Maintenance
Sustaining Symantec’s products and solutions
Our business is cutting edge cyber security. Your business is to run your business.
Maintenance allows you to do just that by working hard to maximize the value of your investment, stay ahead of threats and minimize security risks so your organization is continuously protected.
Understand what you get with Maintenance
Maintenance continuously upholds and maximizes the value of your investment in Symantec products:
- Security Content Updates*. Continuous protection. Automatic security intelligence from the world’s leading Global Intelligence Network ensuring critical first line defense against the latest threats.
- Version Upgrades. Cutting edge innovation at no extra cost. Smarter features and advanced technology delivering unrivalled and revolutionary product functionality in every new release.
- Product Updates. Constant reliability. Optimal product performance, adaptability, and compatibility with unlimited Product Updates that are available to you immediately on their release.
- Hardware Replacement Services. A wide range of service options and a worldwide network of supply depots to quickly get you up and running again.
- Technical Support and Learning. Rapid response and resolution. 24/7/365 Technical Support as standard**, with numerous self-help and learning resources: MySymantec (you will need to create an account),(Knowledge Base; Symantec Connect; Symantec eLibrary).
Learn about Maintenance tiers and how Symantec determines Maintenance value for its perpetually licensed software products.
Stay protected, stay current.
You must have current* Maintenance with correct quantity coverage in order to maintain your security, and to access your Maintenance benefits. If you are unsure about your coverage, you should speak to your Reseller, Account Representative, or contact Symantec Customer Care. Visit Licensing Information to learn about licensing basics, license compliance and find resources to assist you.
Symantec has a range of security, consulting, premium support and educational services to help you maximize the value of your investment. Learn more.
Our business is cutting edge cyber security. Your business is to run your business.
Maintenance allows you to do just that by working hard to maximize the value of your investment, stay ahead of threats and minimize security risks so your organization is continuously protected.
Entry-level Maintenance Offerings
Symantec provides a range of entry-level Maintenance offerings for its software and hardware products.
Enterprise Security Products
- Essential Support
Symantec’s standard entry-level Maintenance offering for on-premise software products
Network Protection Products
- Hardware Support
A comprehensive set of entry-level hardware support options that complement Symantec’s Network Protection products
Premium Service Offerings
Realize your full security potential with additional services from Symantec. Even the best security technology must be properly installed and configured, fully utilized, and effectively managed and maintained. Then it must be monitored and customized to stay ahead of evolving threats. Don't risk significant gaps in security due to your technology's untapped capabilities. Address every stage of the attack lifecycle with industry-leading threat intelligence, advanced monitoring, incident response, and cyber skills development services.
Visit Symantec Services to learn more about Premium Support, Education, Consulting, and Cyber Security Services.
Our business is cutting edge cyber security. Your business is to run your business.
Maintenance allows you to do just that by working hard to maximize the value of your investment, stay ahead of threats and minimize security risks so your organization is continuously protected.
With Maintenance, you have complete peace of mind
- Continuous security: Your security, safeguarded with Symantec intelligence to stay ahead of cyber threats and security vulnerabilities
- Increased productivity: Constant updates ensuring optimized software capabilities, performance and reliability
- Cost savings: Guaranteed, free access to the latest version of your software
- Help when you need it: Problem solving when you need it most, 24/7, every day of the year, globally
- Hardware support: Prompt access to hardware replacement or repair
- Regulatory compliance: Helps you adhere to your security compliance protocols
- Reassurance: Priority access to Symantec's security expertise
- Risk mitigation: Against damage to reputation; unplanned downtime and financial loss
- Learning and security awareness: Access to self-paced training, security insights and shared best practices to keep skills sharp
Your security depends on it
Cyber criminals don’t stand still in their bid to access and steal your most valuable asset – your data. Today’s digital threats are ever-evolving, more complex and difficult to uncover than ever before. Staying ahead of tomorrow’s threats isn’t optional. It’s a necessity.
From the time you first install your Symantec product, Maintenance* ensures it is constantly updated with the very latest security intelligence and technical innovation to keep your organization continuously protected from cyber-attacks.
