Symantec Multi Tier Protection v11.0.2 Full 1year Basic FR 14065348 Data Sheet

Data Sheet: Endpoint Security

Symantec™ Multi-tier Protection

Trusted protection from malware and email-borne threats for multiplatform environments

Symantec™ Multi-tier Protection safeguards enterprise 

assets and lowers risk by providing unmatched protection 

against threats for laptops, desktops, mobile devices, 

mail servers, and SMTP gateways. It includes Symantec™ 

Endpoint Protection, Symantec™ Mail Security, and 

Symantec Brightmail™ products to provide multi-layered 

protection stopping spam, viruses, and data loss while 

reducing security risks.

Symantec Endpoint Protection delivers more than world-

class, industry-leading antivirus and antispyware signature-

based protection. It also provides advanced threat prevention 

that protect endpoints from targeted attacks and attacks not 

seen before. It includes turnkey, proactive technologies that 

automatically analyze application behaviors and network 

communications to detect and block suspicious activities, as 

well as administrative control features that allow you to deny 

specific device and application activities deemed as high risk 

for your organization—you can even block specific actions 

based on the location of the user. This multilayered approach 

significantly lowers risks and gives you the confidence that 

your business assets are protected. It is a comprehensive 

product that gives you all the capabilities now, along with 

the ability to enable the pieces you need, as you need them. 

Whether the attack is coming from a malicious insider or is 

externally motivated, endpoints will be protected. Symantec 

Multi-tier Protection also includes the Symantec AntiVirus™ 

for Linux®, Symantec AntiVirus™ for Macintosh® solutions, 

and Symantec Mobile AntiVirus for Windows® Mobile.

Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft® Exchange and 

Symantec Mail Security for Domino® provide highly 

effective email protection against viruses and threats while 

enforcing company security policies on Exchange and 

Domino servers. Symantec Premium AntiSpam™, based on 

the Symantec Brightmail antispam technology, offers 97% 

antispam effectiveness and less than one in a million false 

positive rate

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. Its multi-layered spam prevention leverages 

multiple filtering technologies, including spam signatures, 

heuristics, reputation filters, language identification, and 

proprietary methods. It integrates seamlessly with Symantec 

Mail Security products to provide best-in-class antispam 

protection.

The Symantec Brightmail™ Gateway delivers effective 

and accurate antispam and antivirus protection for both 

inbound and outbound email and instant messaging (IM). 

Advanced content filtering and structured data protection 

support helps organizations control sensitive data, reduce 

the risks associated with data loss, and meet regulatory 

compliance and corporate governance demands. Brightmail 

Gateway is simple to administer and catches more than 

97% of spam with less than one in a million false positives

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Continuous automatic updates, global and self-learning 

local IP reputation analysis, and comprehensive reporting 

ensure that Brightmail Gateway effectively and transparently 

responds to new spam threats to minimize network 

downtime and preserve employee productivity.

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Confidence in a connected world.

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  Symantec Mail Security earned InfoWorld’s “Technology of the Year” for Best Mail Security, InfoWorld—Jan 07, 2008, 

http://www.infoworld.com/slideshow/2008/01/149-2008_technology-5.html