July 2015

Last week, we mentioned that application control is now available as part of a Sophos Cloud public beta. The beta also introduces a new next-generation endpoint protection feature called download reputation. While it may not sound flashy, download reputation is an important step forward in protecting users from advanced threats, like zero-day malware designed to evade […]

We’re pleased to announce version 3.9 of the Sophos Email Appliance (SEA). This update features Sophos Delay Queue technology – a sophisticated enhancement that increases spam detection by as much as 4% and blocks snowshoe spam. Snowshoe spam is a type of unsolicited bulk email that spreads the load of a campaign over a large number

Application control is one of the most popular features of our on-premise Endpoint Protection product – so popular, in fact, that we are frequently asked when it will be available in Sophos Cloud.Well, we’re happy to say that we’ve launched a public beta of application control for Sophos Cloud. Application control allows IT admins to monitor and optionally

Corero’s Q4, 2014 DDoS Trends and Analysis Report highlights that organizations are faced with DDoS attack attempts at an alarming frequency. For example, Corero’s customers on average are experiencing up to four DDoS attacks per day –up to 351 DDoS attacks per quarter.  What we find even more interesting is that 96% of the DDoS

You may have seen the OpenSSL team announced, on Monday 2015-07-06, that it had a “high severity” update coming out in three days’ time. The update was published Thursday 2015-07-09. The update is out, and our verdict is that the bug isn’t as bad or as widespread as we feared at first. Simply explained, CVE-2015-1793 is

Last month, Array joined the Intel Network Builders program, which is working to accelerate the transition to Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV). As of this writing, the ecosystem has more than 150 vendor/members, as well as a growing list of end-user organizations. Joining the Intel program is another important milestone in Array’s commitment

People are really starting to pay attention to the great things we’re doing in the mobile security space. It’s not just the analysts, trade press or independent testers – although they certainly have noticed. The channel is catching on too. That’s why we’re so proud to be named Vendor of the Year in Enterprise Mobility

Sophos today announced that for the second consecutive year it has been positioned in the Visionaries Quadrant of Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Mobility Management Suites (EMM)¹. We believe Sophos is positioned as a Visionary due to its unique understanding of the rapidly evolving mobility landscape. In addition to Gartner’s acknowledgement, Forrester Research recognizes Sophos

A new study from the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) has found that data breaches are costing UK businesses £34 billion a year. The report suggests this is made up of £18 billion in lost revenue and £16 billion in added security measures after breaches have occurred. It’s the same the world over. According