BOSTON, MA - September 14, 2010 - IT security and data protection firm Sophos announced today that the September 2010 edition of SC Magazine has tested Sophos NAC Advanced. Sophos NAC Advanced is a software-based solution for endpoint assessment and control offering a comprehensive and easy-to-deploy solution. The solution allows administrators the ability to control who and what is connecting to the network and helps prevents data loss-ensuring compliance for both government and industry regulations. SC Magazine awarded Sophos NAC Advanced a 5 out of 5 star rating, giving accolades for features, performance, support, and documentation.
SC Magazine noted that "The reporting and alerting capabilities of the solution are very detailed." The "compliance level details are readily available" and "the compliance dashboard clearly displays the overall status of the user population."
SC Magazine concluded that Sophos NAC Advanced is a "very nice NAC solution for managing patch, AV and firewall compliance on endpoints."
Sophos Network Access Control (NAC) Advanced safeguards data. NAC Advanced protects information by permitting access to the users who need it and enables companies to create comprehensive security policies to check that any computer accessing the network - even those not owned by the company - are in full compliance. NAC Advanced ensures that computers, including roaming laptops, are running a specific anti-virus solution and have their firewalls enabled.
View the full SC Magazine Assessment Management: NAC Group Test.
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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.