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Extending the Security of Office 365: Email 

May 09, 2016 02:42 PM

 

Email is still the most popular and pervasive tool cybercriminals use to launch and distribute threats such as malware. According to the Symantec Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR) Vol 21, there were approximately 190 billion emails in circulation each day in 2015, a number that we predict to grow by as much as 4% by the end of 2016. For criminals who want to hit the largest number of people electronically, email is still the favored mean to do it.

 

Meanwhile, many organizations turn to cloud-based email and productivity solutions such as Microsoft Office 365; in fact, Gartner predicts that by 2018, cloud office systems will achieve a total market penetration of 60%.

 

But with the migration to cloud-based services, what about security?

 

Office 365 includes signature-based anti-malware and anti-spam protection capabilities, but additional services or add-ons are required for handling more advanced threats, such as zero-day attacks. While providing a good basic foundation, the built-in security features of Office 365 are not as effective against today’s sophisticated attacks.

 

How do enterprises protect themselves while using Office 365?

 

Fortunately, Symantec can help you enhance the security of your Office 365 deployment.

 

In this first installment of a series looking at the security recommendations for Office 365, I’d like to explain in more detail about a few of the key capabilities of Symantec Email Security.cloud and how it can augment the security of Office 365.

 

Intelligent real-time link following and advanced heuristic technology

 

Symantec Email Security.cloud traces full or shortened redirect links all the way back to their final destinations, analyzes the content, and prevents emails with bogus links from ever showing up in your users’ inboxes—all in real-time.

 

Skeptic, Symantec’s advanced heuristic technology, interprets and analyzes more than 8.4 billion email messages and 1.7 billion web requests collected daily by Symantec’s Global Intelligence Network, which is made up of more than 63.8 million attack sensors and records thousands of events per second.

 

Overall, Skeptic uses all these components to detect and block new forms of malware.

This lets you catch and stop zero-day attacks and sophisticated threats that traditional anti-malware solutions typically miss. Think of this as an extra intelligent, adaptable layer of protection for your organization that can stop evolving and changing malware.

 

Industry-leading SLAs with guaranteed results

 

Symantec Email Security.cloud is delivered through high available, top-tier data centers located around the globe. And we back our claims with very stringent service level agreements (SLAs).

 

For example, credit back or other remedies provided if performance targets are not met: 100% protection against known and unknown email viruses, no more than .0001% false positives, 99% spam capture, 100% email delivery and service uptime, and more.

 

Symantec helps you transition to the cloud with confidence

 

Microsoft Office 365 is an excellent platform to enhance your productivity and while it does include some security measures, you should enhance and extend security measures with Symantec. To fight advanced threats, you need advanced protection. Symantec Office 365 Protection helps fill in the security gaps that Office 365 misses. We help enhance the security of Office 365 and most of all, create defenses to help protect your organization and your sensitive data.

 

Looking for more insights?

 

Visit Symantec Office 365 Protection

Live Webcast Alert: “How secure is your Office 365 deployment” Symantec May 24, 10 a.m webcast. Learn insights on how Symantec can help your organization enhance your security for Office 365 while enabling employee collaboration and productivity.

Register for the free webcast today!

 

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