Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange

Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange Overview

Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange provides real-time protection for email against viruses, spam, spyware, phishing, and other attacks while enforcing content policies on Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, 2007 and 2010. Powered by Brightmail technology, Symantec stops 99 percent of spam while making fewer than 1 mistake per million messages. It supports 64 bit Windows and Virtualized Exchange server environment with easy installation and simple administration. Symantec Mail Security complements other layers of protection by preventing the spread of email borne threats internally and by serving as a first line of defense in case of perimeter noncompliance or failure.

Feature and Benefits:

Key Features:

Superior Protection

• Protects against viruses, mass-mailer worms, Trojan horses, spam, spyware, phishing, and denial of service attacks
• Stops 99 percent of spam while making fewer than 1 mistake per million messages
• Filters email content with pre-defined policies, regular expressions, attachment criteria and True File typing

• Initial setup can be completed within 10 minutes, with no requirements for tuning, allow listing, or block listing
• Management console provides centralized server group policy configuration, notifications, alerts, and reporting
• Integration with Microsoft Operations Manager and Systems Center Operations Manager enables end-to-end monitoring of your IT environment

Key Benefits:

Superior Protection

• Provides real-time protection against viruses, massmailer worms, Trojan horses, spam, spyware, phishing, and denial of service attacks while enforcing content policies
• Powered by Brightmail technology, stopping 99 percent of spam while making fewer than 1 mistake per million messages
• Rapid release definitions and pro-active signatureindependent technologies provide immediate protection
• Advanced Content Filtering protects sensitive information using pre-defined policies, regular expressions, attachment criteria, True File typing, and more. Active Directory based enforcement simplifies policy management
• Supported by the largest investment in infrastructure with a security R&D team that is 50% larger than the closest competitor

Flexible and Easy to Use Management

• Initial setup can be completed within 10 minutes, with no requirements for tuning, allow listing, or block listing
• Management console provides centralized server group policy configuration, notifications, alerts, and reporting
• Support for Database Availability Group, along with Microsoft and Veritas Cluster servers, minimizes downtime and simplifies maintenance
• Integration with Microsoft Operations Manager and Systems Center Operations Manager enables end-to-end monitoring of your IT environment

Optimized for Exchange

• Flexible real-time, scheduled, and manual scanning provides efficient protection
• In-memory scanning and effective multi-threading provides superior performance
• Edge and Hub focused scanning leverages AV Stamping to eliminate redundant scanning and minimize impact to Mail Store
• Supports Exchange 2003, 2007 and 2010, 64 bit Windows, VMware and Hyper-V Virtualized environments

New Features:

• Exchange Server 2010 Support
• VMware and Hyper-V Virtualization Support
• Enhanced installation error dialogue with web links
• Quarantine Notification enhancements
• 24% reduction in install package size
• Customizable logging enables disk I/O reductions

Premium Antispam Enhancements

• Memory and CPU throttling reduces impact to server
• Fastpass expedites processing for good senders, improving throughput by up to 15%
• Local Reputation collection adapts protection to local conditions

System Requirements:

Server Operating Systems

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2/SP2 Standard/Enterprise (64-bit)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2/SP2 Standard/Enterprise (32-bit or 64-bit)

Exchange Platforms

• Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2003

Management Console Operating Systems

• Windows 7
• Windows Vista
• Windows XP
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2/SP2 Standard/Enterprise (64-bit)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2/SP2 Standard/Enterprise (32-bit or 64-bit)

Hardware

• 1GB RAM, 352MBB available disk space

Hardware Virtualization

• VMware ESXi 3.5., 4.0
• VMware vSphere ESXi 4.0
• Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008
• Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V technology

Documentation:

Download the Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange Datasheet (PDF).