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Norton Safe Web (sometimes abbreviated NSW) is a service developed by Symantec Corporation that is designed to help users identify malicious websites. Safe Web delivers information about websites based on automated analysis and user feedback.
On March 15, 2011, Symantec released Symantec Operations Readiness Tools (SORT), an updated version of Veritas Operations Services (VOS). [1]SORT (formerly VOS) is a web-based suite of services introduced by Symantec Corporation in 2008 [2] [3] that supports Symantec enterprise products, such as Veritas Storage Foundation, Veritas Cluster Server (VCS), and NetBackup.
Symantec Endpoint Protection is a security software suite that includes intrusion prevention, firewall, and anti-malware features. [11] According to SC Magazine , Endpoint Protection also has some features typical of data loss prevention software. [ 12 ]
Norton 360 version 1.0 box art. Version 1.0 was released on February 26, 2007. This version was the first Symantec product to use SONAR to detect zero-day viruses.It monitors applications for malicious behaviour, taking action as needed. [12]
Blue Coat Systems, Inc., was a company that provided hardware, software, and services designed for cybersecurity and network management. In 2016 it was acquired by and folded into Symantec and in 2019 as part of Symantec’s Enterprise Security business it was sold to Broadcom.
Symantec claims SONAR can also prevent attackers from leveraging unpatched software vulnerabilities. [ 3 ] Ed Kim, director of product management at Symantec, expressed confidence in SONAR, "We've done extensive testing on emerging threats, and it catches early threats and variants of existing threats."
In 2016, K9 Web Protection was acquired by Symantec as part of the company's purchase of Blue Coat Systems. [2] In April 2019, Symantec announced that K9 Web Protection would be discontinued and would no longer be made available for download or purchase. Technical support for the software ended on June 30, 2019. [3]
As of December 2010, McAfee Secure marketing materials say there are 350 million installs of McAfee SiteAdvisor, and a likely much larger viewer base with search engine agreements such as that with Yahoo. A URL shortening service which advertised itself as "secure" was operated until mid-2018. Its defining feature was that it would deny ...