May 2015

At our annual EMEA Partner Conference in Rome, attended by over 400 of our fantastic partners, I was fortunate to meet a true pioneer – our guest speaker Reinhold Messner, who made the first solo ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen. Reinhold is an inspiring figure. He has climbed all 14 of the world’s 8,000-meter […]

LogPoint has released Security Update 5 for LogPoint version 5.2.4. This update covers a number of fixes for vulnerabilities in the Linux operating system, which LogPoint runs on.  The Security Update can be downloaded from the Customer Site and should be installed under “Security Updates” in Settings in the UI. If you have any questions, please don’t

Sophos announced the availability of a new advanced server protection product that combines whitelisting and anti-malware technologies in a single, simple to use product. Sophos Cloud Server Protection Advanced integrates server application whitelisting with anti-malware to deliver single-click server lockdown, using the simple, intuitive Sophos Cloud management console that makes it easy to deploy, manage and

Sophos announced the immediate availability of the first and only UTM appliances with 802.11ac integrated wireless. The new SG Series SG 125w and SG 135w models tightly integrate wireless access with firewall protection to allow small and mid-sized businesses (SMB) to achieve the performance gains offered by 802.11ac wireless, including smarter performance and better hotspot

Recently we asked a bunch of IT professionals if they install antivirus on their servers. Their answers were quite surprising. Out of 486 IT professionals we surveyed, only 284 (58%) said they run antivirus on both Windows and Linux servers.  The rest said they either don’t bother with antivirus on Linux servers (34%), or don’t run

It’s safe to say that no business wants to end up like Target, Sony or Anthem. Those companies suffered massive data breaches at considerable cost – from fines and legal fees, to loss of reputation, and fleeing customers.  Increasingly, businesses are recognizing that data loss prevention requires security on multiple levels, from protecting the data

It’s been about a decade since we began seeing threats to mobile devices, and a lot has changed in the intervening years. The brief history of mobile threats goes back to 2004 when the first mobile virus appeared, called Cabir, attacking Symbian phones.  In case you thought Apple iOS devices were immune, jailbroken iPhones are

As ISPs, Hosting Providers and Online Enterprises around the world continue suffering the effects of  DDoS attacks, often the discussions that follow are, “What is the best way to defend our networks and our customers against an attack?” Traditional techniques of defense include SYN-cookies, SYN-proxy, redirects, challenges, and of course the black hole routing technique

Are you the unofficial IT support person for your friends and family? If you know a thing or two about computers, mobile and other smart devices, you’ve probably had to get friends and family out of tech trouble on occasion. Maybe you’ve done some troubleshooting with the family printer – or perhaps you were asked

Just over a month ago we announced the release of version 4.0 of the Sophos Web Appliance. Many customers and partners have asked me when their appliances will receive the new version so here’s an update on our release progress. We started our usual staged rollout process in early April. Staged rollout allows us to