Symantec is extending its data loss prevention coverage to deal with the exploding usage of tablets, and it's also giving customers and partners a look at its O3 cloud security service.

Symantec Hosted Mail Security, starting at $1,710 per year for 50 users, complements the company’s gateway software and gateway appliance. All three options provide the same virus protection ...

Symantec's Early Warning Service, with its network of 20,000 sensors around the world, sends out advisories to customers about looming security threats such as viruses and software flaws.

Symantec on Tuesday outlined its vision for "Security 2.0," a new generation of security products and services for the connected world. At an event in New York City, the Cupertino, Calif., company ...

With MessageLabs' online messaging and Web security services, Symantec execs say that the company will gain significant marketshare in both Software-as-a-Service and messaging security segments ...

Computer security software company Symantec is bolstering its web protection portfolio with the acquisition of Web security firm Blue Coat.

Responding to a shortage of qualified pros in its field, the security technology company will fund a $50,000 graduate fellowship at Purdue University's computer-security center.

Researchers raised alarms over security holes and buggy code in two products from antivirus software company Symantec Corp. Symantec this week acknowledged a report about a serious security flaw ...

A new report released by security company Symantec found that incidents of online identity theft scams, also known as “phishing attacks,” skyrocketed in the second half of 2004, as did spam ...

Security company Symantec is to acquire Web security provider Blue Coat for US$4.65 billion in cash in a deal that will broaden the portfolio of security technologies the combined company can ...

John Thompson, outgoing chief executive of security company Symantec, is being considered for the post of secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce, according to a news wire report on Tuesday.

Computer security software company Symantec is bolstering its web protection portfolio with the acquisition of Web security firm Blue Coat.