Sophos, a world leader in protecting businesses against viruses,
spyware and spam, has today announced the appointment of Steve
Munford to the role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) worldwide,
with immediate effect. As CEO, Munford will have executive
responsibility for all aspects of running the company, which has
more than 35 million users worldwide of its integrated threat
management solutions.
Munford, who will continue to be based at Sophos's headquarters
near Oxford, UK, has served as Chief Operating Officer (COO) for
the past nine months and steps up to drive strategic development at
a time of great opportunity in the security market.
"Sophos is a global authority in IT security, and we aim to
exploit that strategic opportunity," said Steve Munford, new CEO of
Sophos. "Security threats are changing rapidly, and Sophos is well
placed to give leadership and grow strongly as the market evolves.
I look forward to helping drive that development."
Munford first joined Sophos in 2003, after its acquisition of
the anti-spam specialist ActiveState, of which he was president. He
then took the role of president of Sophos for North America and
then COO for the group. Prior to his joining ActiveState, Munford
held senior management positions at Seanix - the largest PC
manufacturer in Canada, and at Coopers & Lybrand.
Sophos's co-founders and former joint CEOs, Dr Jan Hruska
and Dr
Peter Lammer, will continue to serve as company board
members.
"Sophos has now been going for exactly 20 years," said Dr Jan
Hruska, co-founder of Sophos. "Peter and I are very excited to have
found a strong new CEO who will provide continuity of approach as
well as new energy and focus."
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.