From standing up for the rights of the LGBT community to providing the public with vital cybersecurity knowledge, following we provide a round up of recent media stories highlighting Symantec's efforts to support the industry, its employees and communities worldwide.
Symantec supports key LGBT legislation
Symantec was mentioned in The Huffington Post, among other publications, for its participation in the Human Rights Campaign's groundbreaking Business Coalition for The Equality Act. The Coalition supports the crucial legislation ensuring the protection of rights for the US LGBT community:
The Equality Act "establishes explicit, permanent protections against discrimination based on an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity in matters of employment, housing, access to public places, federal funding, credit, education and jury service. In addition, it would prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex in federal funding and access to public places[1]."
Symantec joins a coalition that represents 19 industries, covering 22 states, with revenues of over 1.8 trillion dollars[2].
Furthermore, in Portland Symantec was highlighted by various media including the Portland Business Journal and Portland's NBC station KGW as the recipient of an award from The Basic Rights Education Fund for companies who "foster fair workplaces for the LGBTQ employees".
The Fund calls out Symantec's "firm commitment to inclusive workplaces" through various means including "improv[ing] its health care for transgender employees, promot[ing] out transgender employees, support[ing] other employees in their transition and receiv[ing] rave reviews from its transgender and gender non-conforming staff."
Promoting Female Diversity
Symantec's May Mitchell (VP, Worldwide Marketing) was quoted in a CRN article"Why Keeping Women In Tech is Crucial To The Industry's Success" calling out the unique logic and approach women bring to the table and the Irish Times featured Symantec's Anita Sands (Director) as part of an International Women's Day roundup of influential Irish women.
Partnering to Protect the Future
Lastly, Network World published an article discussing highlights of President Obama¹s new Cybersecurity National Action Plan, mentioning Symantec as a member of the National Cyber Security Alliance, which, aims to educate consumers about cybersecurity.