Symantec has released its new enterprise grade protection for the new Cloud Generation, integrating multiple protections for public and hybrid cloud users – extending the continuum it says.
Symantec used the RSA Conference 2017 – where the world talks security - to preview what it claims is the “most comprehensive cloud security offering.”
It says that most security providers simply provide isolated parts of what is required to secure enterprise cloud transformations - the cloud generation mandates a new model of integrated security. Focused on the needs of the chief information security officer (CISO) it provides unified security for both cloud and traditional on-premise environments for seamless security.
Mike Fey, president and chief operating officer at Symantec, said, “The value to the enterprise of shifting to cloud applications and services is undeniable. At the same time, cyber criminals look at this new, borderless infrastructure as a potential goldmine. Because of the breadth and depth of our category-leading security portfolio, coupled with the world’s largest civilian cyber intelligence network, Symantec is the only cyber security provider in the industry that can address the challenges of the Cloud Generation holistically, enabling our customers to take full advantage of the cloud while helping to ensure their critical information is secure and protected.”
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The Symantec Cloud Security Platform gains entirely new capabilities for securing critical assets, data, and users across the cloud continuum while leveraging the power of Symantec’s security solutions to assist customers on their journey to the cloud.
Integrating Symantec’s Industry-Leading Data Loss Prevention with the Power of Web Security Service
Enterprises must ensure safety for mobile users and remote offices from anywhere in the world while, at the same time, protecting organisational data as it is in transit. Symantec has now integrated its industry-leading Symantec Data Loss Prevention (DLP) with its cloud-delivered Web Security Service (WSS), providing a seamless platform to help ensure a safe web experience and to protect organisational data. When combined with existing integrations across Symantec Email.cloud and Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), Symantec can now deliver its industry-leading DLP across the web, email and cloud applications, providing a secure transition to the cloud generation.
New Cloud Malware Analysis Service Extends Advanced Threat Protection Sandboxing to WSS
As users and remote offices move beyond the traditional perimeter, advanced protection must follow them regardless of their location. Symantec’s new Malware Analysis Advanced Service (MAAS) delivers full behavioural sandbox detonation of files within WSS to help protect users from the world’s most advanced threats. This is in addition to the advanced multi-factor content and emulated sandboxing introduced earlier in 2016. MAAS now allows WSS to deliver complete behavioural detonation to stop the most sophisticated threats.
Speeding the Move to Cloud Security with New Universal Policy Capabilities
Enterprises making the move to cloud are often stuck with the challenge of manually creating completely new policy sets with new vendors, which can be a significant burden to deploy and maintain. Symantec now enables users to seamlessly extend existing on-premise policies to the cloud with the new Universal Policy for Web Security Service. This enables users to seamlessly manage policies across all delivery mechanisms – appliances, virtual appliances, infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS) and cloud.
Cloud Workload Protection for Amazon Web Service and Microsoft Azure Workloads
Without proper visibility, control and protection of public cloud workloads, organisational risk is substantially increased as enterprises move to leverage their applications in these cloud environments. To address this issue, Symantec announced Cloud Workload Protection to deliver automated security policy enforcement and protect applications from unknown exploits inside of both Amazon Web Service (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. Available today, Cloud Workload Protection automates security for public cloud workloads delivering metered usage billing, rapid workload discovery, increased visibility and elastic protection to help ensure safe cloud workload adoption.
Cloud-Based Web Application Firewall for AWS
As enterprises provision new cloud applications and services, it is critical that they secure both their cloud workloads and networked environments for complete application protection. In addition to Cloud Workload Protection previously announced, Symantec also announces support for AWS with its Web Application Firewall. Built on the Blue Coat ProxySG foundation, Symantec Web Application Firewall provides a full reverse proxy, web application protections, Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Top 10 coverage and unique content nature detection technology to help ensure safe application adoption in AWS.
Extending CASB portfolio to gain visibility and control over Microsoft Azure
Symantec’s CASB solution now supports Microsoft Azure, which allows organisations to monitor and log user activity while leveraging behavioural analytics and machine learning to detect account breaches. Symantec CASB makes it easy to alert, quarantine users and block unsanctioned actions while providing powerful tools to navigate user activity logs and quickly investigate incidents.
“Today’s cyber criminals are constantly evolving their approach to accessing organisations’ data and the need for customers to use disparate solutions to protect themselves is a challenge in itself,” said Doug Cahill, senior analyst for Enterprise Strategy Group. “Vendors, like Symantec, that integrate multiple solutions to address cloud security holistically, help create operational efficiencies and allow customers to take full advantage of the cloud while helping to ensure their critical information is secure and protected.”