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• Symantec Endpoint Protection: A Unified, Proactive Approach to Enterprise Security
  Enterprises must constantly guard against stealthy, targeted, financially motivated attacks that can exploit vulnerabilities in endpoint devices to allow data theft and other damage. Through a seamless, multilayered approach, Symantec® Endpoint Protection helps provide advanced threat prevention and simplified, holistic endpoint protection across notebooks, desktops, and servers.
• How Dell Streamlined Authentication and Identity Management Using Quest’s Vintela Authentication Services
  When security, management, and compliance demands required Dell authentication and identity management systems to be consolidated into a single common directory, the Dell IT group turned to Quest Software’s Vintela® Authentication Services, which enabled the integration of Microsoft® Windows®, UNIX®, and Linux® platforms with the Microsoft Active Directory® directory service.
• Implementing the Dell Secure Exchange Reference Architecture
  The industry standards–based Dell Secure Exchange Reference Architecture is a comprehensive architecture for Microsoft® Exchange Server designed to help improve security, availability, and scalability in messaging environments. This article discusses the components and best practices of this reference architecture.
• Managing IT Security Costs with Identity and Access Management
  Identity and access management (IAM) enables organizations to align their security management strategies with their business goals by centralizing and automating the management of user identities and access to protected resources and services, enforcing privacy and security policies, and monitoring and auditing the security environment for compliance with legal and corporate mandates. CA® software can help administrators implement IAM in their own organizations.
• Securing and Archiving Instant Messages: A Critical Step for Securing Microsoft Messaging Environments
  As part of a secure and productive messaging environment where users can take advantage of the latest communication tools, Symantec® IM Manager can help organizations control instant messaging (IM) while complying with legal regulations and corporate policies. IM Manager supports both public and enterprise IM networks and helps manage, secure, log, and archive IM traffic.
• Protecting Mobile and Remote Microsoft Windows–based Computers from Crimeware with Symantec Client Security
  The same mobile and remote computers that can be key to business success, such as notebooks, can, if not properly protected, open the door for hackers collecting corporate passwords, credit card information, or any other data from which they can profit.Symantec, a world leader in providing information security, availability, and integrity in Microsoft® Windows® OS environments, offers Symantec® Client Security software to help provide integrated, comprehensive, and proactive protection for Windows-based client systems against the aggressive threat of crimeware.
• Protecting Enterprise Assets with Identity Management Solutions from Dell and IdentiPHI
  The strength of enterprise security measures can depend not only on how these measures are implemented, but also on how users interact with them. Dell and IdentiPHI have created a comprehensive identity management solution conforming to the guidelines and implementation standards used by federal government agencies. IdentiPHI™ software—including the Enterprise Security Suite, Advanced Authentication, and Single Sign-On—is designed to help organizations plan, deploy, and manage their identity management programs and protect critical information and other assets.
• Enhancing IT Security with Trusted Computing Group Standards
  An increasingly interconnected global computing environment brings with it myriad threats for enterprises to guard against, including software attacks and theft of both data and physical devices. This article discusses Trusted Computing Groupâ„¢ security standards that can help enable IT organizations to effectively respond to these challenges.
• Securing the Enterprise
  Reactionary security add-ons that have been implemented piecemeal are no match for increasingly sophisticated cyberthreats, let alone today’s complex regulatory requirements. The Dell scalable enterprise strategy enables integrated, end-to-end protection using industry-standard data center components and a unified management framework that is designed to be inherently secure from the ground up.
• Introducing Symantec Email Security and Availability for Microsoft Exchange
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• The Role of Biometrics in Enterprise Security
  Although security solutions using biometric technology have been a popular topic since the events of 9/11, this technology is still not widely understood. Biometrics are designed to verify identity and bind an individual to an action or event, but they also can be used for strong user authentication—replacing or augmenting a standard password. This article explores what biometrics are, how they are being used as an authentication mechanism in the enterprise IT environment, what types of products are currently available, and what biometric standards are in place.
• Introducing Symantec Email Security and Availability for Microsoft Exchange
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• Providing Multi-Tiered Security for Microsoft Exchange Environments
  For most enterprise IT organizations, eradicating spam and virus-laden e-mail traffic can be a daunting task. By deploying a multi-tiered protection strategy involving the desktop, file server, mail server, gateway, and network boundary, administrators can provide a strong defense against attacks and disruptions. A select set of products from Symantec and Dell can help fortify enterprise messaging environments.
• Security Best Practices for Dell OpenManage Applications
  Dell OpenManage applications enable management, monitoring, and updating of Dell PowerEdge servers and attached storage. This article explores best practices for configuring and managing systems running Dell OpenManage software.