Although currently targeted at SMBs, Engels already sees use-cases for enterprises. SEPC is being launched in the U.S., but will be available to the rest of the world by the end of the year. At the same time, a security rating feature will warn the customer if a setting change actually weakens the overall security posture. For example, ready-made policies can set a standard security policy across all devices and groups. For this product Symantec has reduced the granularity to the level it thinks suitable for smaller companies, and sought to provide a solution that is simple and ready to use. Increased granularity requires greater oversight and therefore greater user involvement - and too much granularity can lead to an inexperienced user decreasing rather than increasing security. There is always a granularity balance to be found in any product.
"The aim," said Engels, "is for new customers to have protection within five minutes of receiving their registration email."
This means that the console can be accessed at any time or place with an internet connection, and via any device.Īgents on endpoints are updated modularly, unobtrusively and automatically. The Management Console sits in the cloud, as does the new threat intelligence and the machine learning engine. The aim here, said product manager John Engels in conversation with SecurityWeek, "is to address advanced threats, deal with mobile workforces, and ultimately combine with the technologies from Blue Coat to ensure safe cloud usage."ĭespite the increased functionality, SEPC is designed to be lightweight and easy to use and is targeted towards resource-strapped smaller companies. SEPC combines three new technologies (advanced machine learning, an intelligent threat cloud, and generic exploit mitigation) with the traditional technologies developed by one of the original anti-malware companies (such as firewall and intrusion prevention, reputation insights, anti-malware, behavioral analysis, and USB device protection). Symantec expects more to follow as Blue Coat technologies are welded to Symantec technologies. The new offering is the first product to come out of the $4.65 billion acquisition of Blue Coat earlier this year. Symantec on Tuesday launched its new Symantec Endpoint Protection Cloud ( SEPC) security solution designed to marry old and new endpoint technologies in a single easy-to-use product primarily aimed at SMBs and mid-market companies of up to 1000 employees.
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