Symantec Managed Security Services Integrates Vulnerability Data To Enhance Customer Protection

Symantec Managed Security Services Integrates Vulnerability Data To Enhance Customer Protection

Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC), the global leader in information security, today announced that Symantec Managed Security Services now includes Symantec Vulnerability Data Correlation Service. This new enhancement helps organizations more efficiently manage security risk by correlating vulnerability data with attacks, to meet regulatory compliance requirements, and keep business and up and running.

“Two of the greatest challenges facing companies today are understanding the context of network attacks, and being able to take proactive measures to mitigate risk from those attacks” said Grant Geyer, vice president, Symantec Managed Security Services. “By correlating customer supplied vulnerability data with real-time security monitoring data, Symantec security analysts can identify vulnerable networks immediately. With this information, customers can protect their systems before an attack is launched, and help ensure a resilient infrastructure.”

As part of this offering, Symantec Managed Security Services analysts will have access to correlated customer attack data and known vulnerabilities, which provides an inside look at validated attacks and offers a better understanding of what is truly happening in the customer’s environment. Once an attack is confirmed, analysts are able to provide information detailing vulnerable hosts that have not been compromised enabling critical patches to be made. Symantec Vulnerability Data Correlation reduces false positives, therefore customers are only notified when they are at risk, freeing up critical customer staff time.

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