Symantec expands security portfolio for Indian SMBs

BANGALORE, INDIA: Symantec Corp. today announced new enhancements to its Small and Mid-sized Business (SMB) Protection Portfolio.

The new Symantec Protection Suite Advanced Business Edition, is now available in India. It will provide SMBs with complete protection including endpoint and messaging security as well as desktop, laptop and server backup and recovery to ensure business continuity.

Symantec is giving SMB customers more choices for protecting their growing businesses with hosted options for email and web security and new lower pricing for Symantec Protection Suite Small Business Edition, said a press release.

The new SMB suite would offer protection for endpoints like laptops and desktops, provide messaging security. It would prevent data loss with advanced content filtering at the mail gateway and also provide backup, recovery capabilities to maintain business continuity.

Symantec Protection Suite Advanced Business Edition would give customers the flexibility to deploy on-site and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) technologies with add-on options for hosted email and Web security from Symantec Hosted Services.  These SaaS offerings would help SMBs secure and manage email and Web traffic through a single Web based management console while greatly reducing the need to manage hardware or software for messaging security on-site.

In addition, Symantec recently launched Symantec Hosted Endpoint Protection, a new SaaS offering for SMBs who wish to deploy comprehensive security for their computer systems without the need for additional hardware or management software.

For the most cost-conscious small businesses, Symantec is lowering the price of Symantec Protection Suite Small Business Edition, which provides endpoint and messaging security with backup and recovery for desktops and laptops, by 40 per cent, the release said.

“SMBs today are handling valuable information and having the right information at the right time can mean the difference between success and going out of business.  Cybercriminals are going after SMBs, and those who are only using antivirus as a security solution are not protected completely, putting their businesses at risk,” said Vineet Sood, head, Channels and Alliances, Symantec India

He added that today’s SMBs need complete protection that can be easily deployed and managed while providing the highest level of protection.