time, cyber criminals look
at this new, borderless infrastructure as a potential goldmine,”
said Mike Fey, president and chief operating officer at Symantec.
“Because of the breadth and depth of our category-leading security
portfolio, coupled with the world’s largest civilian cyber
intelligence network, Symantec is the only cyber security provider
in the industry that can address the challenges of the Cloud
Generation holistically, enabling our customers to take full
advantage of the cloud while helping to ensure their critical
information is secure and protected.”
New Innovations Delivering Unrivaled Security for the Cloud
Generation
With today’s announcement, the Symantec Cloud Security Platform
gains entirely new capabilities for securing critical assets, data
and users across the cloud continuum, while leveraging the power of
Symantec’s category-leading security solutions to assist customers
on their journey to the cloud.
Securing Users and Data Beyond Traditional Borders
- Integrating Symantec’s
Industry-Leading Data Loss Prevention with the Power of Web
Security ServiceEnterprises must ensure safety for mobile users
and remote offices from anywhere in the world while, at the same
time, protecting organizational data as it is in transit. Symantec
has now integrated its industry-leading Symantec Data Loss
Prevention (DLP) with its cloud-delivered Web Security Service
(WSS), providing a seamless platform to help ensure a safe web
experience and to protect organizational data. When combined with
existing integrations across Symantec Email.cloud and Cloud Access
Security Broker (CASB), Symantec can now deliver its
industry-leading DLP across web, email and cloud applications,
providing a secure transition to the cloud generation.
- New Cloud Malware Analysis Service
Extends Advanced Threat Protection Sandboxing to WSSAs users
and remote offices move beyond the traditional perimeter, advanced
protection must follow them regardless of their location.
Symantec’s new Malware Analysis Advanced Service (MAAS) delivers
full behavioral sandbox detonation of files within WSS to help
protect users from the world’s most advanced threats. This is in
addition to the advanced multi-factor content and emulated
sandboxing introduced earlier in 2016. MAAS now allows WSS to
deliver complete behavioral detonation to stop the most
sophisticated threats.
- Speeding the Move to Cloud Security
with New Universal Policy CapabilitiesEnterprises making the
move to cloud are often stuck with the challenge of manually
creating completely new policy sets with new vendors, which can be
a significant burden to deploy and maintain. Symantec now enables
users to seamlessly extend existing on-premise policies to the
cloud with the new Universal Policy for Web Security Service. This
enables users to seamlessly manage policies across all delivery
mechanisms – appliances, virtual appliances, infrastructure as a
service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS) and cloud.
Securing Public Cloud Infrastructure and Platforms as a
Service
- Cloud Workload Protection for Amazon
Web Service and Microsoft Azure WorkloadsWithout proper
visibility, control and protection of public cloud workloads,
organizational risk is substantially increased as enterprises move
to leverage their applications in these cloud environments. To
address this issue, Symantec announced Cloud Workload Protection to
deliver automated security policy enforcement and protect
applications from unknown exploits inside of both Amazon Web
Service (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. Available today, Cloud Workload
Protection automates security for public cloud workloads delivering
metered usage billing, rapid workload discovery, increased
visibility and elastic protection to help ensure safe cloud
workload adoption.
- Cloud-Based Web Application Firewall
for AWSAs enterprises provision new cloud applications and
services, it is critical that they secure both their cloud
workloads and networked environments for complete application
protection. In addition to Cloud Workload Protection previously
announced, Symantec also announces support for AWS with its Web
Application Firewall. Built on the Blue Coat ProxySG foundation,
Symantec Web Application Firewall provides full reverse proxy, web
application protections, Open Web Application Security Project
(OWASP) Top 10 coverage and unique content nature detection
technology to help ensure safe application adoption in AWS.
- Extending CASB Portfolio to Gain
Visibility and Control over Microsoft AzureSymantec’s CASB
solution now supports Microsoft Azure, which allows organizations
to monitor and log user activity while leveraging behavioral
analytics and machine learning to detect account breaches. Symantec
CASB makes it easy to alert, quarantine users and block
unsanctioned actions, while providing powerful tools to navigate
user activity logs and quickly investigate incidents.
“Today’s cyber criminals are constantly evolving their approach
to accessing organizations’ data and the need for customers to use
disparate solutions to protect themselves is a challenge in
itself,” said Doug Cahill, senior analyst for Enterprise Strategy
Group. “Vendors, like Symantec, that integrate multiple solutions
to address cloud security holistically, help create operational
efficiencies and allow customers to take full advantage of the
cloud while helping to ensure their critical information is secure
and protected.”
See the Symantec Cloud Security Platform in action, as well as
Symantec’s other industry-leading security innovations, at RSA
Conference 2017 at booths #3901 and #3727.
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 suite of
products for protection at home and across all of 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
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