Symantec 20032623 - Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition Implementation Manual page 23

About the types of threat protection that Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition provides
Protection Description
type
Proactive Threat Proactive Threat Protection uses SONAR to
Protection protect against zero-day attack vulnerabilities
in your network. Zero-day attack vulnerabilities
are the new vulnerabilities that are not yet
publicly known. Threats that exploit these
vulnerabilities can evade signature-based
detection, such as spyware definitions. Zero-day
attacks may be used in targeted attacks and in
the propagation of malicious code. SONAR
provides real-time behavioral protection by
monitoring processes and threats as they
execute.
See Managing SONAR"
Layers of protection (continued)
Table 1-2
on page 196.
The management server enforces each protection by using an associated policy
that is downloaded to the client.
Figure 1-1 shows the categories of threats that each type of protection blocks.
Introducing Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition
Benefit
SONAR examines programs as they run, and
identifies and stops malicious behavior of new
and previously unknown threats. SONAR uses
heuristics as well as reputation data to detect
emerging and unknown threats.
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