At its Security 2.0 event in New York Tuesday, Symantec plans to make use of the spotlight to showcase its new Database Security
and Mail Security 8300 Series appliances.
The Database Security appliance is designed for monitoring network traffic to analyze database queries for security purposes
in order to issue alerts to managers when database activity falls outside normal parameters for the organization. The appliance
can also issue alerts when it detects suspicious activity such as SQL injection attacks, or when sensitive information such
as credit-card numbers or Social Security numbers leave the database.
“Based on administrator-defined data patterns, it builds a policy that flags anomalies," says Don Kleinschnitz, vice president
of recovery, access, provisioning and security solutions.
In January, Symantec disclosed its Advanced Concepts Group was developing the database monitoring and auditing tool, with
Boston-based CareGroup Healthcare System actively engaged as an early adopter to add security protection for its IBM and Oracle databases.
The product, which costs $15,000, comes pre-configured on Windows-based hardware; there are also plans to offer it as software-only
in the future.
Monitoring the mail
Symantec's second product announcement pertains to its next-generation of e-mail security appliances expected to ship next
month.
The Mail Security 8300 Series appliances will process up to 25 million messages per day and support up to 150,000 users, more
than double the previous 8200 Series, the company says. The appliances, intended for large organizations, will be able to
perform content-filtering, including antispam and antivirus.
