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CONTENTS GETTING STARTED WITH SYMANTEC™ PROTECTION SUITE ....................................................... 4 ABOUT SYMANTEC PROTECTION SUITE ENTERPRISE EDITION ............................................................................ 4 ABOUT THE COMPONENTS INCLUDED IN SYMANTEC PROTECTION SUITE ENTERPRISE EDITION ............................. 5 SYMANTEC PROTECTION SUITE 4.0 ENTERPRISE EDITION REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE ......................................... 9 GETTING STARTED WITH SPS EE 4.0 .........
SPS Enterprise Edition 4.0 Getting Started Guide The software described in this book is furnished under a license agreement and may be used only in accordance with the terms of the agreement. Legal Notice Copyright © 2012 Symantec™ Corporation. All rights reserved. Symantec, the Symantec Logo, Bloodhound, Confidence Online, Digital Immune System, LiveUpdate, Norton, Norton 360, Sygate, and TruScan are trademarks or registered trademarks of Symantec Corporation or its affiliates in the U.S.
GETTING STARTED WITH SYMANTEC™ PROTECTION SUITE This document is not intended to replace the point-product Getting Started Guides. Please see the “Where to get more information” section for further details. This document includes the following topics: ■ About Symantec™ Protection Suite ■ Components of Protection Suite Enterprise Edition 4.0 ■ Getting Started with SPS EE 4.
ABOUT THE COMPONENTS INCLUDED IN SYMANTEC PROTECTION SUITE ENTERPRISE EDITION Symantec Protection Suite includes multiple layers of protection from the market-leading endpoint security, messaging and web security, and data and system recovery technologies. Symantec™ Protection Suite eliminates environment complexity by deploying integrated essential endpoint and messaging security technologies as unified solutions with coordinated management.
SPS Component Endpoint Protection Description Benefit Symantec Endpoint Protection is a client-server ■ Virus and Spyware Protection detects new threats solution that protects laptops, desktops, Mac and Linux computers, and servers in your network against malware. Symantec Endpoint Protection combines virus protection with advanced threat protection to proactively secure your computers against known and unknown threats.
SPS Component Description Benefit security software solution that enables end-to-end monitoring of your IT environment. Messaging Gateway Web Gateway Symantec Messaging Gateway powered by ■ Detects spam, denial-of-service attacks, and other Brightmail, delivers inbound and outbound messaging security, with effective and accurate real-time antispam and antivirus protection, advanced content filtering, data loss prevention, and email encryption.
SPS Component Description Benefit malware ■ Flexibility to deploy as an appliance or as a virtual machine on VMware ESX/ESXi 4.1/4.0 System Recovery Desktop Edition Symantec System Recovery 2012 delivers fast and reliable system recovery to help you minimize downtime and meet recovery time objectives with confidence. Quickly restore Windows desktops/laptops in minutes, even to bare metal, dissimilar hardware, remote locations, or virtual environments.
SPS Component Description Benefit services for end-users. IT Analytics for Symantec™ Endpoint Protection IT Analytics software enables users to maximize ■ Cube Reporting allows the user to build a report or the value of the data that resides within the Symantec Management Platform by incorporating multidimensional analysis and robust graphical reporting features. graph from scratch by dragging and dropping selection criteria to discover and exploit information that might otherwise be missed.
Endpoint Protection for Mac, and Symantec Antivirus for Linux). Additionally, endpoint host integrity can be checked using Network Access Control Self-Enforcement and Windows desktops and laptops can be quickly recovered in the event of a critical system failure. The solutions in Symantec Protection Suite 4.
GETTING STARTED WITH SPS EE 4.0 Before beginning the deployment of Symantec Protection Suite 4.0 Enterprise Edition you should assess your security requirements and prioritize the installation of critical technologies. In this section we will describe how to implement a total solution and take advantage of the full value that Symantec Protection Suite 4.0 Enterprise Edition provides.
Security Management and Reporting Install the security management technologies first to make sure you will be collecting all relevant information. The Protection Center v2 will only collect data from the time of installation on. No historical data will be collected from existing security solutions. Install the Security Management solutions and Endpoint Protection Manager ■ Install the Symantec Protection Center v2 to virtual hardware (larger environments may require physical hardware).
Security Configuration Configure policies Identify any special requirements your organization may need. Although the default policies for the Protection Suite technologies are very robust and effective your environment may have unique requirements that are not covered in the default templates and policies. Try to minimize any unnecessary changes to simplify troubleshooting steps if required.
Endpoint Security Deploy the Endpoint Protection Agent ■ Once the systems have been backed up deploy the Endpoint Protection Agent. The SEP agent can be deployed in a number of ways but one of the most flexible is to use the Symantec Endpoint Protection Integration Component with the Symantec Management Platform. This allows you to identify and group endpoints and to perform additional steps during the install.
WHERE TO GET MORE INFORMATION Your first stop for the Protection Suites once you receive your licensing information should be fileconnect.symantec.com. Full product documentation for each point product is available for download along with the installation media. The individual point-products also include several sources of information. The primary documentation is available in the Documentation folder on the product disc.
IT Analytics http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=landing&key=56005 To provide feedback on SPS EE 4.0 or this document please visit: Symantec Connect SPS Forums https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/security/forums/symantec-protection-suites-sps Symantec Ideas https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/security/ideas SPS EE 4.0 Getting Started Guide Nov.
ACCESSING THE SUITE SOFTWARE Symantec™ uses the FileConnect website at https://fileconnect.symantec.com, which allows customers to download electronic media. FileConnect also provides the ability to request physical media. 1. Upon navigating to FileConnect you will be prompted to choose your language. 2. Next you will be prompted to log in. 3. 4. Enter your product serial number. The serial number will be located on the certificate you received from Symantec.
If you wish to begin downloading multiple files at the same time, this method allows you to select as many files as you wish, begin the download, and go on to other areas of business. The process requires that a Java Applet be installed on your machine that manages the download process, so that when one file completes its download, the next in the queue is initiated. It also allows for the use of the "Resume Downloads" feature on the web site.
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