Symantec announces new threat management system

MUMBAI: Symantec Corp. has announced Symantec DeepSight Threat Management System 7.0, a resource for personalized information about known and emerging

vulnerabilities and attack activity.

Available later this month, Symantec DeepSight Threat Management System 7.0 offers security alerts with risk ratings of potentially unwanted programs such as adware and spyware, according to the company.

Targeted attacks are on the rise as hackers increasingly write malicious code for monetary gain rather than for notoriety, according to Symantec's most recent Internet Security Threat Report, September 2005.

Symantec DeepSight Threat Management System 7.0 includes domain alerts that notify organizations when their company domain is being specifically named by a malicious code payload. This notification enables businesses to quickly take appropriate steps to mitigate the threat and protect themselves and their customers.

"With a vastly changing threat landscape and an increased focus on financial motivated malicious attacks, our customers need to arm themselves with the most current threat information," said Arthur Wong, vice president, Symantec Security Response and Managed Security Services. "Symantec DeepSight Threat Management System 7.0 provides customers with the latest intelligence and recommendations from the world-class security experts of Symantec Security Response to avoid these attacks and proactively alerts customers to unnecessary security risks that may impact their business."

Symantec DeepSight Threat Management System 7.0 leverages Symantec's enterprise-scale Global Intelligence Network of more than 150 million desktop antivirus sensors; 20,000 intrusion detection and firewall sensors; and 4,300 monitored and managed security devices worldwide.