01 Dec 2004
Sophos CTO to speak in Washington DC
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Richard Jacobs,
Sophos CTO. |
Lynnfield, MA - Sophos, a global leader in anti-virus, anti-spam
and policy-based network security, today announced that Richard
Jacobs, Chief Technology Officer, will participate in the E-Gov
Information Assurance conference, in a session, titled "Combating
spam, viruses, and emerging online threats". He is scheduled to
speak on Wednesday 1 December 2004 at the Ronald Reagan Building
& International Trade Center in Washington, DC.
This session will provide a lively discussion on the following
topics:
- The persistent and novel email, newsgroups, message boards,
chat rooms, and other web-based attacks against government
employees, at home and in the office
- Current spam and fraud metrics, as logged and analysed against
global vulnerability and intrusion data
- Education and technology strategies agencies have deployed
successfully to beat back threats to the desktop and mobile
devices
- How to conduct an immediate investigation and possibly stop
cyber-criminals in the early stages, instead of when disaster
strikes
Richard Jacobs has 15 years' commercial experience in software
development and has contributed to the success of Sophos since
1989. Before joining the board in 2000, he was president of
Sophos's American subsidiary for four years. In addition to being a
board member, he has been Sophos's Chief Technology Officer since
2000.
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.