Security software maker Symantec is hoping to cash in on enterprise customers’ growing headaches around managing and protecting instant messaging applications, including the freely available IM clients so popular among today’s users. While corporate messaging systems made by companies including Microsoft and IBM have long been pitched as the best answer to security issues raised by the proliferation of freely available IM software made by companies such as AOL, Google and Yahoo, Symantec said it is hoping to help address the fact that those applications still find a way onto the desktops of millions of workers every day.
To combat the problem, the company is introducing Symantec IM Manager 8.0, its latest IM and real-time communications management package, which promises to help secure both types of messaging systems. The new product will be made available to customers sometime before the end of this month, the firm said.
In addition to fighting the many types of threats being launched over IM networks, including viruses and phishing attacks, the software maker said the product can also help companies deploy and enforce messaging security policies. The package also promises to aid firms working under federal compliance regulations to keep a closer eye on information being shared via IM.
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