February 2016

The much anticipated beta for UTM Elevated 9.4 is now underway. If you’re wondering what’s new with UTM Elevated 9.4 and how it’s elevating protection against targeted and evasive threats, be sure to watch the brief overview video including a demo of the new Sophos Sandstorm sandboxing technology. You can get access to the downloads and […]

Sophos, a global leader in network and endpoint security, has received the 2015 AV-TEST Best Android Security Award for Best Protection. Over a 12 month period and during six independent tests, Sophos Mobile Security for Android consistently achieved a perfect score for malware and threat detection. AV-TEST Institute is a globally recognized, independent IT security

Safer Internet Day, organized each year by the Insafe network, is a worthy intiative to promote safer and more responsible use of online and mobile technology by kids and young adults. Similar to Data Privacy Day or World Backup Day, we think Safer Internet Day is a worthy initiative because it raises awareness and helps

Sophos, a global leader in network and endpoint security, today announced that Gartner, Inc., has once again named Sophos as a Leader in its 2016 Magic Quadrant report for Endpoint Protection Platforms1 (EPP), a position Sophos has held since 2007. In the report, Gartner identifies four primary stages in the security lifecycle: setting policy, prevention,

It’s 2016, so why are we still talking about mobile security like it’s a new thing? Maybe it’s because too many organizations still don’t realize the size of the risk, or they just aren’t aware of what their users are up to. One of today’s biggest threats to the security and confidentiality of company information

There’s a lot of noise (or confusion) in the market around what “next-gen” endpoint protection actually is. At Sophos, we believe next-gen endpoint protection must deliver an integrated system of prevention, detection and remediation technologies. The Sophos System Protector does exactly this. It functions as the “brain” of our endpoint protection by automatically applying the best threat protection

Sophos, a global leader in network and endpoint security, today announced the availability of Sophos Mobile Control 6.0, which now includes Sophos Secure Email, a container solution that isolates and secures business data from personal information on devices. Sophos Mobile Control 6.0 also enhances data protection capabilities and allows IT managers to oversee devices used

Cyberattacks and data breaches have created a lot negative headlines lately. The good news is that the epidemic of cybercrime has led to a growing emphasis on security in general and encryption in particular. We wanted to find out just how many organizations are using encryption today to protect sensitive data like customer payment details,