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Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR), Volume 17

The Symantec Internet Security Threat Report is one of the most comprehensive sources of Internet threat data in the world. Symantec’s analysts have access to unparalleled sources of data with which to identify, analyze, and provide informed commentary on emerging trends in attacks, malicious code activity, phishing, and spam. The Symantec Internet Security Threat Report gives enterprises and consumers the essential information they need to secure their systems effectively – now, and into the future.

Symantec Vision 2012

Discover the Power with in-depth technical content, the world’s largest gathering of Symantec experts, and a lineup of events and activities that would make Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr. proud.

Ponemon Cost of a Data Breach 2011

Symantec and The Ponemon Institute proudly present the 2011 Cost of a Data Breach Reports, the seventh annual analysis of data breach incidents for companies around the globe. The reports take into account a wide range of direct business costs including forensic experts, outsourcing hotline support and indirect costs such as in-house investigations and communication.

Symantec Smartphone Honey Stick Project

The Symantec Smartphone Honey Stick Project is an experiment involving 50 “lost” smartphones. Before the smartphones were intentionally lost, a collection of simulated corporate and personal data was placed on them, along with the capability to remotely monitor what happened to them once they were found.

2012 State of Mobility Survey

Once mostly forbidden by IT, smartphones are now being used by hundreds of millions of employees throughout the world to access corporate information to keep up in today’s 24/7 business world. Symantec commissioned the 2012 State of Mobility survey to gauge how organizations are coping with this trend.

RSA 2012 Press Kit

As a global leader in protecting the world’s information, Symantec provides security solutions to help consumers and organizations secure and manage their information and identities, Symantec will play an integral role as a Global Diamond Sponsor at this year’s RSA Conference in San Francisco.

Control Compliance Suite 11

Symantec Control Compliance Suite 11 is the latest version of the comanpy’s enterprise-class IT governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solution. It will feature the new Control Compliance Suite Risk Manager module which enables security leaders to better understand and communicate risks to the business environment from their IT infrastructure.

Symantec Delivers Better Backup for All

Symantec is addressing today’s backup challenges with the announcements of Backup Exec 2012 and NetBackup 7.5 and the global availability of BE.cloud.

State of Cloud Survey

The Symantec 2011 State of Cloud Survey looked at how organizations are adopting cloud computing and dealing with the changes it can impose on their IT strategies. The responses from 5,300 companies worldwide reveal that security is both a top concern and top goal for organizations moving to cloud.

2011 Information Retention/eDiscovery Survey

Symantec announced the findings of its 2011 Information Retention and eDiscovery Survey which examined how enterprises manage their ever-growing electronically stored information and prepare for the eventuality of an eDiscovery request.

VMworld 2011

Symantec virtualization experts play an integral role at the VMWorld 2011 Conference in Las Vegas.

2011 Symantec Virtualization and Evolution to the Cloud Survey

Symantec’s 2011 Virtualization and Evolution to the Cloud Survey revealed that despite the perceived benefits, C-level executives are concerned due to challenges including reliability, security, availability and performance.

Vision 2011 Press Center

Symantec makes a series of announcements at its annual Vision conference in Las Vegas.

Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR), Volume 16

The Symantec Internet Security Threat Report, Volume 16, provides an overview and analysis of Internet threat activity worldwide, a review of known vulnerabilities, and highlights of malicious code for all of 2010.

Ponemon Cost of a Data Breach

Ponemon study indicates organizational data breach costs hit $7.2 million.

Symantec Endpoint Protection 12

Symantec delivers unrivaled security and blazing performance with new versions of Symantec Endpoint Protection and Symantec Endpoint Small Business Edition.

RSA 2011 Press Kit

Symantec security experts play an integral role at the RSA 2011 Conference in San Francisco.

Report on Attack Toolkits and Malicious Websites

An overview of attack toolkits including attack methods, kit types, notable attacks, and attack kit evolution.

Strong Authentication for Enterprises

Symantec has launched an initiative to provide new research, tools and best practices for to help enterprises stay SAFE while enabling access to corporate assets.

Symantec 2011 SMB Disaster Preparedness Survey

Symantec Study Shows SMBs Not Prepared For Disasters, Don’t Act Until It’s Too Late.

Symantec Data Loss Prevention 11

Symantec Announces Symantec Data Loss Prevention 11 featuring Vector Machine Learning.

