Symantec DeepSight Threat Management System 7.0 Reduces Customer Risk to Targeted Attacks, Spyware and Adware

Symantec DeepSight Threat Management System 7.0 Reduces Customer Risk to Targeted Attacks, Spyware and Adware

Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced Symantec DeepSight Threat Management System 7.0, the premier resource for personalized information about known and emerging vulnerabilities and current worldwide attack activity. Available later this month, Symantec DeepSight Threat Management System 7.0 now alerts customers to targeted attacks and is the first early warning service to offer security alerts with risk ratings of potentially unwanted programs such as adware and spyware.

Targeted attacks are on the rise as hackers increasingly write malicious code for monetary gain rather than for notoriety, according to Symantec’s most recent Internet Security Threat Report, September 2005. As a result, organizations must know when a targeted threat appears on the threat landscape. Symantec DeepSight Threat Management System 7.0 includes domain alerts that notify organizations when their company domain is being specifically named by a malicious code payload. This proactive notification enables businesses to quickly take appropriate steps to mitigate the threat and protect themselves and their customers.

“As a leading provider of health care and related benefits with customers around the world, it is critical that CIGNA IT has an understanding of the entire global threat landscape,” said says Jim Jeffers, chief business continuity officer, CIGNA. “The insurance industry is also beginning to experience more targeted attacks, with significantly less time to react. Symantec DeepSight Threat Management System 7.0 will help provide the personalized intelligence needed to help increase our overall security posture and minimize potential negative impacts to our customers and employees.”

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