Symantec has announced Web Security Monitoring, a new managed security services offering designed to help customers protect their end users and online Web presence from Web threats.

Web Security Monitoring provides 24x7 monitoring and analysis of Web security technologies to protect organizations. Symantec claims rapid reaction to threats to end users, Web presence and confidential data, identifying gaps in security controls. The service will also help in compliance to internal policies and industry regulations.

Through Web Security Monitoring, Symantec synthesizes customer log data with a source of up-to-date global threat intelligence and performs monitoring to help ensure protection. Furthermore, the service monitors organizations' proxy and gateway security devices for connections from hosts within their networks to sites suspected or known to contain malicious code and provides a daily summary report of this activity. If a policy violation or compromise occurs, the customer is notified immediately.

"As cyber criminals shift from targeting networks with high-volume spam and malware attacks to focusing more on stealth technologies, the Web is the new front line for the compromise of assets with the express goal of stealing confidential information," said Grant Geyer, vice president of Symantec's Global Managed Security Services. "The new Symantec Web Security Monitoring service gives customers the assurance that their endpoints and servers are protected from evolving Web-based threats."