Lynnfield, MA / Vancouver - Sophos, a global leader in
policy-based network security software for viruses and spam,
announced that Network World has selected Sophos PureMessage as a
'favorite' among the leading anti-spam software providers in the
publication's recent "Spam in the Wild, The Sequel" review.
The product review compared anti-spam software products, managed
services, and appliances from 35 different companies to determine
which solutions were most effective at stopping spam and keeping
legitimate email flowing. The test looked at four key areas:
spam-oriented features, per-user features, anti-virus and
policy-based filtering, and logging and management.
Looking closely at policy-based controls, "The clear king of
email policy is Sophos PureMessage. Beautifully integrated with
Sophos's virus-scanning tools, PureMessage lets you construct any
policy you want. For example, if you want to completely drop some
of your incoming virus-infected email but try to clean or
quarantine others, you can do it. No other product comes close to
this functionality."
Each product or service tested filtered more than 10,000 emails
and was measured for accuracy of spam filtering technology and rate
of false positives. Of the top products tested, Sophos PureMessage
offered a .04% false positives rate, sharing the top spot with just
one other vendor.
"The network security landscape is certainly far more
complicated than ever before," said Steve Munford,
president of Sophos Inc. "As a global provider of integrated
security software to businesses, Sophos offers a unique combination
of expertise and leading anti-virus, anti-spam and email policy
solutions, allowing organizations to stay one step ahead of
evolving and intensifying threats to network security."
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.