Northeastern Illinois University Leverages Symantec Corporation Solutions To Boost Efficiency, Improve Backup And Tighten Security In Virtual And Physical IT Environments

Symantec Corporation announced that Northeastern Illinois University is using a combination of Symantec's backup and security software solutions to implement an IT consolidation program across virtual and physical environments to simultaneously break down organizational silos, reduce costs, improve backup and tighten messaging security. Since the consolidation program has been deployed, Northeastern Illinois University has improved IT effectiveness and sharply reduced its vulnerability to malicious email spam exploits. In an effort to standardize the University's IT environment, all backup and recovery was consolidated to Symantec NetBackup. Northeastern Illinois University was inundated with phishing and spear-phishing attacks, consuming 40-50 hours of staff time each month. The University selected Symantec Email Security.cloud as its multiple layers of scanning technologies provide added protection against both known and unknown threats.