Businesses today don't operate in a "one-size-fits-all" world. Instead, they require tailored products and services that enable them to mitigate risk, help demonstrate compliance, and improve security operational efficiency.

Securing endpoints is essential to protect assets and maintain a solid business reputation. Traditional security solutions are proving inadequate against the latest threats. However, proactively and effectively securing endpoints is easily managed. While they are a necessity for small and mid-size businesses, endpoints can also be a huge liability if not properly secured. Today's SMBs face a threat landscape that involves stealthy, targeted, and financially motivated attacks aimed at exploiting vulnerabilities in endpoint devices. Many of these sophisticated threats can evade traditional security solutions, leaving businesses vulnerable to data theft and manipulation, disruption of mission-critical services, and a damaged reputation.

Windows Vista has been called "a major forklift upgrade." This article looks at best practices for Vista planning, migration, and ongoing management. Is your company planning to migrate to Windows Vista? Many organizations say they are waiting until the first Service Pack is released. (SP 1 is currently in beta testing.) Technology and services provider CDW Inc. earlier this year conducted a survey of 761 IT decision-makers, asking if and when they plan to adopt Vista. More than 85% said they expect to adopt Vista, with 20% saying they'll migrate by the end of this year.

According to IDC, more and more companies from all types of industries are looking into residency services. This article shows how Symantec Residency Services provide onsite experts to augment an organization's IT staff for routine, critical, and executive-level IT responsibilities.

Data volumes are doubling every two years, while storage utilization rates hover at 33%. This article looks at a new business initiative designed to help enterprise IT professionals address the root causes behind the growing cost and complexity of their storage environments.

Antivirus and antispyware software, primarily reactive in nature, may have been sufficient to protect vital resources a few years ago, but not today. Proactive endpoint security measures that protect against zero-day attacks as well as unknown threats are now vital to any organization.

Over the past several years, Symantec has observed a fundamental change in the threat landscape. Attackers are becoming increasingly sophisticated, adopting methods that are similar to traditional business practices.

New cybersecurity standards proposed by the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) to protect the nation's power infrastructure are not broad enough and fail to cover a significant number of interdependent assets.

Members of the Business Software Alliance (BSA) have called on the U.S. Congress to pass legislation that would address new types of cybercrimes and increase funding for law enforcement.

Corporate storage systems and networks are an attractive target for hackers looking to steal sensitive data or launch computer attacks.