Symantec 2016 Annual Report Download - page 93

• In Enterprise Security, Symantec Endpoint Protection won AV-TEST’s “Best Protection 2015 Award”
for corporate users.
• In Consumer Security, Norton Security won AV-TEST’s coveted “Best Protection Award 2015” for
“home user” security.
• We released new products and services:
• We launched Advanced Threat Protection endpoint, email, and network solutions, which detect
and remediate advanced threats across control points, from a single console with just a click,
without deployment of new endpoint agents.
• We launched Encryption Everywhere, a website security package available through web hosting
providers that integrates encryption into websites from the moment they are created.
• We completed a $500 million strategic investment by Silver Lake Partners and in connection with this
investment, Kenneth Hao joined our Board of Directors.
• We increased our capital return program to $5.5 billion, including a $2.6 billion special dividend that
was paid in March 2016 and a total of $1.5 billion in accelerated share repurchase (“ASR”) transactions
that were announced in November 2015 and March 2016.
Operating segments and products
Our operating segments are significant strategic business units that offer different products and services
distinguished by customer needs. The two reporting segments, which are the same as our operating segments,
are: Consumer Security and Enterprise Security.
Consumer Security
Our Consumer Security segment focuses on making it simple for customers to be productive and protected
at home and at work. Our Norton-branded services provide multi-layer security and identity protection on major
desktop and mobile operating systems, to defend against increasingly complex online threats to individuals,
families, and small businesses.
Our Norton Security products help customers protect against increasingly complex threats and address the
need for identity protection, while also managing the rapid increase in mobile and digital data, such as personal
financial records, photos, music, and videos.
Enterprise Security
Our Enterprise Security segment protects organizations so they can securely conduct business while
leveraging new platforms and data. Our Enterprise Security segment includes our threat protection products,
information protection products, cyber security services, and website security offerings, previously named trust
services.
These products and services help our customers secure their information in transit and wherever it resides in
the network path, from the user’s device to the data’s resting place. These products protect customer data from
sophisticated threats such as advanced protection threats, malicious spam and phishing attacks, malware, drive-
by website infections, hackers, and cyber criminals. In addition, these products help to prevent the loss of
confidential data by insiders, and help customers achieve and maintain compliance with laws and regulations.
Our enterprise endpoint security and management offerings support the evolving endpoint, providing advanced
threat protection while helping reduce cost and complexity. These solutions are delivered through various
methods, such as software, appliance, Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”), and managed services.
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