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| Sophos's Michael Argast is discussing internet
crime gangs at Infosecurity Europe. |
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 internet
crime gangs at the Infosecurity Europe exhibition at 13:20 on 27
April 2006.
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 online crime gangs that operate on the
interent, and the evolution of attacks that businesses have to
protect themselves against.
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.
"As the authors of malware turn from pimply teenagers to
hardened adult criminals, the nature and motives of cybercrime is
changing. The new threats churned out by these malicious,
international coders are faster moving, multi-platform, more
aggressive and more insidious than ever before," said Michael
Argast. "IT professionals require advice on how to address these
critical new challenges, and how to defend their users and
organizations in the new world order."
The InfoSecurity Europe exhibition will be held at Olympia in
London on 25-27 April 2006. Sophos will be exhibiting its products
and discussing security threats on stand 520 throughout the three
day event.
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.