Symantec Hones Early-Warning Tool

Symantec Corp. on Wednesday released the newest version of its DeepSight Threat Management System, which now integrates firewall data and includes new reporting and analysis capabilities.

The system, which Symantec acquired in its purchase last year of SecurityFocus, is designed to be a comprehensive, early-warning system for administrators and security analysts. It gathers incident and threat data from firewalls and IDSes (intrusion-detection systems) installed on thousands of networks around the world.

As the data is collected and normalized, Symantec's analysts look for patterns that indicate a widespread attack. The analysts then notify customers of their findings.

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