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Security news26 January 2004
Sophos EM Library enables automatic anti-virus updates across multiple platforms
New proactive alerting system and multi-platform support boosts network security and eases administration
Sophos, a world leader in anti-virus and anti-spam protection for businesses, today unveiled its new automated virus protection tool, Enterprise Manager (EM) Library. With EM Library, Sophos customers can now schedule automatic updates of the very latest virus protection across multiple platforms, including Windows, Mac, NetWare, Linux and Unix systems. Additional features include a proactive alerting mechanism which keeps network administrators fully up-to-date with operational conditions.
With as many as 800 new viruses discovered each month, network managers can benefit from EM Library, which enables them to specify the time and frequency of scheduled anti-virus updates across multiple platforms in their networks. EM Library can be updated as often as hourly, ensuring that the latest virus protection is automatically downloaded and installed with minimal impact on system resources. Additionally, administrators can also perform on-demand virus updates, giving them full control of network security.
To further streamline the management of anti-virus protection, EM Library's proactive alerts - which can be delivered by email, desktop messaging or event log - ensure that administrators are kept informed about system performance, allowing them to check that the downloads and installations are running optimally. An audit trail of the time new updates are received and applied also aids network administration.
Leonard Cheshire, the UK's largest voluntary sector provider of support services to disabled people, has been trialling Sophos EM Library.
"Since introducing EM Library, we no longer need to worry about manually updating our anti-virus software, and with its built-in alerting system, we can also be confident that our network is always updated against the latest virus threats," said Jeff Bennison, IT Security Analyst, Leonard Cheshire. "Now there is no need to carry out time-consuming checks to verify that our anti-virus protection has downloaded correctly, the IT team at Leonard Cheshire is free to concentrate on other aspects of work with the peace of mind that the network is hardened against viruses."
"EM Library adds to Sophos's award-winning support by enabling us to push out important technical information to our customers, helping them keep their networks as secure as possible," said Mark Laister, Enterprise Manager product manager at Sophos. "Businesses rarely operate homogenous computer environments, so we have introduced automated anti-virus updates which can be applied across a variety of popular platforms. This takes the pain out of updating and improves security - both of which are great news for IT administrators."
EM Library is part of the Enterprise Manager suite, which enables users to keep Sophos Anti-Virus updated automatically with the very latest anti-virus protection.
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About Sophos
Sophos enables enterprises all over the world to secure and control their IT infrastructure. Sophos's network access control, endpoint, web and email solutions simplify security to provide integrated defenses against malware, spyware, intrusions, unwanted applications, spam, policy abuse, data leakage and compliance drift. With over 20 years of experience, Sophos protects over 100 million users in nearly 150 countries with its reliably engineered security solutions and services. Recognized for its high level of customer satisfaction and powerful yet easy-to-use solutions, Sophos has received many industry awards, as well as positive reviews and certifications.
Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com
