Symantec Utilizes Security Intelligence and Experts to Deliver Cyber

Symantec Corp. announced the Symantec Cyber Threat Analysis Program (CTAP), a comprehensive approach to capture and identify globally pertinent security intelligence, provide localized threat identification and deliver sound remediation and countermeasures to protect critical client information and improve overall security posture. CTAP provides access to one of the largest commercial repositories of cyber security-focused vulnerability data and cyber threat intelligence combined with Symantec’s broad security toolset. Symantec delivers this access through highly skilled analysts placed at a client’s site to strengthen the organization’s defensive posture, while increasing their proactive capabilities.

As an addition to Symantec’s integrated, proven Security Intelligence Services, CTAP is designed to extend the customer’s view of the threat landscape and provide the resources to deliver effective risk mitigation and response efforts on demand. The program leverages Symantec’s extensive Global Intelligence Network and the broad security expertise only Symantec possesses to provide customers with detailed reports and validated intelligence on the attacks, malicious code activity, phishing and spam that organizations experience daily.

Symantec’s Internet Security Threat Report Volume XIV, released in April of 2009, demonstrated the extent of today’s cyber security threats. Symantec created more than 1.6 million new malicious code signatures in 2008 and blocked an average of more than 245 million attempted malicious code attacks across the globe each month during 2008. Furthermore, 90 percent of all threats detected by Symantec during the study period attempted to steal confidential information.

“Organizations today face the significant challenge of managing cyber security threats that arrive more quickly, are more sophisticated and allow for minimal time for proactive defense, combined with the pressure of driving down costs and leveraging past investments more effectively to enhance cyber security posture,” said Anil Chakravarthy, senior vice president, Symantec Enterprise Services. “The Symantec Cyber Threat Analysis Program mitigates cyber risk with a comprehensive approach to threat identification, intelligence gathering and validation, and delivers timely response by seasoned professionals to protect critical client information, all supported by specialized tools to enact response.”