Preventon expands its desktop security offering
Sophos, a world leader in corporate anti-virus protection, today
announced its partnership with Preventon Technologies Ltd., the UK
internet security specialist. Sophos and Preventon have worked
together to produce a Preventon branded anti-virus product aimed at
the SME and consumer markets. The product will be incorporated into
Preventon Secure Internet Desktop Software (PSIDS), a new complete
desktop security suite to be launched by Preventon early this
year.
The Preventon branded anti-virus product will take advantage of
Sophos's extensive anti-virus expertise and Preventon's knowledge
of the security requirements of the home and SME users. The product
will have a look and feel that is common to Preventon's brand,
making the product very easy to use and customer focused.
Preventon has developed the product to include real-time
on-access scanning. This technology runs on the desktop and ensures
that all program files are free of known viruses as the user
accesses them. Should any customers want to find out more about a
virus, they will have access to the online Sophos virus
library.
The Preventon solution takes advantage of Sophos's powerful
virus finding technology. The Sophos virus engine provides easy to
use, reliable virus protection. Its unique architecture
intelligently determines which files need to be virus checked,
maximising user transparency and minimising performance
overhead.
Preventon has identified that the need for multi-layered
security has increased drastically as blended threats become more
and more common. Analyst group IDC agrees: "IDC believes that a
layered security approach will create a defence stronger than its
individual parts working separately."
Adrian Foulkes, CEO of Preventon Technologies comments: "Small
to medium sizes business and home users are at risk from blended
threats yet very few are protected against them. By utilising
Sophos's anti-virus software as part of our complete desktop
security product suite - PSIDS - we will give our customers access
to a corporate level anti-virus product, all at an affordable price
on their desktop."
Mark Forrest, sales and marketing director, Sophos, added: "We
are delighted to be partnering with Preventon; their understanding
of the markets combined with our powerful anti-virus product will
enable us to offer customers a product that we feel will be
unrivalled."
The anti-virus product will be an integral part of PSIDS and
will be available to buy early 2003. The product will be available
via subscription with selected ISPs, and via Preventon's website at
www.preventon.com.
About Preventon Technologies Ltd.
Preventon Technologies Ltd. is an Internet security company,
venture capital funded, operating from Reading's technology
triangle, in the UK. The Preventon Desktop Security software was
announced as a medallist winner in the 2002 British Computer
Society Awards. Preventon Technologies Ltd. was selected by Red
Herring, leading business technology magazine, as one of Europe's
hottest 20 start-up companies, to present at Venture Market 2001 in
London on 13th June 2001. For more information, visit www.preventon.com.
Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com.