Symantec Multi Tier Protection v11.0.2 FR Win32 Datasheet

Data Sheet: Endpoint Security

Symantec™ Multi-tier Protection

Trusted protection from malware and email-borne threats for multiplatform environments

Overview

Symantec™ Multi-tier Protection safeguards enterprise assets and lowers risk by providing unmatched protection against threats for laptops, desktops, mobile devices, mail servers, and SMTP gateways. It includes Symantec™

Endpoint Protection, Symantec™ Mail Security, and

Symantec Brightmail™ products to provide multi-layered protection stopping spam, viruses, and data loss while reducing security risks.

Endpoint protection

Symantec Endpoint Protection delivers more than worldclass, industry-leading antivirus and antispyware signaturebased protection. It also provides advanced threat prevention that protect endpoints from targeted attacks and attacks not seen before. It includes turnkey, proactive technologies that automatically analyze application behaviors and network communications to detect and block suspicious activities, as well as administrative control features that allow you to deny specific device and application activities deemed as high risk for your organization—you can even block specific actions based on the location of the user. This multilayered approach significantly lowers risks and gives you the confidence that your business assets are protected. It is a comprehensive product that gives you all the capabilities now, along with the ability to enable the pieces you need, as you need them.

Whether the attack is coming from a malicious insider or is externally motivated, endpoints will be protected. Symantec

Multi-tier Protection also includes the Symantec AntiVirus™ for Linux®, Symantec AntiVirus™ for Macintosh® solutions, and Symantec Mobile AntiVirus for Windows® Mobile.

1 Symantec Mail Security earned InfoWorld’s “Technology of the Year” for Best Mail Security, InfoWorld—Jan 07, 2008, http://www.infoworld.com/slideshow/2008/01/149-2008_technology-5.html

Groupware protection

Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft® Exchange and

Symantec Mail Security for Domino® provide highly effective email protection against viruses and threats while enforcing company security policies on Exchange and

Domino servers. Symantec Premium AntiSpam™, based on the Symantec Brightmail antispam technology, offers 97% antispam effectiveness and less than one in a million false positive rate 1 . Its multi-layered spam prevention leverages multiple filtering technologies, including spam signatures, heuristics, reputation filters, language identification, and proprietary methods. It integrates seamlessly with Symantec

Mail Security products to provide best-in-class antispam protection.

Gateway protection

The Symantec Brightmail™ Gateway delivers effective and accurate antispam and antivirus protection for both inbound and outbound email and instant messaging (IM).

Advanced content filtering and structured data protection support helps organizations control sensitive data, reduce the risks associated with data loss, and meet regulatory compliance and corporate governance demands. Brightmail

Gateway is simple to administer and catches more than

97% of spam with less than one in a million false positives 1 .

Continuous automatic updates, global and self-learning local IP reputation analysis, and comprehensive reporting ensure that Brightmail Gateway effectively and transparently responds to new spam threats to minimize network downtime and preserve employee productivity.

Page 1 of 10 Confidence in a connected world.



Symantec also offers a range of consulting, technical education, and support services to guide you through the migration, deployment, and management of Symantec

Multi-tier Protection and help you realize the full value of your investment. Essential Support Services provide confidence that your critical assets are protected around the clock. For organizations that want to outsource security monitoring and management, Symantec also offers Managed

Security Services to deliver real-time security protection.

Note: The Symantec Brightmail Gateway offers either a physical or a virtual appliance form factor with the same features and functionalities. The Symantec

Multi-tier Protection bundle includes licensing for the virtual appliance and software subscription for the physical appliance. The appliance hardware is sold separately.

Key benefits

Secure

Industry-best threat landscape intelligence—Symantec protection mechanisms utilize the industry-leading

Symantec™ 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.

Multilayered defense—The integrated Symantec Endpoint

Protection solution for Microsoft® Windows operating systems, Symantec AntiVirus for Linux and Macintosh, and the award-winning Symantec Brightmail Gateway,

Symantec Premium AntiSpam, Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange, and Symantec Mail Security for

Domino solutions are included. This combination provides heightened protection against the evolving threat landscape for multiplatform networks, and it protects against emailborne virus threats and security risks in a turnkey package with guaranteed interoperability.

