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Symantec today announced an updated version of its antispam-antivirus gateway, as well as its plans to link its systems management and data-loss-prevention products more closely to simplify deployments for customers using both technologies.
The next version of the Symantec DLP endpoint will have embedded in it Symantec's Altiris desktop-management agent, says Steve Roop, senior director of marketing for the vendor's DLP solutions.
In addition, the DLP 9.0 endpoint agent will add content-monitoring for Outlook and Lotus sessions (which today require specialized plug-ins) and standard HTTP and S-HTTP sessions. DLP 9.0 also will monitor printing and electronic faxing.
DLP 9.0 is expected to ship in the first quarter of 2009: pricing has not been announced. (Compare data-leak-protection products.)
Symantec also is upgrading its BrightMail Gateway antispam-antivirus appliance with a spam-defense feature that reduces throughput so that spam gets backed up in the spammer's mail system. BrightMail Gateway 8.0 is designed to deter spammers from sending spam to a corporate IP address protected in this manner, says Art Gilliland, Symantec's vice president of product management. (Compare antispam gateway products.)
BrightMail Gateway 8.0 also includes a technology approach Symantec calls Adaptive Reputation Management, which uses the vendor's honeypots and global reputation-management system to watch for phishing attacks timed to coincide with such events as an Apple iPhone roll-out. Fraudsters often exploit such product splashes as a hook to interest their targets.
BrightMail Gateway 8.0 is expected to ship in the first quarter of 2009; pricing has not been announced.
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BrightmailBy Anonymous on October 7, 2008, 4:11 amIs Symantec using the old Brightmail name to leverage the associated brand value? Is it to cover up the missteps with the SMS in the last couple of years?
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Brightmail BrandBy Anonymous on October 9, 2008, 12:55 pmWe are using the Brightmail name to leverage its associated brand value. While the SMS was very successful with our customers, they still often referred to it as...
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What is Symantec DLP False Positive Rate?By Anonymous on October 15, 2008, 1:41 pmThe answer is the key to a successful DLP solution.
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DLP False Positive RateBy Anonymous on October 21, 2008, 11:49 amGTB Technologies is the vendor who has solved the DLP market limitation of False Positive and False Negative rates. (Per Frost & Sullivan World report Sept. 2008)
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