Trend Micro Security for Mac Enterprise Level Protection

Macs are known for their low level of virus infection. But web based phishing and security threats are still an issue for network administrators who have Mac users to support. Security consultants and software makers are becoming more aware of the problem, but Trend Micro's Security for Mac 1.5 is one of the first to give corporate users protection against security threats targeting Macs on their networks. The software, which is designed to guard against spyware, viruses, blended threats and platform-independent Web-based attacks on the Mac platform, combines with the companys OfficeScan(TM) Client/Server solution. The extensible and plug-in architecture of OfficeScan allows management of Mac desktops, laptops and servers through the same Web console that manages Windows clients and servers.

"Cross platform Web-based threats and phishing attacks exist, regardless of the operating system and as more enterprises adopt multiple platforms, they need flexible security that adapts to their needs," according to Thomas Miller of Trend Micro. "Trend Micro has been conducting extensive OS X threat research for over seven years and is currently the only vendor protecting the Mac against native and cross platform Web-based threats." Among the features of Trend Micro Security for Mac are group policy management of up to 1,000 Mac endpoints within OfficeScan, streamlined Cocoa client user-interface with auto-registration to the server, protection for both host Mac OS systems and any Windows virtual machines and improved manual scan performance using the Quick Scan feature.