Protect and Simplify Management of Your Distributed Workforce
The new workplace is now the client site, a hotel room, an airplane, a cafe, remote office and the
home office. This rapid change in work habits also means a growing threat to network and data security,
as these mobile and remote users are often outside the protections available through the corporate
network or VPN.
The Challenge for IT Departments
Remote and mobile users are susceptible to the same types of information security threats- from
malware infecting a computer, to spam email clogging an inbox, or malicious websites
unwittingly visited—as users working within the corporate network. To mitigate risks
IT departments need to:
1. Protect the laptops used by employees to ensure these endpoints are regularly and accurately scanned
for active infections and that they have adequate and up-to- date security levels.
2. Protect the electronic interactions of the distributed workforce, including email, Web communications and IM, that occur anywhere and at any time.
3. Ensure that acceptable use policies are being implemented correctly. By blocking inappropriate
content, excessive downloads, inappropriate surfing, risky websites, etc..
4. Ensure that the interactions of roaming users are secure, regardless of whether they are accessing
corporate resources from Wi-Fi hotspots, their homes, or anywhere else.
Companies are moving to Cloud-based Security
To address this complexity, a growing number of companies are moving to cloud-based solutions to help
organizations more efficiently and effectively manage and protect their distributed workforce.
The benefits of this approach are numerous: reduced capital investments and operating costs,
simplified IT, and the ability to streamline and improve secure information exchange among
distributed employees. Cloud-based solutions also can protect much more than just the device by
securing and managing the remote workers’ movements as they traverse the Internet, access email,
send and receive IM’s and more.
Symantec.cloud Security Services
Symantec.cloud services offer a comprehensive security and management solution for a distributed
workforce by utilizing the power of cloud computing to provide essential protection while virtually
eliminating the need to manage hardware and software on site.
Symantec.cloud services- optimized for a distributed workforce include;
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Key Features & Benefits
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Endpoint Protection
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Helps protect endpoint systems with advanced technologies for antivirus, antispyware, firewall,
and host intrusion prevention. Security updates are automatic and seamless, so protection of
employees’ laptops is current whether in the office or on the road.
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Web Security Services
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Blocks Web-born virus, spyware and phishing threats and controls Web traffic
through hosted URL filtering. Provides support for roaming users extends protection and policy enforcement
to employees who access the Internet from outside the corporate network.
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Email Security Services
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The service combines advanced email antivirus, antispam, and content filtering capabilities
in an easy-to-manage solution that requires no on-site hardware or software. The email security
service supports all mobile devices that send/receive email through corporate exchange servers
associated with the service.
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IM Security
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The service provides security and control for businesses using public IM clients by applying antivirus,
URL filtering, content control and logging services to all instant messaging traffic.
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