Introduction
Symantec Endpoint Protection combines Symantec AntiVirus™ with advanced threat prevention to deliver an unmatched defense against malware for laptops, desktops, and servers. It provides protection against even the most sophisticated attacks that evade traditional security measures, such as rootkits, zero-day attacks, and mutating spyware.It also provides antivirus, antispyware, desktop firewall, IPS and device control (It locks down an endpoint by preventing thumb drives, CD burners, printers and other USB devices from connecting).

Key benefits

• Comprehensive protection
  Integrates best-of-breed technologies to stop security threats—even from the most devious new and unknown attackers—before they penetrate the network. Detects and blocks malicious software in real time, including viruses, worms, Trojan horses, spyware, adware, and rootkits.
• Proactive protection
  New Proactive Threat Scan uses a unique Symantec technology to score both good and bad behaviors of unknown applications, enhancing detection and reducing false positives without the need to create rule-based configurations.
• Industry-best threat landscape intelligence
  Symantec’s protection mechanisms leverage the industry-leading Global Intelligence Network to deliver an unparalleled view of the entire Internet threat landscape. This intelligence results in actionable protection and peace of mind against evolving attacks.

Simple

• Single agent, single console
  Integrates a full range of security technologies into a single agent and a centralized management console, with an intuitive user interface and Web-based graphical reporting. Enables you to set and enforce security policies across the enterprise to protect your critical assets. Simplifies management, reduces system resource usage, and requires no additional agents when adding Symantec Network Access Control support. Symantec Network Access Control features are automatically enabled on the agent and management console with the purchase of a license.
• Easy to deploy
  Because it requires only a single agent and management console and operates with an organization’s existing security and IT investments, Symantec Endpoint Protection is easy to implement and deploy. For organizations that want to outsource security monitoring and management, Symantec offers Managed Security Services to deliver real-time security protection.
• Lower cost of ownership
  Symantec Endpoint Protection delivers a lower total cost of ownership by reducing administrative overhead as well as the costs associated with managing multiple endpoint security products. This unified approach to endpoint security simplifies administration and provides operational efficiencies such as single software updates and policy updates, unified and central reporting, and a single licensing and maintenance program.

Seamless

• Easy to install, configure, and manage
  Symantec Endpoint Protection makes it easy to enable/disable and configure desired technologies to fit into your environment.
• Symantec Network Access Control ready
  Each endpoint becomes “Symantec Network Access Control ready,” eliminating the need to deploy additional network access control endpoint agent software.
• Leverages existing security technologies and IT investments
  Works with other leading antivirus vendors, firewalls, IPS technologies, and network access control infrastructures. Also works with leading software deployment tools, patch management tools, and security information management tools.

Key features

• Antivirus and antispyware
  Provides unmatched, best-ofbreed malware protection, including market-leading antivirus protection, enhanced spyware protection, new rootkit protection, reduced memory footprint, and new dynamic performance adjustments to keep users productive.
• Network threat protection
  Offers a rules-based firewall engine and Generic Exploit Blocking (GEB) that blocks malware before it can enter a system.
• Proactive threat protection
  Provides protection for unseen threats (i.e., zero-day threats). Includes Proactive Threat Scan, which does not rely on a signatures.
• Single agent and single management console
  Provides antivirus, antispyware, desktop firewall, IPS, device control, and network access control (with the purchase of a Symantec Network Access Control license) on a single agent—all managed by a single management console.