Eric Park and Deaddin Edris from Symantec discuss the May 2011 State of Spam & Phishing report in this monthly podcast series. Topics include the volume of spam seen by Symantec in the previous month, the latest spam trends and techniques, and tips on how to avoid spam messages. The State of Spam & Phishing report leverages security data from the Symantec Global Intelligence Network to keep organizations and consumers informed of the latest threats to their messaging infrastructure.

Protecting your virtual environments takes more than just hiding them behind a firewall. This podcast looks the question of endpoint protection for virtual machines. In this discussion with Daniel Schrader from our Endpoint Security Product Management team, we will look at the differences between protecting physical and virtual endpoints. Different approaches to securing virtual machines will be discussed as will changes Symantec has made to Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1 to optimize it for virtual environments.

Join security expert Kevin Haley as he discusses the latest Symantec Internet Security Threat Report. Kevin will review high profile threats such as Hydraq and Stuxnet in 2010; discuss security impacts of the growing popularity of social networks; review findings on the future of mobile security; and share results related to attack toolkits

David Thompson, Symantec’s CIO provides insight on how security can be an enabler and not an impediment to workforce productivity especially with today’s borderless enterprise and operations spread across the globe.

In this podcast, Donna Childs of Prepared Small Business, discusses some best practices to help small businesses keep their information secure, protected, and well-managed.

Zulfikar Ramzan, technical director for Symantec’s Security Technology and Response Team, provides an overview of the recently released Symantec Report on the Underground Economy. The report provides data collected from Symantec and explores how cybercriminals network and exchange information for profit.