Symantec Endpoint Security

Symantec Endpoint Protection is designed to address todays threat landscape with a comprehensive approach that spans the attack chain and provides defense in depth. By utilising one of the worlds largest civilian threat intelligence network, Symantec Endpoint Protection 14 can effectively stop advanced threats with next generation technologies that apply advanced machine-learning, file reputation analysis and real-time behavioral monitoring. In addition to essential prevention technologies that are equally important to an organisations overall protection. With a single management console and lightweight agent that can integrate with other products in the security infrastructure to quickly respond to threats, Symantec Endpoint Protection 14 provides protection at the endpoint without compromising performance.

It includes the following editions:

• Symantec Endpoint Protection: Symantec Endpoint Protection combines Symantec AntiVirus with advanced threat prevention in a single agent delivering unmatched defense against malware for laptops, desktops and servers.
• Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business: Version 2013 offers simple, fast and effective protection against viruses and malware. Available as a cloud-managed service, it sets up in just minutes with no hardware needed, so securing your business is simple and quick. And it updates automatically, so you always have the latest security available. Not quite ready for the cloud? This single product offers an on-premise management option as well. You can start with on-premise management and transition to the cloud, when the time’s right, at no additional cost.

Symantec Endpoint Security - Features

Key Features:

Superior Protection:

• Stop unknown threats with artificial intelligence using advanced machine learning, with low false positives
• Layered protection with next-generation and essential technologies working to keep endpoints safe from mutating malware and advanced threats
• Memory exploit mitigation blocks vulnerabilities in popular software
• Symantecs global intelligence across 175 million control points provides the intelligence to detect threats more accurately

High Performance:

• Reduce bandwidth usage and definition file sizes by 70% with a lightweight agent
• Patented real-time cloud lookup that delivers faster scanning times
• Optimised performance to support machine learning, exploit mitigation, Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) and anti-malware in a single agent
• Performance so fast it wont impact users
  

Orchestrated Response:

• Stop the spread of infection with REST APIs that allow third party applications like Secure Web Gateway to orchestrated a response at the endpoint
• Extended LiveUpdate capabilities to support security patches
• Single high performance agent and management console for Windows, Mac, Linux, virtual machines and embedded systems

Symantec Endpoint Security - System Requirements

Client Workstation and Server System Requirements

Windows Operating Systems

• Windows Vista (32-bit, 64-bit)
• Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit, RTM and SP1)
• Windows 7 Embedded Standard
• Windows 8 (32-bit, 64-bit)
• Windows 8 Embedded (32 bit)
• Windows 8.1
• Windows 10**
• Windows Server 2003 (32-bit, 64-bit, R2 or SP1 or later)
• Windows Server 2008 (32-bit, 64-bit, including R2)
• Windows Server 2012 (64-bit, including R2)
• Windows Small Business Server 2011 (64-bit)
• Windows Essential Business Server 2008 (64-bit)
• Windows Server 2016

Macintosh Operating Systems

• Mac OS X 10.9, 10.10, 10.11, Mac OS 10.12

Linux Operating Systems (32-bit and 64-bit versions)

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• SuSE Linux Enterprise (server/desktop)
• Novell Open Enterprise Server
• Oracle Linux
• CentOS
• Ubuntu
• Debian
• Fedora

Virtual Environments

• Windows Azure
• Amazon WorkSpaces
• VMware WS 5.0, GSX 3.2, ESX 2.5 or later
• VMWare ESXi 4.1 - 5.5
• VMware ESX 6.0
• Microsoft Virtual Server 2005
• Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008, 2012, and 2012 R2 Hyper-V
• Citrix XenServer 5.6 or later
• Virtual Box by Oracle

Hardware Requirements

• 1GHz CPU or higher
• 512 MB of RAM (1 GB recommended)
• 1.5 GB of free space on the hard disk

Mac Hardware Requirements

• 64 - Bit Intel Core 2 Duo or later
• 2 GB of RAM
• 500 MB of free space on the hard disk

Linux Hardware Requirements

• Intel Pentium 4 (2 GHz CPU or higher)
• 1 GB of RAM
• 7 GB of free space on the hard disk

Manager System Requirements

Windows Operating Systems

• Windows Ser 2008 (64 bit, including R2)
• Windows Server 2012 (R2)
• Windows Server 2016

Hardware

• Intel Pentium Dual-Core or equivalent minimum
• 2 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended)
• 8 GB or more free space on the hard drive

Web browser

• Microsoft Internet Explorer
• Mozilla Firefox
• Google Chrome
• Microsoft Edge

Database

Embedded database included or choose from the following:

• SQL Server 2005, SP4
• SQL Server 2008, RTM - SP4
• SQL Server 2008 R2, RTM - SP3
• SQL Server 2012, RTM - SP1; SP2**
• SQL Server 2014, RTM and SP1
• SQL Server 2016

** Support added in 12.1.6 MP1a.