Symantec Certifies New Technology Partners

Symantec Certifies New Technology Partners

CUPERTINO, California. – Dec. 8, 2004 – Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC), the global leader in information security, today announced that it has certified solutions from four security vendors as part of Symantec’s Technology Partner Program. The newly certified solutions are from Kavado, NFR Security, Qualys and TippingPoint (Nasdaq:TPTI).

The Technology Partner Program focuses on ensuring that third-party solutions are interoperable with the Symantec Security Management System (SSMS) and the Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine. Symantec recognizes that customers use many different software and hardware configurations, creating heterogeneous environments that are difficult to manage. The program establishes firm standards for how diverse products can work together to simplify security management issues for customers while protecting existing security technology investments.

The recently released Symantec Universal Event Collector tool kit allows partners to integrate their security data into the Security Management System and Symantec Incident Manager 3.0. Symantec Incident Manager correlates security events in real time across disparate security technologies and network tiers to identify, prioritize and coordinate the resolution of security incidents.

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