Government Technology - December 2007 - (Page 54)

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The amount of electronic information being generated and stored in agencies today has drastically increased and become more broadly distributed.. Symantec’s information risk management solution can help state and local organizations protect email and instant messenger data and systems from abuse and attack while making information readily available for authorized purposes, including internal investigations. By keeping data secure and available, your agency can work to meet requirements for regulatory compliance and legal discovery. Symantec’s messaging solutions enable the discovery of content held within email, file system, and collaborative environments with a flexible archiving framework and also protect against spam, fraud, viruses, and spyware accurately, effectively, and easily. Data Center Infrastructure On a daily basis you depend on enterprise applications and the Internet for operations, financial transactions, and communications. That’s why having IT systems that are reliable, responsive, and resilient is essential. Symantec’s data center management solutions can help your organization standardize, consolidate, and simplify its infrastructure while protecting the applications and data you depend on every day. They enable agencies to deploy data protection from the desktop to the vault across storage networks, while centralizing backups at remote sites via Web-based tools. They also allow agencies to centrally manage data growth, maximize storage hardware investments, protect data, and adapt to changing demands. IT Policy Compliance Government agencies are also mandated to comply with a variety of laws and standards, many of which don’t affect the private sector. Regulations such as HIPAA, the State Records Act, and PCI require agencies to secure their critical information infrastructure and communications capabilities while making public records accessible. In addition, organizations must measure, manage, and report on IT risk. Symantec’s compliance solutions help public sector agencies define, measure, and report on the compliance of information systems against security policies, standards, and regulations. They also help to demonstrate compliance with security policies and government regulations, while integrating compliance enforcement across endpoints through network access control. Disaster Recovery Solutions In addition to growing cyber threats, agencies must also be able to react quickly to other unexpected disasters that jeopardize the safety of their data. Continuous backup and fast recovery must be employed in tandem to protect critical data and systems. And centralized operations are required to provide continuous, live protection so that the data that is backed up is always up to date and systems are recovered quickly and accurately. Symantec offers a comprehensive set of leading backup and recovery solutions to help ensure that your agency stays up and running, no matter what. They provide consistent, reliable protection for systems and data while simplifying backup and recovery tasks. And they enable faster and easier recovery from equipment failures, virus attacks and the accidental loss of vital files. Symantec Services Symantec Services combines extensive IT risk management knowledge, technical and operational expertise, and global insight to balance cost, risk, and service quality. With Symantec Services, your agency can implement and maintain comprehensive, customized security and availability solutions to protect and manage critical organizational assets. Our services also include outsource security management, monitoring, and response needs and can provide you with advance notice of cyberattacks, customized threat analyses, and effective strategies to mitigate risk, manage threats, and help ensure government continuity. Symantec provides the tools and expertise state and local agencies need to help keep critical information safe and available and to promote continuity of government operations. For more information on Symantec products and solutions for state and local governments, please visit our Government Resource Center at http://edm. symantec.com/publicsector/sled. Symantec Corporation 20330 Stevens Creek Blvd. Cupertino, CA 95014 1-800-745-6054 www.symantec.com/publicsector_us DEC_07 54 http://edm.symantec.com/publicsector/sled http://edm.symantec.com/publicsector/sled http://www.symantec.com/publicsector_us http://www.symantec.com/publicsector_us http://www.govtech.com

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Government Technology - December 2007 Contents Point of View Big Picture Profile The Last Mile GT Spectrum Well...How Did We Get Here? Dark Spaces A Paler Shade of Green? Decertification Dilemma Game On Two Cents Products Signal:Noise

Government Technology - December 2007

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