Renew on time, always. Speak to your reseller or find out how to renew.
Our business is cutting edge cyber security. Your business is to run your business.
Maintenance allows you to do just that by working hard to maximize the value of your investment, stay ahead of threats and minimize security risks so your organization is continuously protected.
Understand your entitlements
Regardless of which Symantec product you purchase and regardless of where you choose to deploy (on-premise, in the cloud or in a virtualized environment), you must be properly licensed with current Maintenance in order to access Maintenance benefits. Learn more.
Prior to expiration, you must renew your Maintenance according to how your product is licensed and per the terms of your product’s License Agreement:
- Perpetual: You have purchased a perpetual software license with corresponding Maintenance for your Symantec software product. While this means that you have indefinite access to your software product for a specified quantity, access to the corresponding Maintenance benefits is only for the term and quantity defined by your Maintenance entitlement (usually one year). Prior to the expiration date, you must renew for continued access to your Maintenance benefits.
- Subscription: You have purchased your Symantec product and corresponding Maintenance together on a subscription basis. This means that you have access to the product and the corresponding Maintenance benefits for the term and quantity of the subscription only. Prior to subscription expiration date, you must renew your subscription for continued access to both your product and your Maintenance benefits.
Visit Licensing Information to learn about licensing basics, license compliance and find resources to assist you. Find your product’s License Agreement here.
Our business is cutting edge cyber security. Your business is to run your business.
Maintenance allows you to do just that by working hard to maximize the value of your investment, stay ahead of threats and minimize security risks so your organization is continuously protected.
Maintenance is for a finite term
So that your organization can enjoy continued protection, optimized performance and uninterrupted access to Maintenance benefits, not to mention peace of mind, you must renew your Symantec Maintenance before it expires*, for the correct quantity of licensed product.
Learn how Maintenance helps keep you protected:
- Symantec Endpoint Protection 14
- Symantec Endpoint Protection Cloud
- Symantec Endpoint Protection Mobile
- Symantec Data Loss Prevention
- Symantec VIP
- Symantec ProxySG
- Symantec Control Compliance Suite
- Network Protection Products
- Symantec Email Security.cloud
- Symantec IT Management Suite
What happens if you don't renew
Once Maintenance expires, you automatically lose access to all of your Maintenance benefits, most importantly:
- Critical content and product updates – you risk compromising your protection and running a sub-optimal product.
- Version Upgrades – you will be required to repurchase the software license to establish the right to the latest version.
- Hardware Support – outside of warranty, hardware replacement and repair services won't be available.
- Technical Support – you will no longer be able to log any technical support cases and phone support will be denied.
When it comes to security, you can’t afford not to renew
Remember, if your Maintenance expires, your organization is left vulnerable* and the path to remediation is compounded by foregoing access to Technical Support. The long-term implication of such risk can be devastating to most businesses, especially in terms of reputation and productivity.
The risk also includes financial exposure, as it costs more to buy new versions than it does to pay Maintenance; not to mention the high costs associated with a security breach.
Note that late renewals are subject to penalty and associated late renewal fees.
Symantec takes non-compliance seriously. You must be properly licensed with current Maintenance in order to access Maintenance benefits. Read the Symantec Customer Compliance Policy for more information on your compliance obligations.
Renew on time, always. Speak to your reseller or find out how to renew.
Tips for sustained security
Current Maintenance is critical to sustained security, and optimal product performance. Don’t risk your investment, your security or your compliance integrity—ask yourself:
- Is my Maintenance current? Find out how to renew
- Is my Maintenance coverage sufficient? Understand your Maintenance obligations
- Am I running the latest version? Select your product and check the latest release details
- Do I have the right level of technical support? Learn about Symantec’s premium technical support offerings
- Do I have sufficient software licenses? Read Symantec’s policy to understand your licensing obligations
- Am I getting the most from my Symantec investment? Learn how to download, activate and manage your product
- Is my software installed and configured properly? Read Symantec’s Security Best Practices
You must be properly licensed with current Maintenance in order to access Maintenance benefits. Don’t compromise your security or your compliance with expired Maintenance. Learn more.
