•No-effortupdatestocovernewandemergingrisks

Oneofthegreatadvantagesofatop-notch,cloud-based
securitysolutionisit’salwaysupdatedwiththelatest
technologytothwartnewandemergingsecurityrisks.
Usingatraditionalsecuritysolutionthat’sinstalledon
devicesinyourbusiness,meansinmanycasesyouwill
needtomanuallyupdateeachonewhenthenextsecurity
updateisreleased.Sincecyber-thievesarealways
lookingforopportunitiestoinfiltratesmallbusinesses,
it’sessentialyoursecuritysoftwareisup-to-dateto
protectagainstnewandemergingthreats.

It’seasyifyouuseacloud-basedsecuritysolution—no

manualupdatingisneeded.You’llalwaysberunningthe
mostcurrentversionwithoutliftingafinger.Andyour
employeeswon’tbeinterruptedeachtimeyoursecurity
softwareisupdated—itallhappensbehindthescenes
inthecloud.

•Quicktodeploy

Rollingoutatraditional,on-sitesecuritysolutioncan
betime-consumingandlaborious,becauseyouusually
needtechnicalstaff’sexpertiseandconfigurationof
specialhardware.

Cloud-basedsecurityistheperfectmatchforsmall

businesses,becauseitdoesn’trequireconfiguring
newhardware,theinstallationonlyneedsanInternet
connection,andnearlyanyonecandoitinjustminutes.
Plusserviceandthreatupdateshappenautomatically,
savingyoutimeandhassle,andgivingyoupeaceof
mindthatyou’reprotectedagainstthelatestbatch
ofvirusesormalware.

•Noneedtopurchasehardware

WithSecurityintheCloud,there’snoneedforyouto
investinexpensiveserverhardware.Thismeanslower
overheadforyou,reducedcosts,andlesscomplexity.
AllyouneedisaWebbrowserandanInternetconnection
tostartprotectingyourbusinessfromcyber-threats.

•Expertsmaintainthesystemsoyoudon’tneedto

SecurityandtheCloudareagreatfitforsmallbusinesses,
becausethesystemismaintenance-free.There’snoneed
toemployanITadministratortofixissuesorupdateyour
securitysolution,becausethebehind-the-scenesexperts
doitforyou.That’sthebeautyoftheCloud—someone
elsemaintainsit,andyougetallthebenefit.

•Subscriptionpricingmakesitaffordable

Perhapsthebiggestadvantageforsmallbusinesses
usingcloud-basedsecurityistheflatrate,predictable
subscriptionpricing.Itincludesallthesecurity
capabilitiesyouneedincludingserviceupdates,
maintenance,and24x7technicalsupport.(Andyou
don’tneedtopayanon-siteITadministrator,since
expertsmaintainandmonitorthesystemaroundthe
clockaspartofyoursubscription.)

Thepricingstructureflattensoperatingcostsandreduces

capitalcostssoyoucanbudgetwithconfidence.Surprises
areeliminated—youdon’tneedtoworryaboutbuying
newserversorpayingforthenextsecurityrelea

s

e—it’s

allincludedinthesimplesubscriptionfee.

LEarNmorE

Wanttolearnmoreabouthowsecurityandthe
Cloudaretheperfectmatchforyourbusiness?Visit

http://symantec.com/solutions/smallbusiness

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SECURITY AND THE CLOUD:
A PERFECT MATCH FOR YOUR SMALL BUSINESS

WhyaresecurityandtheCloudaperfectlymatchedpairforyourbusiness?Independently,theyhave

lotsofbenefits.Securityprotectsyourkeydevices,likePCs,andlaptops,fromcyber-thieves’malware,

virusesandothernastythreatsthatcancompromise,orevendestroy,yourbusiness’criticalinformation.

Cloudtechnology,ontheotherhand,mightseemcomplicatedbutit’sreallyasimplewaytouse

sophisticatedsoftware,likesecuritytechnology,withouttheday-to-dayhasslesofsoftwareupdates,

hardwaremaintenance,andotherexpensiveandtime-consumingtasks.

Butbotharebettertogether—especiallyforsmallandmediumbusinesseswhowanttoprotecttheirkey

information,butdon’thaveafull-timeITshoptosupporttheinfrastructure.

Here’swhysecurityandtheCloudareaperfectfitforsmallbusinesses:

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