Unified Solution For Managing Information Risks

Symantec has announced the newest version of Symantec Information Foundation, an integrated Information Risk Management (IRM) product suite that builds on the company’s security 2.0 strategy. Symantec Information Foundation delivers advanced controls to safeguard companies against data loss with unified protection for e-mail, Web and instant messaging (IM).

The new solution enables information entering or exiting the organisation to be archived, audited and discovered through a validated process that ensures proper chains of custody.

The new release of Symantec Information Foundation 2007 helps customers to prevent data loss by delivering an integrated suite that includes new versions of its products, including Symantec Enterprise Vault 2007, Symantec Mail Security 8300 Series appliances, Symantec IM Manager 2007, Symantec Mail Security for Domino 2007 and beta support for content filtering of outbound Web communications.

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Symantec Information Foundation includes several new features to help control the flow of data in organisations, including identification, classification and control of sensitive corporate data held in databases, e-mails, IM and file systems; review, hold, release and audit of e-mail, IM and Web communications for policy compliance and beta support for filtering outgoing Web communications to prevent accidental or intentional data loss through sites such as Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail or Gmail.