Sophos Anti-Virus protects the Australian Volunteer Coast Guard
Association
Sophos, a world leader in computer security, has again renewed
the Sophos Anti-Virus solution licences that it first donated to
The Australian Volunteer Coast Guard Association back in 2000.
The Association was founded in 1961 and is staffed entirely by
some 3,000 unpaid volunteers who provide a range of services to
open water users, not least being offshore search and rescue
operations around Australia's 19,650 kilometres (12,210 miles) of
coastline. The Association's assets include more than 100 rescue
vessels and 147 radio bases.
Acknowledging Sophos's continued support, the Association's
Captain Kris Eriksen - himself a volunteer and a senior IT manager
in the commercial world when not wearing his Coast Guard uniform -
said the Sophos Anti-Virus solution is deployed at the
Association's 63 Flotillas (land-based command centers) around
Australia.
"For our people out at the Flotillas where there may or may not
be any computer skills, the Sophos presence is virtually
transparent," explained Eriksen. "All they need to know is that,
with Sophos AutoUpdate, new updates will download and install
automatically. There's nothing to it."
Kris said he had negotiated the Sophos sponsorship when the
company first opened its Australian office and that the anti-virus
security had performed flawlessly ever since.
"The Australian Volunteer Coast Guard Association is all about
safety and security on the unforgiving seas. Sophos is in the same
business in the equally, and increasingly, dangerous world of the
internet and we are most grateful to the company for its continued
generosity," continued Kris Eriksen.
Sophos provides 24x7 support to the Association, protecting
against malware attacks around the clock.
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.