Symantec solution for information risks

LAS VEGAS, US: Symantec Corp. has announced the newest version of Symantec Information Foundation, an integrated Information Risk Management (IRM) product suite that builds on the company's Security 2.0 strategy.

Symantec Information Foundation delivers advanced controls to safeguard companies against data loss with unified protection for e-mail, Web and instant messaging (IM). The new solution, expected to be available this summer, enables information entering or exiting the organization to be archived, audited and discovered through a validated process that ensures proper chains of custody.

"Over the years, email and instant messaging have become critical communications tools, both internally and with our customers," said Mark Kolodzej, vice president of IT and head of the infrastructure services department at ING Investment Management Group. "Protecting our customer information is a top priority for ING. Symantec Information Foundation helps us ensure confidential data stays in our organization, while decreasing the risk of spam, viruses and threats coming into our organization."

The new release of Symantec Information Foundation 2007 helps customers to prevent data loss by delivering an integrated suite that includes new versions of its market-leading products, including Symantec Enterprise Vault 2007, Symantec Mail Security 8300 Series appliances, Symantec IM Manager 2007, Symantec Mail Security for Domino 2007 and beta support for content filtering of outbound Web communications.

Integrated data loss prevention

With so many high-profile data breaches over the past several years, the scope of information security has expanded from preventing external threats to ensuring sensitive data doesn't leave the organization.

Symantec Information Foundation includes several new features to help control the flow of data in organizations, including: Identification, classification and control of sensitive corporate data held in databases, e-mails, IM and file systems review, hold, release and audit of e-mail, IM and Web communications for policy compliance Beta support for filtering outgoing Web communications to prevent accidental or intentional data loss through sites such as Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail or Gmail

As employees adopt IM for day-to-day business processes, companies are realizing that messaging security must evolve to address new types of communication. To address these changes, Symantec Information Foundation now offers the first integrated appliance to secure e-mail and IM from viruses, spam and "spim" (IM-bourne spam), and other external threats by integrating acquired IMlogic technology and leveraging insight from Symantec's Global Intelligence Network.

It also offers the first integrated suite to manage archiving and security for the IBM Lotus collaboration platform and the first integrated suite to manage archiving and security for the Microsoft collaboration platform, including new support for archiving Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Office Communication Server 2007.