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Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ:SYMC - News), the global leader in informationsecurity, today announced the availability of Symantec Hosted MailSecurity. Intended to reduce the burden faced by many IT organizationsassociated with increasing costs and difficulty maintaining on-sitesolutions, Symantec Hosted Mail Security provides comprehensiveprotection against spam, viruses and other unwanted content forinbound and outbound Internet email traffic. Symantec Hosted MailSecurity is the third essential form factor that completes Symantec’sMail Security offering and gives customers a broad set of robustdeployment options including server-software, pre-configuredappliances and now a hosted solution to help address their emailsecurity needs.

Symantec Hosted Mail Security incorporates Symantec’smarket-leading anti-spam and antivirus technologies, backed bySymantec Security Response, in a hosted environment. The solutiondelivers customer confidence for the most effective spam volumereduction and accurate threat protection of business-critical emailwithout requiring on-site hardware or ongoing administration. SymantecHosted Mail Security reduces the load on internal mail systems byfiltering spam and malicious email content before it reaches acustomer’s network.

“Multiple threat defenses, such as anti-spam, antivirus andcontent filtering, combined with the easy management and deploymentbenefits inherent in a hosted solution, dramatically reduces the totalcost of ownership associated with email security,” said Enrique Salem,senior vice president, security products and solutions, Symantec Corp.”Backed by the industry’s leading information security vendor,Symantec Hosted Mail Security provides costs savings that can bemeasured in terms of reduced hardware, network bandwidth andadministrator resources.”

Symantec Hosted Mail Security provides flexible, policy-basedfiltering controls for attachment blocking, subject and message bodyfiltering and encrypted file handling to protect against zero-dayattacks and prevent the loss of confidential data. The contentcompliance functionality makes it easy for organizations to controlsensitive email content and enforce corporate email policies, reducelegal liability and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.

For many organizations, the growing spam problem is one of themost pressing issues faced today. Symantec Hosted Mail Securityincludes Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam technology that leverages morethan 20 spam protection techniques, delivering antispam effectivenessrates of 95% and the industry’s highest accuracy rate (99.9999%)against false positives (legitimate email getting categorized asspam). Symantec’s global Brightmail Logistics Operations Centers(BLOC) analyze spam across the globe and provide secure, automaticspam filter updates every 10 minutes to help thwart attacks.

Today, the majority of malicious code still enters an organizationthrough email, thus it is critical that a best-of-breed email securitysolution provides strong antivirus capabilities. Symantec Hosted MailSecurity incorporates award-winning Symantec AntiVirus technologies toprovide real-time protection against email-borne threats. Customersbenefit from the global expertise of Symantec Security Response –receiving the latest security updates and information available.

Symantec Hosted Mail Security also offers a secure, Web-basedadministrative console that enables administrators to remotelyestablish and manage spam, virus and filtering policies, perform userand domain administration, and run multiple detailed activity reports.

End-users are also able to manage quarantine and spam policiesfrom a simple, Web-based interface or via automated email digestreports. By customizing individual block and allow lists, end-usersare able to specify email addresses that will always be blocked aswell as designate senders who are allowed to bypass antispamfiltering.

Symantec Hosted Mail Security is the latest addition to theSymantec Mail Security enterprise solution family, which now includesperimeter-based solutions Symantec Mail Security 8100 and SymantecMail Security 8200 in appliance form factors, gateway-based SymantecBrightmail AntiSpam and Symantec Mail Security for SMTP in softwareform factors, as well as groupware protection solutions Symantec MailSecurity for Microsoft Exchange and Domino.

Symantec Security Response

Symantec Hosted Mail Security is backed by Symantec SecurityResponse. Part of the Symantec Global Services and Supportorganization, Symantec Security Response experts work to protectenterprise businesses and consumers from the latest security threats.Symantec Security Response, a team of dedicated intrusion experts,security engineers, virus hunters, and global technical support teams,provides customers with comprehensive, global, 24×7 Internet securityexpertise to guard against today’s complex Internet threats.

Licensing and Availability

Symantec Hosted Mail Security is licensed on a per-user/per-yearsubscription model. Symantec Hosted Mail Security is available throughSymantec’s North American network of value-added resellers,distributors and systems integrators. Organizations seeking a reselleror distributor should contact Symantec athttp://enterprisesecurity.symantec.com.

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