2010 Symantec Disaster Recovery Study

For the sixth year, Symantec conducted a survey in October 2010 to determine business trends regarding disaster recovery planning and preparedness. The study found that virtualization and cloud add complexity to disaster recovery initiatives.

Ponemon Encryption Trends, 2010

Ponemon Institute and Symantec Announce 2010 Annual Study: U.S. Enterprise Encryption Trends.

Planning Plays a Key Role in Successful Windows 7 Upgrades

Symantec surveyed more than 1,300 IT managers across the globe to determine best practices for a smooth and efficient migration to Windows 7.

Symantec 2010 Critical Infrastructure Protection Study

Symantec conducted a survey in August 2010 to find out how aware critical infrastructure companies were of government efforts in this area and how engaged and enthusiastic private enterprise was about working with government.

Symantec Information Management Group Product Updates

Symantec continues to deliver on its information management strategy by announcing Enterprise Vault 9.0, Enterprise Vault Discovery Collector, NetBackup 5000 and the NetBackup Cloud Storage for Nirvanix.

Symantec Expands High Availability & Storage Management Solutions for VMware

Symantec ApplicationHA and Symantec VirtualStore provide customers the ability to confidently virtualize their business critical applications and minimize storage costs on the VMware platform.

Information Management Survey, 2010

Symantec recently surveyed 1,680 senior IT and legal executives in 26 countries to determine the best – and worst – practices in the area of information management.

Symantec Study: SMBs are Getting Serious about Information Protection

Symantec’s 2010 SMB Information Protection Survey found that small and midsized businesses are now making protecting their information their highest IT priority, as opposed to 15 months ago when a high percentage had failed to enact even the most basic safeguards.

Symantec Expands SMB Information Protection Portfolio

Symantec SMB customers now have more options for complete and flexible protection at a lower cost.

Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR), Volume XV

The Symantec Internet Security Threat report provides an overview and analysis of Internet threat activity worldwide, a review of known vulnerabilities, and highlights of malicious code for all of 2009.

Vision 2010 Press Center

Symantec Vision spotlights the latest developments in IT management, risk management, security and storage.

RSA 2010 Press Kit

Symantec security experts played an integral role at this year’s RSA Conference in San Francisco.

2010 State of Enterprise Security Report

Symantec's first global survey on enterprise security is a comprehensive and wide-ranging study on the top issues impacting security professionals today.

Symantec Delivers Deduplication Everywhere

Symantec delivers on its deduplication everywhere strategy - designed to reduce data everywhere, reduce complexity, and reduce data infrastructure – by announcing Backup Exec 2010 and NetBackup 7.0.

2010 State of the Data Center Report

Symantec's third annual study is one of the most comprehensive sources on the top issues impacting data center professionals globally, and worldwide trends in the data center.

Symantec 2009 Trends and 2010 Predictions: Security and Storage

Symantec security experts share their perspective on top Internet security trends from 2009 and what they expect to be the top security and storage trends for 2010.

Symantec and Windows 7

Symantec has announced its support for Microsoft Windows 7, with its Norton-branded consumer products and enhanced versions of its enterprise security, backup and recovery and migration technologies.

Symantec Report on Rogue Security Software

The Symantec Report on Rogue Security Software is an in-depth analysis of rogue security software programs.

Symantec Cloud Press Kit

Symantec infrastructure technologies, used in Symantec’s own cloud services, are now available to enterprise customers.

Symantec 2009 Disaster Recovery Research Report

In its fifth year, the 2009 Symantec Disaster Recovery Research report is an annual global study highlighting business trends regarding IT disaster recovery planning and preparedness. The report provides insight and understanding into some of the more complicated factors associated with disaster recovery.

Symantec 2009 Worldwide Green IT Report

Symantec’s annual Green IT study highlights the key issues and trends organizations are facing as they implement green processes to both reduce costs and be more environmentally responsible.

Enrique Salem becomes Symantec CEO

On April 4, 2009, Enrique Salem became president and chief executive officer of Symantec Corporation. Learn more about Enrique and his perspective on what it takes to enable an environment of confidence with customers and partners.

Underground Economy Report

The Symantec Report on the Underground Economy is a detailed look into an online underground economy that has matured into an efficient, global marketplace.