Convergence is taking security down the services-oriented architecture (SOA) avenue, a trend illustrated by the latest Symantec endpoint management suite. Released this week, the solution combines security and systems management.
Regional director for Africa Patrick Evans says the suite leverages Symantec's open collaborative architecture based on the Altiris service-oriented architecture and configuration management database to further drive the convergence of security and systems management.
"The Symantec open collaborative architecture is creating greater interoperability between Symantec solutions, and provides partners and customers with the ability to integrate their applications with the Symantec platform," says Evans.
"The Web services-based architecture provides data sharing and IT automation to streamline process execution and reduce the cost and risk of IT ownership."
Evans says Symantec expects to utilise this open collaborative architecture in future to quickly adapt to customers' most pressing requirements for business alignment, cost reduction, improved IT service, an enhanced end-user experience, and proactive security.
Symantec solutions for data loss prevention, endpoint virtualisation, network access control, endpoint encryption and automated IT process management will be further integrated in the next version of this suite.
The Symantec regional chief says industry analysis shows more than 90% of all system vulnerabilities can be eliminated through proper system configuration and patch management.
The remaining vulnerabilities require multi-faceted protection against zero-day and new-breed security threats. In addition, a strong backup and recovery system is necessary to protect organisations against data loss, system failure, user error or disaster.
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