Symantec opens global security response lab

PUNE

NOVEMBER 21, 2006

Symantec today inaugurated its newest global Security Response Lab at its
Centre of Innovation in Pune, India. The Symantec Security Response Lab in India
will provide comprehensive, global, 24x7 multi-lingual security threat expertise
to protect customers worldwide against a wide variety of security threats.

The Security Response Lab in India is part of Symantec's Global Intelligence
Network, which includes researchers throughout the world collecting information
about online fraud, malicious code and security risks, analyzing them to figure
out how they work, and then developing real time updates to the Symantec
products that protect computers at homes and in workplaces around the world.

Highlighting the key features of the new Security Response Lab in India, Anil
Chakravarthy, VP of India Technical Operations, Symantec, said, "The Lab in
India will further enhance Symantec's round the clock research and response
capabilities to a growing variety of security threats and understanding of how
these threats are converging."

"Comprised of security researchers encompassing all threat domains, the Security
Response Lab in India will provide security updates in areas such as antifraud,
antispam, antivirus, antispyware, privacy and parental control, and intrusion
prevention/intrusion detection," Chakravarthy continued.

The Security Response Lab's mission is to detect, protect and remediate. This
lab addresses urgent security concerns by delivering early warning solutions
that provide a thorough analysis of Internet security threats, evaluating how
threats work together and then offering recommendations on protection. These
capabilities further enhance Symantec's Global Intelligence Network to respond
rapidly to complex security threats. The Lab's analysis shows how multiple
threats work together, how this could impact a customer, and how to protect
against these threats.

Additionally, the Lab provides rapid security protection through its incident
response program, including emergency antivirus signatures, definitions, and
policies, as well as outbound communications such as alerting services.

Commenting on the global significance of the lab in India, Vincent Weafer,
Senior Director, Symantec Security Response, said, "Today's Internet security
landscape is continuously evolving in terms of both volume and complexity of
threats. The ability to augment our security intelligence by combining antifraud
and anti-malware teams enables us to better protect customers now and into the
future."

Commenting on the importance of this lab for the region, Vishal Dhupar, Managing
Director, Symantec, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
Region, said, "The global Security Response Lab in India will be a major
contributor in creating an environment of confidence in the Indian enterprises
as well as the outsourcing industry to combat the information security concerns.
The Lab is in a position to track the Indian security landscape from the global
perspective and recommend measures to safeguard information abuse. This is in
line with Symantec's vision of creating confidence in a connected world."