Comprehensive protection—Symantec Multi-tier

Protection integrates best-of-breed technologies to stop security threats—even the most devious new and unknown attackers—before they penetrate the network. It detects and blocks malicious software in real time, including viruses, worms, Trojan horses, spyware, adware, bots, and rootkits.

Proactive protection—TruScan™ 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 rules-based configurations.

Simple

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 Brightmail Gateway also provides powerful on-demand reporting, unified administrative controls, and flexible work flow that simplify ongoing management and drive down administrative costs.

Seamless

Optimized performance—Never sacrifice system performance for protection. Symantec Endpoint Protection provides fast boot time and application load time, enabling comprehensive protection with optimal performance.

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.

Integration with Altiris endpoint management solutions—

Distributing software packages, migrating older Symantec

AntiVirus or other antivirus deployments, and viewing new agent rollout status and activity are easier.




Endpoint Protection

Integrated protection for Windows systems

Antivirus protection for non-Windows systems and computing devices on Windows® Mobile

Groupware and Gateway

Protection

Multi-tiered messaging security

Symantec Multi-tier Protection

Products included

Antivirus

Antispyware

Firewall

Intrusion Prevention

Device and

Application Control

Antivirus

Content Filtering

Antispam

Symantec Endpoint Protection

Symantec AntiVirus for Linux

Symantec AntiVirus for Macintosh

Symantec Mobile AntiVirus for

Windows® Mobile

Symantec Mail Security for Exchange

Symantec Mail Security for Domino

Symantec Premium AntiSpam

Symantec Brightmail Gateway

Software Subscription

Key features

More than antivirus

Antivirus and antispyware—Symantec Endpoint

Protection provides unmatched, best-of-breed 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—A rules-based firewall engine and Generic Exploit Blocking (GEB) block malware before it can enter a system.

Proactive threat protection—Protecting against unseen threats (i.e., zero-day threats), it includes TruScan Proactive

Threat Scan, which does not rely on a signature.

Single agent and single management console—The

Symantec Endpoint Protection portion of Symantec Multi-tier

Protection provides antivirus, antispyware, desktop firewall,

IPS, device and application 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.

Symantec AntiVirus for Linux and Macintosh, and

Symantec Mobile AntiVirus for Windows Mobile—

Symantec AntiVirus for Macintosh and Symantec AntiVirus for Linux remove viruses from email attachments, Internet downloads, and other sources to safeguard the enterprise network. Symantec Mobile AntiVirus for Windows

Mobile enables secure mobile computing by providing comprehensive virus protection against malicious threats that target Windows Mobile operating systems.

Antispam and messaging security protection

The Symantec Brightmail-based antispam technology delivers greater than 97 percent effectiveness and a false positive rate of less than one in a million, making it one of the industry’s most accurate solutions.

• Scans inbound and outbound email and IM traffic for compliance with regulatory and governance requirements

• Provides incident management and reporting capabilities that enable organizations to implement policies and analyze and manage violations

• Delivers automatic spam signature updates every 7 minutes to help ensure effective, real-time protection against new threats

• Offers unparalleled protection, as evidenced by the industry’s only record of 39 consecutive VB100 awards since 1999

• Provides real-time analytics and reporting, gaining visibility into email and IM usage and growth patterns

Page 3 of 10



Symantec Endpoint Protection product family

Symantec

Endpoint

Protection

Antivirus

Antispyware

Firewall X

Device and application control

X

X

X

Symantec

Multi-tier

Protection

Small Business

Edition

X

X

X

X

Intrusion prevention

Symantec™ Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange

Symantec™ Mail Security for Domino

Premium AntiSpam

(for Groupware)

X X

X

X*

Symantec

Multi-tier

Protection

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X*

Brightmail Gateway software subscription

X*

Symantec Mobile AntiVirus for Windows Mobile

SAV for Linux X X

X*

X

SAV for Mac X* X

Shaded area = Centrally managed by a single agent and single console

* New additions.

Note:

• If a customer does not want to use SEP when they purchase a bundle, they may install SAV. They just need to go directly to Customer Care.

• In the new bundle, SEP version is SEP 11.0.2 (MR3).

• Brightmail Gateway included in the bundle can be used as a virtual appliance.

VMware is not included in the bundle.

