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Sophos, a world leader in protecting businesses against viruses,
spyware and spam, has today announced that Richard Baldry, head of
strategic alliances at Sophos, will be a featured panelist at the
first-ever Anti-Spyware Coalition (ASC) Public Workshop.
Baldry is a veteran of the security industry, having worked with
Sophos to counter the threats posed by spyware and viruses since
1993. He is joined at the conference, by other well-known speakers
such as Walter Mossberg, the Wall Street Journal's personal
technology columnist, and Susannah Fox, associate director at the
Pew Internet & American Life Project. The event's keynote
address will be given by Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman
Deborah Platt Majoras.
Baldry will participate on a panel at 15:00 discussing how
spyware poses a unique threat to corporate networks, and how
companies can best defend their systems.
The workshop, being held on 9 February at the Capitol Hyatt
Regency in Washington DC, will examine the growing threat of
spyware and the latest technologies and solutions designed to stop
its spread.
Sophos joined the ASC in September 2005 - helping build an
alliance of technology companies and public interest groups whose
mission is to create a consensus regarding spyware definitions,
along with best practice in the debate surrounding spyware and
other potentially unwanted software.
Protection from spyware is an integral feature of Sophos's
anti-virus applications, which are amongst the few products to have
been awarded 100%
Checkmark certification for the quality of their spyware
detection.
More information on the ASC, including tips on how to avoid
being hit by spyware, can be found at: www.antispywarecoalition.org
Sophos's integrated security solutions
stop threats at both the gateway and the endpoint, providing
organisations with reliable, manageable and effective protection
against spyware, viruses, worms, Trojans, spam, phishing attacks
and policy abuse.
Sophos Anti-Virus secures desktops, remote laptops and file
servers, while Sophos PureMessage guards the email gateway. This
award-winning software is backed by 24/7 technical support and the
round-the-clock vigilance of SophosLabs, a global network of threat
analysis centres.
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.