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| Sophos is protecting the world's most famous
cricket club. |
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the world's most famous
cricket-playing club and owner of Lord's, has deployed Sophos
Anti-Virus with Sophos
PureMessage for Windows/Exchange to protect the company's
desktops and email gateway from viruses, Trojans, spyware and spam.
The system was provided by Sophos business partner Softcat, a
recent winner in the Sophos Partner Awards 2005.
While MCC joined in the celebrations following England's
outstanding Ashes triumph over Australia, it recognised that it
couldn't afford to relax and let down its guard off the pitch.
Organisations now face a greater threat than ever before from virus
writers, spammers, and increasingly, targeted attacks by
financially motivated cyber criminals. In light of this, MCC
decided to review its existing security software, evaluating
solutions from a number of leading IT security vendors.
"As perhaps the world's most high-profile cricket club, security
is paramount, and it's not just the cricket pitch that needs
protecting against unwelcome intruders," said Paul Long, help desk
manager at MCC. "It's vital that MCC's computer networks are
properly secured, so we wanted a solution that would give us an
all-encompassing approach to controlling viruses and spam. We were
impressed by the pre-sales support provided by Softcat and Sophos,
and given the pricing and capability of the product, we felt that
the Sophos solution was ahead of the game."
MCC is deploying Sophos's anti-virus and anti-spyware protection
on the desktop computers of 200 users, while Sophos's integrated
virus, spam and spyware protection, PureMessage, will scan and
filter incoming email at the gateway. This multi-tier protection
against emerging threats provides automatic updating and ease of
management, while MCC will also receive ongoing support from
Softcat as well as Sophos's own customer support service.
"MCC has recognised that the threat from cybercriminals is not
limited simply to banks or large multinationals, and that any
organisation is a potential target," said Andrew Gregg, account
manager at Softcat. "By utilising this Sophos technology, MCC now
has a consolidated solution that can help defend against all manner
of threats, as well as improving internal efficiency by filtering
out inappropriate and unwanted mail content."
About Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club is better known, throughout the
cricketing world, as MCC. Founded in 1787, MCC has become the
world's most famous cricket club. Today, MCC's role remains as
relevant as ever. From guarding the game's laws to safeguarding its
spirit, and from promoting cricket to young people to looking after
Lord's, MCC is committed to the good of the game.
About Softcat
Softcat is a leading provider of corporate IT solutions to the
SME marketplace. It is an established and trusted licence adviser
for software and provides IT security and services solutions in
this arena. Softcat works solely with the leading technologies
across these fields, holding high-level accreditations to support
its customers' IT procurement.
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.