Front-line Malicious Code Defense for the Enterprise from a Single Management Console
Enterprises of all sizes continue to face security breaches from various kinds of malicious code. Viruses and worms remain the most serious threat facing corporations today. In addition, spyware has shot up the priority list of enterprise security threats and now ranks as the second most serious threat facing businesses.
While the security software industry is becoming increasingly commoditized, with intense downward pressure on prices, leading security software vendors have actually increased the prices of their products. Consequently, many customers have felt “locked in” and would consider other antivirus alternatives to reduce their annual subscription costs.
Research firm Gartner, Inc. contends that historically, companies have avoided changing antivirus vendors because the perceived security risk of changing vendors didn’t outweigh potential cost benefits. However, with the commoditization of antivirus solutions, organizations are less fearful of change, but they still won’t change if they believe they will compromise their security by doing so.
Over the past few years, many LANDesk customers have been using the built-in antivirus enforcement features in LANDesk® Security Suite to help them manage their existing McAfee, Norton, Sophos, Symantec or Trend-Micro antivirus solution directly from the single LANDesk Security Suite console. Based on customer feedback, LANDesk recognized an opportunity to offer a world-class, competitively priced antivirus solution manageable from the same console customers use to manage the rest of their network.
This white paper discusses how the new LANDesk® Antivirus solution, available as an add-on to LANDesk® Management Suite and LANDesk Security Suite, provides a competitively priced, front-line malware and malicious code defense (viruses, Trojans, worms, spyware, rootkits, etc.) for all network endpoints—including workstations, file servers, mail systems and Internet gateways. The solution also works seamlessly with antivirus products such as those mentioned above that customers may already be using.
