IT security and data protection firm, Sophos, has announced the addition of Sophos Live Protection technologies to its Sophos Endpoint Security and Data Protection offering.
This new, cloud-based architecture equips businesses with real-time threat protection and automatic configuration changes to security and data protection policy settings.
“Simplifying the rollout of proactive protection, Sophos Live Protection enables businesses to automatically defend their networks against today's fast moving threats - such as Fake Anti-Virus and targeted malware - while minimising the IT security management overhead,” says Brett Myroff, CEO of regional Sophos distributor, Sophos South Africa.
Three new protection technologies have been built into Sophos Endpoint Security and Data Protection 9.5 to stop emerging threats from both inside and outside the corporate network.
Sophos Live Anti-Virus stops previously unseen threats by instantly checking suspicious files against an extensive “in-the-cloud” database of known good and bad reputation data - a response is received within seconds, reducing reliance on updates.
Based on SophosLabs' constantly updating database of more than 11 million malicious URLS, Sophos Live URL Filtering prevents real-time access to URLs that have been identified as hosting malware. Providing constant protection, Live URL Filtering defends computers against malware attacks whether using a corporate, home or public network.
Sophos Runtime Behaviour Detection creates profiles of file characteristics, such as what a file looks like (pre-execution) and what it does when executed (runtime HIPS), enabling accurate identification of malware. By tracking file behaviour, SophosLabs can scan the database of existing profiles to search for a malware match - immediately alerting the user if one is found.
"While IT teams pay security companies to protect them, many vendors leave customers to decide what to do with suspicious files,” Myroff says. “This Sophos release reduces this noise by addressing the problem head-on. Suspicious files trigger an instantaneous look-up to the Sophos online database of good and bad data, and the file is allowed or blocked. Beta results have been very impressive - new malware is being picked up way ahead of the game, spelling out greater protection with less complexity for users."
In addition, Sophos Endpoint Security and Data Protection 9.5 extend protection to virtualised environments, supporting Microsoft Hyper-V and VMWare's vSphere operating system.
Version 9.5 also comes equipped with enhanced Tamper Protection that prevents any intentional or unintentional disabling of security features such as anti-virus, firewall and system updating.
Existing ESDP customers can upgrade for free.
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More than 100 million users in 150 countries rely on Sophos as the best protection against complex threats and data loss. Sophos is committed to providing security and data protection solutions that are simple to manage, deploy and use and that deliver the industry's lowest total cost of ownership. Sophos offers award-winning encryption, endpoint security, Web, e-mail, and network access control solutions backed by SophosLabs - a global network of threat intelligence centres. With more than two decades of experience, Sophos is regarded as a leader in security and data protection by top analyst firms and has received many industry awards.
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NetXactics, trading as Sophos South Africa, is a South African-based company focused on the provision of security solutions. It is the master distributor for UK-based Sophos, one of the leaders in the provision of network access control and endpoint, e-mail and Web security and control solutions for the corporate environment. For more information, visit Sophos South Africa at http://www.sophos.co.za.
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Sophos enables enterprises worldwide to secure and control their IT infrastructure. Our network access control, endpoint, Web and e-mail solutions simplify security to provide integrated defences against malware, spyware, intrusions, unwanted applications, spam, policy abuse, data leakage and compliance drift. With over 20 years of experience, we protect over 100 million users in nearly 150 countries with our reliably engineered security solutions and services. Recognised for our high level of customer satisfaction, we have an enviable history of industry awards, reviews and certifications. Sophos is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and Oxford, UK.
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