Security news12 March 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."
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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.
