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| Sophos has joined the SecureIT Alliance. |
Sophos, a world leader in protecting businesses against viruses,
Trojans, spyware and spam, has announced its membership of
Microsoft's SecureIT Alliance, an industry initiative designed to
help improve security for businesses running Microsoft operating
systems.
As part of the Alliance, Sophos will collaborate with other
SecureIT members in building new shared technologies to combat the
growing number of IT security threats faced by businesses
worldwide. Sophos will also work to improve integration and
interoperability between existing security solutions, easing the
workload for network administrators currently running software from
different alliance members.
"Security is an issue that affects everyone involved in IT, and
the SecureIT Alliance will allow the industry to join forces and
work towards providing a better customer experience," said Mark
Harris, global director of SophosLabs™. "By exchanging our
development expertise with other alliance members, we will be able
to offer improved security solutions for all our Windows-based
customers."
The SecureIT Alliance is developing a community website
(www.secureitalliance.org),
which will enable ongoing communication between members during the
development process of Windows applications. The site will also be
available to the public, helping users address their security needs
by accessing security-related information in a number of formats,
including white papers, case studies, videos, and
presentations.
"It's encouraging to see so many industry leaders collaborating
on the IT security problem, in order to help meet the needs of our
shared customers," said Bruce Burns, senior director at Microsoft
Corporation. "The SecureIT Alliance will help improve the level of
protection available, while members will also benefit from improved
knowledge of integrating with the Microsoft platform."
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.