Minimum system requirements

Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager, Console, and database

Component 32-bit 64-bit

Processor 1 GHz Intel® Pentium® III

Operating system The following operating systems are supported:

• Windows® 2000 Server/

Advanced Server/

Datacenter Server/Small

Business Server with

Service Pack 3 or later

• Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1 or later

Note: Windows XP supports a limited number of concurrent users if the clients are in "push" mode. Use "pull" mode on Windows XP servers for up to 100 clients. For more information, search for Symantec Endpoint

Protection Manager

11.x communication

troubleshooting on the

Symantec Support Web

Site.

• Windows Server 2003

Standard Edition/

Enterprise Edition/

Datacenter Edition/

Storage Edition/

Web Edition/

Small Business Server

Memory

Hard disk

1 GB RAM minimum

(2–4 GB recommended)

4 GB for the server, plus an additional 4 GB for the database

1 GB RAM minimum

(2–4 GB recommended)

4 GB for the server, plus an additional 4 GB for the database

1 GHz on x64 only with the following processors:

• Intel Xeon with Intel

EM64T support

• Intel Pentium IV with

EM64T support

• AMD 64-bit Opteron™

• AMD 64-bit Athlon™

Note: Itanium is not supported.

The following operating systems are supported:

• Windows XP Professional x64 Edition with Service

Pack 1 or later


Standard x64 Edition/

Enterprise x64 Edition/

Datacenter x64 Edition with Service Pack 1 or later

• Windows Compute

Cluster Server 2003

• Windows Storage Server

2003

Note: If you use Microsoft

Clustering services for the Symantec Endpoint

Protection Manager server, you must install the Symantec Endpoint

Protection Manager on the local volume.

Page 4 of 10



Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager, Console, and database

(continued)

Component

Display

Database

Other requirements

32-bit

Super VGA (1,024x768) or higher-resolution video adapter and monitor

The Symantec Endpoint

Protection Manager includes an embedded database. You may also choose to use one of the following versions of

Microsoft SQL Server:

• Microsoft SQL Server

2000 with Service Pack

3 or later


2005

Note: Microsoft SQL

Server is optional.

The following other requirements must be met:

• Internet Information

Services server 5.0 or later with World Wide

Web services enabled

• Internet Explorer 6.0 or later

• Static IP address

(recommended)

64-bit


The Symantec Endpoint

Protection Manager includes an embedded database. You may also choose to use one of the following versions of

Microsoft SQL Server:


2000 with Service Pack

3 or later


2005

Note: Microsoft SQL

Server is optional.







(recommended)

Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager and Console

Component

Processor

32-bit

1 GHz Intel Pentium III

64-bit



EM64T support


EM64T support



Note: Itanium is not supported.

Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager and Console (continued)

Component 32-bit 64-bit


• Windows® 2000 Server/

Advanced Server/

Datacenter Server with








Site.


Standard Edition/

Enterprise Edition/

Datacenter Edition/

Web Edition/


Memory

Hard disk



Pack 1 or later





• Windows Compute

Cluster Server 2003


2003


Clustering services for the

SEPM server, you must install the SEPM server on the local volume.

1 GB RAM minimum (2 GB recommended)

1 GB RAM minimum (2 GB recommended)

2 GB (4 GB recommended) 2 GB (4 GB recommended)

Display

Other requirements








(recommended)








(recommended)




Symantec Endpoint Protection Console

Component

Processor

32-bit

1 GHz Intel Pentium III


• Windows® 2000

Professional/Server/

Advanced Server/










Site.


Standard Edition/

Enterprise Edition/

Datacenter Edition/

Web Edition/


• Windows Vista® (x86)

Memory

Hard disk

512 MB of RAM (1 GB recommended)

15 MB

Display Super VGA (1,024x768) or higher-resolution video adapter and monitor

512 MB of RAM (1 GB recommended)

15 MB


64-bit



EM64T support


EM64T support






Pack 1 or later





• Windows Compute

Cluster Server 2003


2003

• Windows Vista (x64)

Note: The Symantec

Network Access Control installation CD contains a

64-bit application.


Clustering services for the

SEPM server you must install the SEPM server on the local volume.

