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Securing Enterprise Environments Against Spyware: Benefits of Best-of-Breed Security
by Webroot Software Inc
Published:November 2005
Format: Portable Document Format (.pdf)( 84.2 KB )
Length: 12 pages
Overview

The threat of spyware in the corporate network has risen to a complicated and time consuming epidemic for many IT professionals trying to ensure their users and network are protected from the hassle and harm spyware may bring. In response, many security vendors are creating anti-spyware software to seek out spyware and eradicate it from the enterprise network. Webroot's Spy Sweeper Enterprise is just such a product. A best of breed stand alone software solution, Spy Sweeper Enterprise is a leader in anti-spyware solutions.

It will be important for enterprises to seek out anti-spyware solutions offering proactive protection against the daily onslaught of blended threats. A few of the antispyware features enterprises should look for in addition to proactive protection are:

- Effectiveness in correctly identifying and cleaning spyware from the affected system
- Multilayered protection of desktops, servers, and gateways
- Cost effectiveness in relation to amount of IT time lost

IN THIS WHITE PAPER
This IDC paper focuses on the enterprise customers' challenges with spyware and what tactics they might take in addressing those challenges.

This IDC White Paper:
- Illustrates some of the problems enterprises suffer from spyware
- Offers "best practice" features for responding to the spyware threat
- Provides a case study of an effective and successful deployment of Webroot's Spy Sweeper Enterprise solution in response to an entertainment company's spyware problems

This paper addresses the need for strong proactive anti-spyware technology to protect the enterprise and close the spyware gaps in the network's security. It discusses the challenges IT organizations face with spyware and offers best practices in addressing those challenges as well as one company's successful deployment of an anti-spyware solution.