New proactive alerting system and multi-platform support boosts
network security and eases administration
Sophos, a world leader in anti-virus and anti-spam protection
for businesses, today unveiled its new automated virus protection
tool, Enterprise Manager (EM) Library. With EM Library, Sophos
customers can now schedule automatic updates of the very latest
virus protection across multiple platforms, including Windows, Mac,
NetWare, Linux and Unix systems. Additional features include a
proactive alerting mechanism which keeps network administrators
fully up-to-date with operational conditions.
With as many as 800 new viruses discovered each month, network
managers can benefit from EM Library, which enables them to specify
the time and frequency of scheduled anti-virus updates across
multiple platforms in their networks. EM Library can be updated as
often as hourly, ensuring that the latest virus protection is
automatically downloaded and installed with minimal impact on
system resources. Additionally, administrators can also perform
on-demand virus updates, giving them full control of network
security.
To further streamline the management of anti-virus protection,
EM Library's proactive alerts - which can be delivered by email,
desktop messaging or event log - ensure that administrators are
kept informed about system performance, allowing them to check that
the downloads and installations are running optimally. An audit
trail of the time new updates are received and applied also aids
network administration.
Leonard Cheshire, the UK's largest voluntary sector provider of
support services to disabled people, has been trialling Sophos EM
Library.
"Since introducing EM Library, we no longer need to worry about
manually updating our anti-virus software, and with its built-in
alerting system, we can also be confident that our network is
always updated against the latest virus threats," said Jeff
Bennison, IT Security Analyst, Leonard Cheshire. "Now there is no
need to carry out time-consuming checks to verify that our
anti-virus protection has downloaded correctly, the IT team at
Leonard Cheshire is free to concentrate on other aspects of work
with the peace of mind that the network is hardened against
viruses."
"EM Library adds to Sophos's award-winning support by enabling
us to push out important technical information to our customers,
helping them keep their networks as secure as possible," said Mark
Laister, Enterprise Manager product manager at Sophos. "Businesses
rarely operate homogenous computer environments, so we have
introduced automated anti-virus updates which can be applied across
a variety of popular platforms. This takes the pain out of updating
and improves security - both of which are great news for IT
administrators."
EM Library is part of the
Enterprise
Manager suite, which enables users to keep Sophos Anti-Virus
updated automatically with the very latest anti-virus protection.
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.