Symantec Endpoint Protection Console (continued)

Component

Other requirements

32-bit


•

•

Internet Explorer 6.0 or later

Java™ Runtime

Environment 5.0, update 13 or above recommended

64-bit



• Java Runtime

Environment 5.0, update 13 or above recommended

Quarantine Console

Component 32-bit

Processor 600 MHz Intel Pentium III Not tested


• Windows® 2000


Advanced Server/






Standard Edition/

Enterprise Edition/

Datacenter Edition/

Web Edition

Memory


Home Basic Edition/

Home Premium Edition/

Business Edition/

Enterprise Edition/

Ultimate Edition


Standard Edition/

Enterprise Edition/

Datacenter Edition/

Web Edition

64 MB of RAM

Not tested

Not tested

Hard disk

Display

35 MB


Not tested

Not tested

64-bit




Quarantine Console (continued)

Component

Other requirements

32-bit


• Internet Explorer 5.5


• Microsoft Management

Console version 1.2 or later

If MMC is not already installed, you need 3 MB free disk space (10 MB during installation).

Not tested

64-bit

Central Quarantine Server

Component

Processor

32-bit

600 MHz Intel Pentium III Not tested


• Windows® 2000


Advanced Server/






Standard Edition/

Enterprise Edition/

Datacenter Edition/

Web Edition


Home Basic Edition/


Business Edition/

Enterprise Edition/

Ultimate Edition

Not tested

64-bit

Memory

Hard disk

Display

Other requirements

128 MB of RAM

40 MB, 500 MB to

4 GB recommended for quarantined items, and

250 MB swap file



• Internet Explorer 5.5


Not tested

Not tested

Not tested

Not tested

Symantec Endpoint Protection

Component

Processor

32-bit

400 MHz Intel Pentium III

(1 GHz for Windows Vista)

64-bit



EM64T support


EM64T support





• Windows® 2000


Advanced Server/




• Windows XP Home

Edition/Professional with

Service Pack 1 or later/

Tablet PC Edition/Media

Center Edition


Standard Edition/

Enterprise Edition/

Datacenter Edition/

Web Edition/



Home Basic Edition/


Business Edition/

Enterprise Edition/

Ultimate Edition


Standard Edition/

Enterprise Edition/

Datacenter Edition/

Web Edition

Memory 256 MB of RAM

Hard disk

Display

600 MB




Pack 1 or later

• Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition

• Windows Compute

Cluster Server 2003


2003

• Windows Vista Home

Basic x64 Edition/Home

Premium x64 Edition/

Business x64 Edition/


Ultimate x64 Edition




Datacenter x64 Edition/

Web x64 Edition

Note: If you are using

Microsoft Clustering

Services, you must install the client on the local volume.

256 MB of RAM

700 MB





Symantec Endpoint Protection (continued)

Component

Other requirements

32-bit 64-bit


Terminal Server clients connecting to a computer with antivirus protection have the following additional requirements:

• Microsoft Terminal

Server RDP (Remote

Desktop Protocol) client

• Citrix® Metaframe® (ICA) client 1.8 or later if using

Citrix Metaframe server on Terminal Server


Symantec AntiVirus for Linux® client

• Linux distribution supported:

Component

Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 3.x, 4.x, 5.x

SUSE Linux Enterprise (Server/Desktop)

9.x, 10.x

Novell® Open Enterprise Server (OES/OES2)

VMware ESX 2.5.x, 3.x

32-bit

X

X

X

X

Not centrally managed by the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager

64-bit

X

X

X

Symantec AntiVirus for Macintosh 10.2 Administration

Server

Operating system requirements:

• Mac OS X Server 10.4.11–10.5.x

Hardware requirements:

• Xserve G5, Xserve, Power Mac G5, Power Mac G4,

Macintosh Server G4, Power Macintosh G3 (Blue &

White), Macintosh Server G3 (Blue & White), iMac, eMac, or Mac mini computer

• 256 MB of RAM; at least 512 MB of RAM for high-demand servers running multiple services

• Built-in FireWire

• 4 GB of available disk space

Other software requirements:

• As an included add-on component, the Symantec

Administration Console requires that Macintosh clients with Symantec AntiVirus 10.2 for Macintosh run under

Mac OS 10.4.11–10.5.x.

Note: Mac OS X Server 10.4.11–10.5.x is required. Mac OS X Server 10.4 and

10.5 software includes Apache and MySQL.

