For companies with critical information assets such as customer data, intellectual property and other data subject to industry regulations, the risk of a data breach is now higher than ever before. Company employees who inadvertently or maliciously violate data security policies continue to represent a major threat to the security of data. In addition, targeted attacks using malware and other sophisticated data theft techniques now put information at risk across endpoint, network and storage systems.
The Symantec™ Data Loss Prevention is a proven, content-aware solution that enables customers to discover, monitor and protect confidential information wherever it is stored or used. The solution allows you to measurably reduce your risk of a data breach, demonstrate regulatory compliance and safeguard customer privacy, brand equity and intellectual property. The ability to inspect content and accurately identify confidential information distinguishes Symantec Data Loss Prevention from point solutions such as encryption and device control, which are not content-aware. Content-awareness is not only critical for discovery and monitoring of confidential data, but it also allows customers to determine which systems and data types to prioritise for deployment of encryption, system hardening and other enterprise security capabilities.
Unlike other solutions, Symantec Data Loss Prevention delivers comprehensive coverage across all data types and exit points combined with a proven track record of successful deployments. With Symantec Data Loss Prevention, customers can proactively protect their information, rapidly respond to the changing threat landscape and leverage content-awareness to more effectively and efficiently deploy enterprise security.
What’s New:Symantec Data Loss Prevention Standard
• Identify data loss at the endpoint.
• Monitor how employees use confidential data.
• Block confidential data loss activities.
• Educate employees with pop-up screens that explain data security policies.
• Ensure departmental data security policies are enforced.
• Continually protect the endpoint whether user is on or off the corporate network.
• Automate actions to data loss incidents.
• Demonstrate endpoint risk reduction to management teams.
Data Loss Prevention for StorageData Insight: Data Owner Identification - Data Insight collects usage information for unstructured data stored on NetApp and EMC Celerra file systems. With Data Insight, DLP incidents created by Network Discover contain a list of 5 most frequent users of the file.
• Clean up exposed sensitive files by contacting the most frequent user of the data.
• Aggregate discovery incidents by user: Provide users with a list of files they use frequently and notify them about how to protect them.
Data Insight: Data Access History - Data Insight collects usage information for unstructured data stored on NetApp and EMC Celerra file systems. Data Insight continuously tracks file access by user and gives Information Security the ability to see who has accessed or modified any file over time.
• Discover who is accessing sensitive files and how often they are being accessed.
• Identify file shares and sensitive files that are accessible by everyone, and take measures to limit access to sensitive data.
Data Loss Prevention for Network • Expanded Social Networking Site Support - Symantec Data Loss Prevention for Network introduces web content removal support for Twitter, YouTube, MySpace, and Meebo in addition to Facebook.
• Expanded Social Networking Site Support - Symantec Data Loss Prevention for Network introduces web content removal support for Twitter, YouTube, MySpace, and Meebo in addition to Facebook.
Data Loss Prevention for EndpointSymantec Workflow Integration - Integration with Symantec Workflow enables Symantec Data Loss Prevention 10.0 to trigger policy-based actions by Symantec Endpoint Protection, Symantec Endpoint Encryption and other security solutions from Symantec and third-party providers. This integration allows for the new capability called, Endpoint Lockdown.
• Utilise the content aware capabilities of DLP to more intelligently apply endpoint protection.
• Proactively disable network access when user actions put data at risk of loss.
• Prevent malicious users or malware from stealing confidential data.
Citrix Environment Support - The Endpoint Discover and Endpoint Prevent agent protects endpoint content via the Citrix virtual environment regardless of laptop or desktop configuration or location.
• Citrix Environment Support - The Endpoint Discover and Endpoint Prevent agent protects endpoint content via the Citrix virtual environment regardless of laptop or desktop configuration or location.
• Allows for protection of confidential data when organizations allow employees to bring any PC or laptop to the office.
User Cancel - User can immediately cancel an action that violated a DLP policy by clicking “cancel” at the time of action on the pop-up window.
• Decreases total cost of ownership by reducing the amount of time the Information Security team spends remediating endpoint events.
• Educates employees in real-time about data security initiatives.
• Allows for user cancel reports to track success of DLP education efforts.
Symantec™ Workflow integration
New integration with the Symantec™ Workflow enables Symantec Data Loss Prevention to trigger security actions by Symantec Endpoint Protection, Symantec Endpoint Encryption and endpoint security solutions from third-party providers.
For example, when a user tries to copy confidential data from a laptop to a USB, Symantec Data Loss Prevention can trigger Symantec Workflow to lock down the endpoint via Symantec Endpoint Protection.
Policy import/export - New import/export capabilities allow customers to stay current with new regulations, easily move custom policies from test to production, and collaborate and exchange policies to share best practices with other users.
Managed email security services support - Symantec Data Loss Prevention now enables customers who use managed email security services, including MessageLabs™: Symantec Hosted Services, to ensure protection of outbound email through new mail forwarding capabilities and support for Transport Layer Security (TLS).
Expanded endpoint event coverage - Symantec Data Loss Prevention now monitors and blocks confidential data being transferred via CompactFlash® and SD™ devices, AOL® Instant Messaging (AIM) Pro sessions, and Print Screen actions.
Expanded support for global deployments - Full support for Simplified Chinese, Japanese and French languages enables native speakers to create policies, manage and respond to incidents, and perform full system management.
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