EDITOR’S QUESTION
Thomas Thoelke
Sales Director NEEMEA,
Sophos
Companies need to change their
traditional view on IT security and realize
a new generation of Next Generation
Enduser Protection. Aimed at delivering
unprecedented protection against malware
and advanced threats, Next-Generation
Enduser Protection includes the integration
of Sophos’ innovative endpoint, mobile and
encryption technologies.
Whereas desktop antivirus may have once
been sufficient endpoint protection, today’s
cyber threat landscape requires a more
comprehensive approach to create a secure
computing environment. In addition, users
now access, store and transmit business
information using a vast array of mobile
devices. The Sophos approach is to deliver
complete and real-time protection wherever
the user is, making it easier for businesses
to enforce security policies across all devices
and platforms.
New to Sophos’ endpoint protection
product line is Malicious Traffic Detection
which detects communications between a
compromised endpoint and an attacker’s
servers. Building on technology available
in Sophos’ next-generation firewall, the
endpoint-based Malicious Traffic Detection
will automatically identify offending software
and stop it from running to prevent potential
damage or data loss.
Sophos is also launching an updated
endpoint agent architecture powered by
the new Sophos System Protector. This
service acts like a “brain,” collecting and
analyzing information gathered by Malicious
Traffic Detection and other components,
such as HIPS runtime protection. With
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a comprehensive view of activity across
components, the Sophos System Protector
is able to correlate information and link it
together to identify threats that are not
flagged by any single component of the
system. Businesses enjoy improved protection
from increasingly common advanced threats,
as well as a reduction in productivity loss due
to false positives and alerts that have to be
manually investigated.
Also part of the Next-Generation Enduser
Protection vision, Sophos released SafeGuard
Encryption 7 and Sophos Mobile Encryption
3, advancing the ability for businesses to
securely create access and edit encrypted
data from any device. SafeGuard Encryption
provides data protection across multiple
platforms and devices, whether the data
resides on a laptop or a mobile device, or
is shared via the cloud or network. Sophos
Mobile Encryption 3 makes it possible
for users to create and edit encrypted
documents from their mobile devices and
to manage multiple keys directly from the
mobile app.
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