Symantec AntiVirus for Macintosh 10.2 Administration

Console

Supported Administration Console browsers:

• Mac OS X + Safari 1.2.x, Firefox 2

• Mac OS X + Safari 1.2.x, Firefox 2 Windows XP Pro +

Internet Explorer 6 SP2, Firefox 2

• Red Hat Linux + Netscape 7

Symantec AntiVirus for Macintosh Client 10.2


• Macintosh OS X version 10.4.11–10.5.x

Hardware requirements:

• G3 processor or higher (G4 800 MHz or better if running

Mac OS X 10.4.11 or Mac OS X 10.5.x)

• 192 MB of RAM

• 40 MB of available hard disk space for installation

• Internet connection required for LiveUpdate

Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange


• Microsoft Windows® 2000 Server/Advanced Server/Data

Center (SP4)

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard/Enterprise/

Data Center (SP1)

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 or Windows Server

2003 R2 x64, Standard or Enterprise Edition

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64 Standard or

Enterprise Edition




Minimum system requirements:

For Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 or 2008 x64

Standard or Enterprise Edition:

• Intel® Server-class 32-bit processor

• 1 GB of RAM

For Exchange Server 2007:

• x64 architecture–based computer with Intel processor that supports Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology

(Intel EM64T), or AMD processor that supports the

AMD64 platform

• 2 GB of RAM minimum

For all versions of Exchange:

• 325 MB available disk space for Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange

• .NET Framework version 2.0

• Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.8 or higher

• Microsoft DirectX® 9.0

Console-only installation requirements:

Operating system

• Windows 2000 (SP4)

• Windows 2003 (SP1)

• Windows XP (SP1)

Minimum system requirements:

• 512 MB of RAM

• 250 MB available disk space

• .NET Framework version 2.0

• Microsoft DirectX 9.0

Symantec Mail Security for Domino

System requirements:

• Lotus Domino® server version 6.5.x or 7.x

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000

Advanced Server, Windows Server 2003, or Windows

Server 2003 Enterprise Edition

• Lotus Notes® client

– Lotus Notes version 6.5.x or 7.x

– 128 MB RAM minimum (256 MB or more recommended)

– 300 MB available disk space

Note: Domino server should be sized based on Domino system requirements.

System requirements should take into account additional needs such as file system antivirus protection, backup operations, and other business-critical applications unique to the environment.

Symantec Gateway Protection

Supported Internet browsers:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer® 6.0, 7.0

• Firefox 2.0

Supported virtualization platforms:

• VMware Server 1.0.4

• VMware ESX Server 3.0.2

Note: VMware is not included in the bundle.




More information

Visit our Web site www.symantec.com/endpoint

To speak with a Product Specialist in the U.S.

Call toll-free 1 (800) 745 6054

To speak with a Product Specialist outside the U.S.

For specific country offices and contact numbers, please visit our Web site.

About Symantec

Symantec is a global leader in providing security, storage, and systems management solutions to help businesses and consumers manage their information. Headquartered in

Cupertino, Calif., Symantec has operations in more than

40 countries. More information is available at www.symantec.com.

Symantec World Headquarters

20330 Stevens Creek Boulevard

Cupertino, CA 95014 USA

+1 (408) 517 8000

1 (800) 721 3934 www.symantec.com

Confidence in a connected world.

Copyright © 2008 Symantec Corporation. All rights reserved. Symantec, the Symantec Logo, Symantec AntiVirus, and Premium AntiSpam are trademarks or registered trademarks of Symantec Corporation or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. Domino, Lotus, and Lotus Notes are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both. Linux is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U.S. and other countries. Novell is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Microsoft, Active Directory, Windows, Windows Server, and Windows Vista are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Intel and Pentium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel

Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. Printed in the U.S.A.

10/08 12836805-3

Page 10 of 10

Symantec Multi Tier Protection v11.0.2 FR Win32 Datasheet

Symantec™ Multi-tier Protection

Trusted protection from malware and email-borne threats for multiplatform environments

Key Features

Related manuals

Symantec Multi Tier Protection v11.0.2 FR Win32 Datasheet

Symantec™ Multi-tier Protection

Trusted protection from malware and email-borne threats for multiplatform environments

Key Features

Related manuals

Symantec

Symantec

Symantec

Symantec

Symantec

Multi-Tier Protection v.11.0.2, Small Business Edition, EXP-B, Rnwl, ML

Symantec

Symantec

Endpoint Protection v.11.0

Symantec

Endpoint Protection v.11.0, XGRD EBA, EXP-A

Symantec

Symantec

Symantec

20016664