Johannesburg, 16 Aug 2016
Sophos has announced the availability of a beta program for Sophos Intercept, the next generation of advanced endpoint protection in the company's portfolio of security solutions.
With the steady rise of crippling ransomware, pervasive zero-day exploits and memory resident attacks, sophisticated end-user security technologies are essential for preventing, detecting and responding to today's cyber threats. Sophos Intercept can be installed and run alongside any competitive endpoint security software, boosting the levels of protection against unknown exploit variants and stealth attacks, with minimal impact on endpoint performance.
Sophos Intercept integrates next-generation endpoint defence technologies into a single product, including the progressive anti-exploit technology acquired with SurfRight in December 2015.
New developments in Sophos Intercept include:
* The industry's most advanced ransomware prevention capability to block ransomware before it can lock and cripple systems;
* Progressive exploit detection, which blocks zero-day threat variants without the need for file scanning;
* Sophos Clean technology that hunts and removes spyware and deeply embedded, lingering malware; and,
* Real-time forensic reporting on every attack through an automated incident response dashboard.
"Sophos is changing the way organisations of all sizes view advanced endpoint protection. The company is removing management and configuration complexity to deliver next-generation protection that works. The idea is to find the threat, stop it, and clean it up completely - even zero-day exploits and persistent malware," says Brett Myroff, MD of Sophos distributor, Netxactics.
"By combining the technology from Sophos with the exploit protection and remediation innovations from SurfRight, Sophos can deliver inclusive, intelligent and intuitive endpoint protection - real-time interception of malware with zero file scanning."
Sophos customers can participate in this beta program by contacting their Sophos partner for an invitation code. A public beta will also be available at a later stage. Sophos Intercept is scheduled for general release later in 2016.
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