Security - Featured Product Symantec Web Security Symantec Web Security maximizes employee productivity and network performance by blocking traffic to non-business Web sites and screening out Web-borne malicious code attacks. Key Features: Protects Web traffic with high-performance, integrated virus scanning and Web content filtering at the gateway Ensures maximum protection by combining list-based techniques with heuristic content analysis for both virus protection and web content filtering Improves network performance and user productivity while eliminating unwanted content and malicious code Delivers policy-based security on Windows NT™/2000 and Solaris platforms

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Symantec™ Web Security protects your HTTP/FTP traffic with scalable, high-performance, one-time scanning for viruses and inappropriate content using leading antivirus and filtering technologies. It maximizes employee productivity and network performance by blocking traffic to non-business Web sites and screening out Web-borne malicious code attacks.

Symantec™ Web Security is the only solution that integrates heuristic and list-based tools to scan for viruses and unsuitable web content at the Web Gateway. Symantec researches, develops, seamlessy integrates and supports its own international URL filter lists and market-leading technologies.

Symantec's NAVEX™ modular scanning engine detects new virus classes without uninstalling existing software, redeploying new software, or rebooting the system. Symantec Striker™, Bloodhound™, and LiveUpdate™ technologies provide real-time, multilevel, and uninterrupted protection against malicious code attacks. Patented, multilingual Dynamic Document Review™ content-analysis technology analyzes word relationships to block access to inappropriate Web content.

Highly granular, policy-based centralized user management and secure, built-in support for external directory services,including LDAP and NT Users/Groups, on Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Sun Solaris, guarantees simple, flexible administration and reporting for multiple users, groups, and servers.

Symantec Web Security monitors, logs, and analyzes Web activity on unblocked sites, enables auditing, and provides automated alert tools. It also improves network throughput by reducing overall Web-based traffic, which enhances firewall and network reliability and security. Part of Symantec™ Enterprise Security, Symantec Web Security is supported by Symantec Security Response, the world's leading antivirus and Internet security research and response organization.