Security news17 August 2007
Sophos receives West Coast Labs Checkmark for detecting 100% of spyware Leading independent testing body awards Sophos Anti-Virus with spyware certification again
Sophos Anti-Virus has been awarded West Coast Labs Checkmark for 100% spyware detection.
Independent research and test center West Coast Labs has announced that Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows XP has been once again awarded the certification Checkmark for detecting 100% of spyware in their rigorous tests.
The certification confirms Sophos's expertise in protecting businesses against the spyware threats and joins existing awards that have demonstrated the Sophos product suite's expertise in detecting and disinfecting all known in-the-wild viruses and Trojan horses.
By passing West Coast Labs' stringent Checkmark spyware certification test, Sophos has again demonstrated its effectiveness in protecting business against all kinds of malicious content.
"Organizations are demanding anti-spyware protection that is purpose-built for business and Sophos's award of the Checkmark Spyware Certification confirms the excellence of their solution," said Chris Thomas, Operations Director at West Coast Labs. "We're delighted to report that Sophos's anti-virus product detected 100% of the spyware including password stealers, crackers, financials, keyloggers, backdoors, downloaders and proxys in West Coast Labs' test suite, without causing a single false alarm."
The Checkmark system has been developed by West Coast Labs, an independent research and test center. It provides a reliable means of authenticating products and certifying those of the highest quality.
Experts at Sophos have published a white paper explaining how spyware can be tackled through integrated threat management. The paper describes how spyware infiltrates and affects organizations, and how companies can best defend themselves with a consolidated solution.
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Spyware: Securing gateway and endpoint against data theft 
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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 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.
See also:
- Premium Certification for Email Filtering granted to Sophos PureMessage for UNIX
- Independent comparative test confirms quality of Sophos solution for 64-bit Vista
- Sophos outperforms McAfee and Symantec in independent review
- Read about reviews, industry awards and certifications received by Sophos products
