Symantec Information Foundation Protects Against Risks to Enterprise Information
Built on industry-leading security and archiving solutions, new integrated suite prevents data loss and reduces e-discovery costs
Cupertino, Calif., Jan. 29, 2007 -- Symantec Corp. today announced Symantec Information Foundation 2007, a new, integrated information security and archiving suite that provides a common framework for consistently enforcing content control policies across the enterprise, from e-mail gateway security to archiving. With Symantec Information Foundation, IT professionals can help proactively prevent the risk of data loss and policy violations, while rapidly and cost-effectively responding to electronic discovery (E-Discovery) requests.
In addition, Symantec also announced today the availability of the beta version of Symantec Information Foundation Mail Security 6.0 for Exchange, a key solution in the Symantec Information Foundation suite. Scheduled to be generally available in March, the solution will provide market-leading technologies to reduce risks to information flowing internally, as well as in and out of the enterprise via Microsoft Exchange servers, including Microsoft Exchange 2007.
Specifically, Symantec Information Foundation offers the following differentiating capabilities:
Consistent content controls with automatic classification and policy enforcement for effective risk management: As information flows across the network gateway, internal servers, and enterprise archive, Symantec Information Foundation consistently captures, scans, and classifies content based on risk and business value
Integrated incident management and remediation for ensuring risk management compliance: As policy violations such as confidential information loss, customer data disclosure, and regulatory compliance breaches are detected, incidents are automatically created and escalated for review and action
Centralized archiving, audit, and discovery: Data flagged as suspicious or violating policy can be proactively retained as evidence for future discovery and investigation
Built on Symantec's anti-virus, anti-spam, content filtering, archiving, retention, e-discovery, and policy-management technologies, Symantec Information Foundation provides integrated protection for information contained in enterprise e-mail, instant messaging, Web communications, portals, file sharing, and other enterprise information systems. In addition, Symantec Information Foundation simplifies administration by consolidating a single platform from a single vendor, which enables IT organizations to reduce their ongoing management and maintenance costs while effectively managing risk through a common policy framework.
Symantec Information Foundation includes the following technologies: Symantec Enterprise Vault, Symantec Enterprise Vault Discovery Accelerator, Symantec Enterprise Vault Compliance Accelerator, Symantec Mail Security 8300 Series, Symantec IM Manager, Symantec Information Foundation Mail Security for Exchange, Symantec Mail Security for Domino, and Symantec Web Security for Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA).
Pricing
Symantec Information Foundation is available as a single enterprise license and is priced on a subscription basis, per user, per year. Estimated pricing starts at US $95 per user per year, with volume and multiyear discounts available.
Availability
Symantec Information Foundation is available through Symantec's worldwide network of value-added authorized resellers, distributors and systems integrators. Organizations can be connected with Symantec's resellers and distributors in their areas by visiting the Symantec Solution Provider Locator at http://enterprisesecurity.symantec.com.
Symantec customers interested in working with the beta version of Symantec Information Foundation Mail Security 6.0 for Exchange should contact their Symantec account manager for more information or visit https://symbeta.symantec.com/callout/default.html?callid=%7b739B9D89-B2A 2-43A7-8604-59E51080FFB3%7d.
About Symantec
Symantec helps businesses and consumers protect their infrastructure, information, and interactions by delivering software and services that address risks to security, availability, compliance, and performance. More information is available at http://www.symantec.com