Sophos Anti-Virus is now an integral component of Barbedwire's
content filtering console
Sophos, a world leader in anti-virus protection for businesses,
has signed a worldwide licensing agreement with Barbedwire
Technologies, a leading provider of enterprise security appliance
solutions. Under this agreement, businesses using Barbedwire's
Minesweeper CF - an enterprise security appliance which was
released today - will be protected against the virus threat through
the use of Sophos Anti-Virus.
In addition to Sophos's powerful virus detection engine,
Minesweeper CF also provides content filtering and anti-spam. This
not only offers clients a single appliance which is easy to deploy,
manage and maintain, it also represents a cost-effective and
comprehensive security appliance solution for mid-size and large
organisations.
Barbedwire and Sophos have also agreed to work together to
introduce Minesweeper CF to their reseller partners who are looking
to strengthen their corporate security offerings with products that
simplify security management.
"The biggest roadblock that organisations continue to face when
deploying security solutions is managing all of these products in a
cohesive, intelligent, and efficient manner," said Zia Iqbal, CEO
of Barbedwire Technologies. "By integrating Sophos Anti-Virus into
the new Minesweeper CF, along with content filtering and anti-spam,
our customers will be able to deploy and manage three security
products from a single console."
"In January alone, Sophos detected 521 new viruses, worms and
Trojan horses - the total number of viruses that Sophos protects
against is now approaching 80,000," said Graham Cluley, senior
technology consultant at Sophos Anti-Virus. "Sophos is dedicated to
providing our customers dependable anti-virus solutions and we're
confident that Barbedwire is equally committed to providing the
same level of service to their customers as well."
A report published by Bear Stearns at their 13th Annual
Technology Conference in June 2002 stated, "We think the industry
must strive for greater interoperability, integration, and
manageability the vendors that successfully achieve such
integration would revolutionise the internet security market."
VP Sales of Barbedwire Steve Behrens, agrees, "During my recent
visits with channel partners and enterprise customers this was the
very same theme that resonated with each conversation. The addition
of the Minesweeper CF to our other security appliances,
consolidates, under one management console, the ability to detect,
manage, and respond to security threats for many best-of-breed
products including Cisco, Check Point, Netscreen, and now
Sophos."
About Barbedwire Technologies
Barbedwire Technologies provides a total security solution for
medium and enterprise class networks with its high performance
appliance platforms. The products are competitively priced,
scalable and are managed remotely with a secure web-based
interface. The solution includes best of breed Firewall/VPN,
Intrusion Detection Systems, and Traffic management, PKI, Email
SPAM Protection, Anti-Virus, Web Content Filter and Wireless
Security for 802.11x networks. For more information visit
www.barbedwiretech.com, or call
1-209-832-9900 for the U.S. Headquarters. For international product
information email
Sales_Europe@barbedwiretech.com
or
Sales_Asia@barbedwiretech.com.
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.