Symantec Corp has announced artificial intelligence powered Symantec Endpoint Protection 14, to fuse essential endpoint technologies with advanced machine learning and memory exploit mitigation in a single agent
Symantec Corp has announced artificial intelligence powered Symantec Endpoint Protection 14, to fuse essential endpoint technologies with advanced machine learning and memory exploit mitigation in a single agent.
Symantec Endpoint Protection delivers protection in a lightweight package, building on industry-leading 99.9 percent efficacy, low false positives and a 70 percent reduced footprint over the previous generation through new advanced cloud lookup capabilities. Powered by combined threat intelligence capabilities made possible by integrating Symantec and Blue Coat’s security telemetry, Symantec now protects 175 million consumer and enterprise endpoints, 163 million email users, 80 million web proxy users, and processes nearly eight billion security requests across these products every day.
“Multi-layered protection, enabled by artificial intelligence, backed by the world’s largest and most powerful threat intelligence force, and powered by the cloud – this is literally the smartest choice in endpoint technologies. Symantec Endpoint Protection 14 is an essential element of an integrated cyber defense strategy that enterprises require to combat today’s advanced threats,” said said Tarun Kaura, Director, Solution Product Management, Asia Pacific and Japan, Symantec.
In 2015, Symantec reported more than 430 million new pieces of malware and expects that figure will grow this year.