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Security news29 June 2004
Sophos virus detection technology selected by Finjan Software
Sophos's anti-virus scanning engine is now available in Finjan's Vital Security for Web and Vital Security for E-Mail solutions
Lynnfield, MA and San Jose, CA - Sophos, a world leader in protecting businesses against viruses and spam and Finjan Software, the leading provider of proactive secure content management solutions for global companies, today announced a worldwide partnership that provides Finjan customers with Sophos's best-of-breed protection against harmful, internet-borne viruses, worms and malicious code attacks using Sophos's anti-virus technology.
Finjan will now integrate Sophos's powerful virus detection engine capabilities onto its proprietary security platform, fulfilling its strategy of integration with market-leading content security solutions for centralized management and ease of use for IT departments. Sophos's award winning anti-virus technology provides Finjan customers with a two-pronged defense against malware by coupling the best in virus defense with Finjan's own patented proactive behavior inspection engine.
Internet-borne viruses that arrive via e-mail or the web are the most common methods for infiltrating a company's computer network and cause significant financial damage. Protecting an organization's IT infrastructure, confidential data and mission critical operations has become increasingly challenging to businesses around the world due to the growing trend of rapid virus propagation, social engineering and blended threat attacks. According to a 2004 Meta Group paper, "End-User Advice on Spam and Viruses," 45% of large enterprises have been economically impacted by a virus attack in the last 12 months. By combining the proactive behavior inspection technology of Finjan Software with Sophos's excellence in virus detection, clients will benefit from a multi-layered security solution that protects them against new, unknown internet threats instantly, while simultaneously providing an efficient defense against widespread malicious code.
"The goal of Finjan's best-of-breed product strategy is to provide our customers the option to choose from the best market leading content security vendors to give optimal flexibility and choice," said Shlomo Touboul, founder and CEO of Finjan Software. "Integrating market leading solutions onto a single security platform eliminates the headaches associated with managing multiple single-point products in a heterogeneous network environment. We selected Sophos because of its market leadership and its demonstrated capability to consistently and expeditiously defeat known worms and viruses."
"The combination of Sophos's reliable virus protection software with Finjan's behavior-inspection technology will provide customers with the highest level of security against viruses, worms and Trojan horses," said Richard Baldry, head of strategic alliances at Sophos. "We are very pleased to partner with Finjan."
About Finjan
Finjan Software is the leading provider of proactive content security solutions for global companies. Exceeding the preliminary level of defense typically offered by reactive anti-virus software solutions, Finjan's Vital Security family of products proactively responds to changing, yet-to-be-created Internet security threats, blocks unknown attacks, and closes the Window of Vulnerability. Vital Security(tm) Product Suite is the only complete and integrated secure content management solution in which individual best-of-breed security applications work together in concert to proactively respond to changing security threats today and tomorrow. Supplementing traditional security methods, Vital SecurityTM defends enterprises against malicious mobile code using intelligent behavior analysis and comprehensive policy management. Vital SecurityTM is designed with high availability and scalability, for enterprises of all sizes, including those with over 100,000 users. Finjan is recognized by analyst firm IDC as the leader in the worldwide malicious mobile code security market.
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
