New CA Certificate coming for CloudSOC Gateway
For Customers on the Global CloudSOC tenant with Gateway using gw.elastica.net and mgw.elastica.net, the CA certificate used for the Symantec CloudSOC Gateway will expire 12/12/2019.Due to this...
View ArticleHow to use Symantec Custom Inventory to report on Microsoft Office 365 Update...
Open SMP Console - > Settings -> All Settings -> Discovery and Inventory -> Inventory Solution -> Manage Custom Data Classes -> New data class -> Office 365 Update Channels Create...
View ArticleBatch file to delete corrupt SEP definitions
Hi All,Please find the script to delete corrupt defs using batch ( Use at your own risk). Tamper protection need to be turned off to delete defs or else you will receive Access Denied message@echo off...
View ArticleSQL Query for machines with Outdated Agents
I wanted to share a SQL query that can be used to list machines with outdated Altiris Agents select vc.Domain ,vc.name [Computer Name] ,vc.[OS Name] ,ah.[Last Configuration Request]...
View ArticleSEPM Dashboard Malfunctioning
Hello All,Many times SEPM dashboard is malfunctioning means showing incorrect values of "out of date, Up to date, Disabled" system count on Home screen.Please refer below solution - Issue: Incorrect...
View ArticleHow to configure Unmanaged Detector in SEPM 14.X
Unauthorized devices can connect to the network in many ways, such as physical access in a conference room or rogue wireless access points. To enforce policies on every endpoint, you must be able to...
View ArticleUsing the new End User Notification Task in 8.5 RU2
8.5 RU2 – New Feature: End User Notification Task This new feature introduces a new Plugin installed with the “Core-SMA” on the Client Computer called End User Notification Agent. The End User...
View ArticleInformation Centric Analytics Best Practices - Post Configuration Tasks
After installing Symantec Information Centric Analytics, there are several configuration settings that should be set to allow the product to perform optimally. Follow the best practices below just...
View ArticleSEP v14 client & macOS 10.15 Catalina
With the new macOS 10.15 (Catalina) released recently, the current Mac SEP client may or may not work with the current SEP 14 versions.You will be pleased to know that macOS 10.15 Catalina will be...
View ArticleIT Management Suite 8.5 RU3 is now available
Release notes are available at the following URL:https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.doc11603.html
View ArticleSMP - ASDK - 8.5 RU3
With the release of ITMS 8.5 RU3 there were some new Web Service methods added to the following:FeatureDescriptionEnhancements of the Symantec Administrator Software Development Kit (ASDK) application...
View ArticleSecurity Analytics 8.1 Key Feature – Intelligent Capture
To help conserve valuable storage space in Security Analytics, the new 8.1 feature, Intelligent Capture, allows you to discard packets you don’t want to retain, but you still want indexed and enriched...
View ArticleNow Available: Security Analytics 8.1 – What’s New?
Symantec Security Analytics (SA) 8.1 is now available, adding new capabilities to Symantec’s powerful network traffic analysis and forensics solution. Enhancements include: added support for deployment...
View ArticleSecurity Analytics 8.1 Key Feature – Session View
With Session View, Incident Responders can quickly get all details of network flows and narrow their investigation focus before retrieving artifacts, greatly improving the efficiency of an...
View ArticleSecurity Analytics 8.1 Key Feature – Dynamic Storage Expansion
Dynamically scale storage and expand as needed. You can start with a smaller deployment and grow when needed. The “Expand Storage utility” (available through Symantec Support) makes it easy to add...
View ArticleSecurity Analytics 8.1 Key Feature – ICDx Support
Security Analytics now supports ICDx to open up integrations with a multitude of tools and threat data, including SIEMS (Security Information and Event Monitoring) solutions, orchestration, other...
View ArticleSecurity Analytics 8.1 Key Feature – Dark Theme
The new dark theme option supports SOC teams’ preferences and enables more comfortable, extended viewing time. Viewing a bright white screen in a dark room for multiple hours isn’t ideal so this...
View ArticleCode Execution Vulnerability Found In Symantec Endpoint Protection
The BugAfter discovering the bug, the researchers reported it to Symantec in August 2019, which the vendors confirmed the next day.The Symantec Endpoint Protection Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) bug...
View ArticleHow To Get Symantec Endpoint Division (SED) Product Support Within Broadcom
Hi Connect Community,We realize you may have questions about support now that Symantec Enterprise Division (SED) is a division of Broadcom. I hope that the below information is helpful and please...
View ArticleMalicious email claims to be from Microsoft --- Do NOT open.
If you get an email claiming to be from Microsoft about a Windows update, DON’T OPEN it.Security researchers have discovered a new malicious campaign that spoofs urgent update emails from Microsoft to...
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