Sophos, a world leader in integrated threat management
solutions, today announced that its endpoint security solution,
Sophos Anti-Virus was named as one of the best enterprise
anti-virus products released in 2005, in TechTarget's Information
Security magazine "Products of the Year" awards. Sophos was ranked
as a top vendor in support/service thanks to its "outstanding web
site."
Sophos Anti-Virus provides best-of-breed anti-virus protection
for file servers, desktops and laptops on a wide range of
platforms, including Windows, Macintosh, Linux, NetWare and UNIX.
It also protects NetApp Storage Systems.
"Anti-virus technology continues to be one of the most critical
security needs for organizations," said Steve
Munford, CEO, Sophos. "In fact, Sophos research indicates that
1.4% or one in 70 emails is viral. It is an honor to be named one
of the best products in the anti-virus category. The award lends
credibility to our customers' choice of Sophos Anti-Virus as the
right solution to help them meet their network security
challenges."
Information Security magazine and SearchSecurity.com asked 890
information security executives and managers to assess more than
300 security products, which were divided into 12 categories.
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Mehr als 100 Millionen Anwender in 150 Ländern verlassen sich auf Sophos als den besten Schutz vor komplexen IT-Bedrohungen und Datenverlust. Sophos bietet dafür Security- and Data-Protection-Lösungen an, die einfach zu verwalten, zu installieren und einzusetzen sind und dabei die branchenweit niedrigste Total Cost of Ownership bieten. Sophos bietet preisgekrönte Verschlüsselungs- und Endpoint-Security-Produkte, darüber hinaus Lösungen für Web- und E-Mail-Sicherheit sowie Network Access Control (NAC). Das Angebot wird von einem weltweiten Netzwerk eigener Analysezentren, den SophosLabs, unterstützt. Mit mehr als 20 Jahren Erfahrung gehört Sophos laut den Top-Analystenhäusern zu den führenden Unternehmen für IT-Sicherheit und Datenschutz und hat zahlreiche Branchenauszeichnungen erhalten.
Sophos hat seinen Hauptsitz in Boston, USA, und Oxford, Großbritannien. In Deutschland ist das Unternehmen in Wiesbaden und in Österreich sowie der Schweiz je an einem Standort vertreten. Weitere Informationen unter: www.sophos.de.