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Small businesses worldwide increased content security spend by 9.6% in 2014, representing 28% of total enterprise content security market.

Symantec confirms closure of enterprise sales business office in New Zealand, with some redundancies and redeployments to Australia.

Brenton Smith, who previously headed up Symantec locally as managing director and vice president, Pacific, has reappeared at Dell, taking on a new rol.

Symantec splits into two companies on April 1, but NZ channel partners face uncertainty amid unconfirmed rumours of the firm's exit from the country.

With the threat landscape changing and the propensity for malicious attacks increasing, the role of security vendors and resellers is more important.

Symantec is rumoured to be about to exit New Zealand, with the company shutting up shop March 31 according to market speculation.

There's no time like the present for customers to take a good look at their security says Mark Shaw, Symantec Pacific region technology strategist – security.

Small and medium businesses are being increasingly targeted by attackers, with 61% of all attacks in 2013 aimed at them.

The increasing popularity of online dating services in New Zealand has caught the attention of scammers. Here's how to outwit and outlast the scammers.

Symantec's New Zealand arm suffers a decline with profits falling to NZD $360,081 on revenue of NZD $4.6 million, down from prior year figures.

Auckland-based distributor iData Resolutions has been put into liquidation, with Dennis Clifford Parsons appointed as liquidator on 21 January.

Symantec revives the Veritas name for its newly independent information management business, generating revenue of USD $2.5 billion in 2014.

Brenton Smith, Australia New Zealand managing director for Symantec, has vacated his role at the company to pursue other opportunities.

Scammers are exploiting a bogus LinkedIn security update to phish for credentials, warns Symantec. Users should enable two-step verification for protection.

Throughout 2014 there were an increasing number of high profile cyber security threats and breaches, and response is the difference between success and failure.

Shift to cloud backup made simple with Symantec's tips, revolutionising telco services for data protection and cost savings.

The ongoing cooperation between public and private organisations is important in the fight against cybercrime.

Symantec pushes for businesses to enhance cyber-defence, highlighting the four-step plan at a Westcon event to combat emerging threats.

Distributed Denial of Service attacks are frequently marketed to gamers as a way to disrupt competing teams or players.

Symantec at Westcon Imagine 2014 urges firms to move from mere cyber security to embodying cyber resilience amid rising attacks.