Endpoint Protection makes it easy to manage security across both physical and virtual systems.
Key Benefits
Unrivaled security
Detects new threats earlier and more accurately than signature or behavioral based solutions alone. • Insight identifies new and zero day threats utilizing the collective wisdom of over 175 million systems in over 200 countries.
• Real-time SONAR examines programs as they run, identifying and stopping malicious behavior even for new and previously unknown threats.
• Leveraging Symantec’s Global Intelligence Network, Endpoint Protection informs and automates responses to new threats.
• Proven to detect and remove more threats than any other solution in its class. Endpoint Protection detects more threats then do products from McAfee, Trend Micro or Microsoft.1 Blazing performance
Performance so fast your users won’t know it is there. • The Insight technology included in Endpoint Protection eliminates up to 70 percent of scan overhead compared to traditional solutions.
• Separates safe files from those at risk for faster, fewer, smarter scans.
• New, intelligence driven scan engine works while your computer is idle. Key features Proactive threat detection– Insight and SONAR detect new and rapidly mutating malware, stopping malicious behavior, including new and previously unknown threats. Virus and spyware protection– Protects against viruses, worms, Trojans, spyware, bots, zero-day threats and root kits. Network threat protection – Rules-based firewall engine, browser protection and Generic Exploit Blocking (GE) shields systems from drive-by downloads and from network based attacks. Single agent for multiple technologies– Consolidates antivirus, antispyware, desktop firewall, intrusion prevention, device and application control, and network access control into a single agent. Intelligent management – Centralized management and process automation helps increase threat visibility and accelerates threat response. What's new Insight: Separates files at risk from those that are safe, for faster and more accurate malware detection. Real time SONAR 3: Examines programs as they run, identifying and stopping malicious behavior even for new and previously unknown threats. Browser protection: Scans for drive-by downloads and attacks directed at browser vulnerabilities. Built for virtual environments: Protects your virtual infrastructure. • Virtual image exception: White list files from standard virtual machine image to optimize scanning. • Resource leveling: Randomizes scan and update schedules to prevent resource utilization spikes. • Shared Insight cache: Shares scans results centrally across virtual clients to reduce bandwidth and latency • Virtual client tagging: Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager can automatically identify and manage virtual clients. • Offline image scanning: Finds threats even in offline virtual machine images. Endpoint Protection for Apple OS X and Linux: Includes endpoint protection for OS X and Linux based systems. Faster central console: Optimized database to increase responsiveness. Smart scheduler: Stays out of your way by performing non-critical security tasks when your computer is idle. Enhanced client deployment: Improved wizards and more deployment options will allow new installs and upgrades to be faster and easier than ever before. Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager integration with Symantec Protection Center 2.0: Protection Center is a centralized security management console that allows organizations to identify emerging threats, prioritize tasks and accelerate time to protection based on relevant, actionable intelligence. Protection Center is a free product, available at no additional charge for existing Endpoint Protection 12 customers. Advanced reporting and analytics: Includes IT Analytics which complements and expands upon the traditional reporting offered by Endpoint Protection by incorporating multi-dimensional analysis and robust graphical reporting in an easy to use dashboard.
Symantec Endpoint Protection for Windows client Minimum requirements Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Small Business Server 2003, Windows Small Business Server 2008, Windows Essential Business Server 2008, or Windows Small Business Server 2011 - 32-bit processor: 1-GHz Intel Pentium III or equivalent minimum (Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent recommended)
- 64-bit processor: 2-GHz Pentium 4 or equivalent minimum (Itanium processors are not supported)
- 512 MB of RAM, or higher if required by the operating system (1 GB RAM recommended)
- 700MB disk space
Symantec Endpoint Protection for Mac client Minimum requirements - PowerPC technology-based Mac running Mac OS X 10.4-10.5x
- Intel-based Mac running Mac OS X 10.4-10.6
- 256 MB of RAM (512 MB recommended) for 10.4; 512 MB for 10.5; 1 GB for 10.6
- 500 MB of available hard disk space for installation
Symantec AntiVirus for Linux Client
Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise (server/desktop), Novell Open Enterprise Server, VMWare ES, Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager Minimum requirements Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Small Business Server 2003, Windows Small Business Server 2008, Windows Essential Business Server 2008, or Windows Small Business Server 2011 - Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP4 or SQL Server 2005 SP2 or SQL Server 2008 (optional)
- 32-bit processor: 1-GHz Intel Pentium III or equivalent minimum (Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent recommended)
- 64-bit processor: 2-GHz Pentium 4 or equivalent minimum
- 1 GB of RAM for 32-bit operating systems, 2 GB of RAM for 64-bit operating systems, or higher if required by the operating system (4 GB recommended)
- 4 GB disk for the server; plus 4 GB for the database
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