Industry report positions Symantec in the leader quadrant for personal firewalls.Symantec Corp. has announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. as a leader in the "Magic Quadrant The Gartner Magic Quadrant is a proprietary research tool developed by Gartner Inc., a US based research and advisory firm. It is designed to provide an unbiased qualitative analysis of a “markets’ direction, maturity, and participants. for Personal Firewalls, 1Q06" report. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the report, "the personal firewall market in 2006 is transitioning from best-of-breed products to endpoint security suites that combine personal firewall with malicious code defenses, such as antivirus and anti-spyware, and policy enforcement based on physical device port defense and some form of network access control (NAC See network access control. )." "Symantec's vision and proven ability to execute is highlighted by recent technology acquisitions such as Sygate and WholeSecurity, and through our continued internal development of innovative security solutions," said Brad Kingsbury, Vice President, Product Delivery, Symantec Corp. "By offering customers industry-leading personal firewall, antivirus, anti-spyware, intrusion prevention See IPS and IDS. and network access control technologies, Symantec's Endpoint Security solutions help organizations stay ahead of new threats and ensure compliance with IT policies." Customers are provided comprehensive endpoint security through Symantec's endpoint protection and endpoint compliance solutions to defend against zero-day attacks See zero-day exploit. , malicious insiders and actions that do not comply with corporate security policies. Symantec Endpoint Security solutions enable organizations to actively evaluate, protect, and remediate re·me·di·a·tion n. The act or process of correcting a fault or deficiency: remediation of a learning disability. re·me managed and unmanaged systems as they connect to corporate assets. Symantec's Endpoint Security solutions are backed by Symantec Security Response. Part of the Symantec Global Services and Support organization, Symantec Security Response experts work to protect enterprise businesses and consumers from the latest security threats. Symantec Security Response, a team of dedicated intrusion experts, security, engineers, virus hunters, and global technical support teams, provides customers with comprehensive, global 24x7 internet security ''This article or section is being rewritten at Internet security is the process of protecting data and privacy of devices connected to internet from information robbery, hacking, malware infection and unwanted software. expertise to guard against today's complex Internet threats. |
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