Symantec acquisition promises reduction in compliance complexities
Symantec acquisition promises reduction in compliance complexities
Aug 17, 2005: Symantec has continued its shopping spree of new companies with the recent acquisition of Sygate Technologies, which it plans to use to help it deal with security, compliance and remediation problems faced by many large enterprises.
Chris Christiansen, the vice president of security products and services at IDC that securing the 'endpoint' of a corporate network is a challenge that affects all enterprises.
"Companies are looking for integrated offerings that can both protect the network and ensure that endpoints are compliant with security policies. This acquisition will give customers a complete endpoint compliance solution while helping to reduce complexity and cost."
Endpoint compliance solutions aim to help enterprises enforce security by guaranteeing that all devices connected to a network, which include desktops, laptops, servers and mobile devices, are running the appropriate security solutions, are configured correctly and possess up-to-date patches.
Symantec now plans to help businesses enforce business policies and automate security practices to regain control of network security, reduce costs and ensure compliance across the organisation.
Enrique Salem, the senior vice president of security products and solutions at Symantec, said that it is critical to have an endpoint compliance solution that will allow companies to use their existing IT infrastructure to control the myriad devices connecting to the network.
"A recognised leader in endpoint compliance, Sygate provides the first universal network access control system designed to protect the entire enterprise network - from mobile devices to servers to unmanaged devices.
"The fact that their technology is built on industry standards means that companies don't have to implement expensive infrastructure changes to deploy this solution."
Symantec AntiVirus and Symantec Client Security customers will be able to license and deploy Sygate's Network Access Control agent to provide endpoint compliance on top of the protection they already have.
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