21 Nov 2001
Sophos founder to address AVAR conference
Sophos today announced that Dr Jan Hruska, CEO and founder of
Sophos Anti-Virus, has been chosen to give the honorary speech at
the AVAR 2001 conference in Hong Kong, 4-5 December 2001.
Dr Hruska has written a number of books about computer security,
and is acknowledged as one of the world's leading experts on the
virus threat. He has regularly presented papers at international
computer security conferences such as Compsec and Virus
Bulletin.
About AVAR
The AVAR Conference is an annual event organised by the
Association of Anti-Virus Asia Researchers (AVAR) since 1998. The
conference is co-organised by the Information Security Special
Interest Group (ISSIG) of the Hong Kong Computer Society (HKCS).
The AVAR 2000 Conference in Tokyo attracted 180 participants,
including Information Security Managers, Network and System
Administrators, Government Officials, Anti-Virus Vendors and
Practitioners, and AVAR members.
Further details of the AVAR 2001 conference are available on
their website at http://www.aavar.org/avar2001/.
About Sophos
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, email, and network access control solutions backed by SophosLabs - a global network of threat intelligence centers. 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.
Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com.