12 Mar 2008
The six questions business must ask when evaluating computer security products
Sophos white paper highlights the pitfalls of simply looking at virus detection rates
Are you asking the right questions when choosing the computer
security solution for your firm?
Sophos announced today that it has published a new white paper
describing the six critical questions that businesses need to ask
to ensure the most successful outcome when assessing computer
security solutions.
The white paper, entitled "Assessing endpoint security
solutions: why detection rates aren't enough", examines the dangers
in just examining virus detection rates and investigates the effect
of the rapidly developing IT environment. In addition, the paper
discusses how the fast-moving threat landscape has impacted
assessment criteria.
The paper explores in detail the six critical questions that
businesses should ask vendors:
- 1. How good is your malware detection?
- 2. Do you have integrated visibility of all threat
sources?
- 3. How good is your proactive, zero-day protection?
- 4. Is your solution easy to manage across my network?
- 5. What added value does your solution offer?
- 6. What level of support can I expect?
"Evaluating the performance of competing security products is a
time-consuming and daunting task. Although it is tempting to base
the choice of whose software is best equipped to defend your
business purely on malware detection rates, such tests can only
provide a snapshot on a security vendor's ability to provide
ongoing manageable protection," said Guy Edsall, product manager at
Sophos. "By using a wider criteria, organizations can go a long way
to ensuring they choose the right endpoint security solution."
Read the white paper now:
About Sophos
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 complete security solutions that are simple to deploy, manage, and use and that deliver the industry's lowest total cost of ownership. Sophos offers award-winning encryption, endpoint security, web, email, mobile and network security solutions backed by SophosLabs - a global network of threat intelligence centers.
Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com.