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Patrolling The Mean Cyber-Streets: Norton Confidential
Doug Caverly
Staff Writer
2006-06-27
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Symantec has introduced a product that sounds more like a bad cop show than a security solution. Behold: Norton Confidential. The press release describes it as "a comprehensive online transaction security solution that will allow consumers to transact on the Internet with confidence that their personal information will remain safe."
Enrique Salem, Symantec's Group President, Consumer Products and Solutions, wrote about the product in the release. "To help restore confidence in doing business over the Internet, Symantec is introducing Norton Confidential - the first solution that offers consumers both fraud site and crimeware protection for their personal information at the point of greatest risk - during a transaction, login or other submission of confidential data to a Web site."
The new product will combine "traditional block lists with advanced heuristic technology to protect consumers from previously undiscovered phishing attacks," and will use much the same method to "protect users from both known and unknown crimeware." Norton Confidential will also feature a "Web site authentication component" that should display "a special visual cue when the user visits a genuine Secure Socket Layer (SSL) site."
A beta version of the software should be available later this summer, according to Pocket-lint. The final Windows product will be available in September; Macintosh users will have to wait until October.
Symantec describes itself as "the world leader in providing solutions to help individuals and enterprises assure the security, availability, and integrity of their information." This new product has generated a fair amount of buzz; it shouldn't do anything to counteract that assertion.
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Doug is a staff writer for SecurityProNews, InternetFinancialNews, SearchNewz, and WebProNews.
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