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| Sophos's Michael Argast is discussing zero day
protection at the conference. |
Sophos, a world leader in protecting businesses against viruses,
spyware and spam, today announced that Michael Argast, Global Head
of Sales Engineering, will be presenting a paper about zero day
protection at IDC's annual Security Conference on 14 September
2005.
Argast, who has over a decade's experience working in the field
of network security and has helped some of the world's largest
organizations define and implement information security policies,
will be describing the latest rapidly evolving threats and how
businesses can best protect themselves.
Financial motivation has driven virus and spam writers to join
forces to produce campaigns that co-ordinate virus, spam, phishing
and spyware attacks. Sophos believes that as the volume and
variants continue to increase, so must the sophistication of tools
and methods of content filtering at network gateways.
Sophos's Genotype™ technology uses forensic analysis to identify
suspicious patterns and characteristics that are unique to either a
virus family or a spam campaign. By analysing these Genotype
patterns, Sophos reduces exposure to new unidentified threats and
unwanted content.
With security remaining one of the main issues for IT
professionals, IDC's security conference will focus on addressing
corporate concerns such as regulatory compliance, spam, threats,
and identity management. The conference will host talks about the
latest technologies and services, security strategies and
practices, as well as showcasing how a number of companies have
implemented technology to secure their networks.
The conference will be held at the Radisson Portman Hotel in
London on 14 September 2005. More information is available on
IDC's website. Sophos is a Platinum sponsor of
IDC's Security Conference 2005.
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.