Symantec rollsout single-consoled Advanced Threat Protection
As Symantec ATP evolves, the company plans to open it up to third party technology partners, including firewall and other security product vendors.
Symantec has introduced Symantec Advanced Threat Protection (ATP), a solution that can detect and remediate advanced threats across control points, from a single console with just a click, all with no new endpoint agents to deploy.
Advanced threats, such as ransomware, remote access trojans, advanced persistent threats (APTs) and zero day attacks, are on the rise and security professionals can no longer rely on using individual point products at each control point to stop them. The process of uncovering threat data across endpoint, network and email gateways is manual and time-consuming, which gives attackers an edge. Symantec ATP correlates suspicious activity across all control points and prioritizes the events that pose the most risk to an organization. Once a critical threat is identified, it can now be quickly contained and new instances can be blocked.
“Security professionals are constantly on their toes trying to monitor and prevent the next cyber-attack,” said Michael A. Brown, president and CEO, Symantec. “We’re moving the industry forward with Symantec Advanced Threat Protection by giving customers a complete picture of their entire enterprise from a single console. Now they can filter out the noise and quickly discover and remediate an attack.”
Additionally, Symantec ATP includes Symantec CynicTM, a new cloud-based sandboxing and payload detonation service to discover and prioritize today’s most advanced threats. It also includes SynapseTM, a cross-control point correlation capability that collects suspicious activity across endpoints, networks and email to prioritize those that are of greatest risk to the organization.
“Our new Synapse and Cynic technologies work together to provide up to 30 percent better detection than existing products out there,” said Balaji Yelamanchili, executive vice president and general manager of Enterprise Security Business, Symantec.
As Symantec ATP evolves, the company plans to open it up to third party technology partners, including firewall and other security product vendors.
