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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

SophosLabs tracks huge volumes of spam from around the world, and once in a while we pause to take a look at the countries sending the most spam  – we call it our Dirty Dozen Spampionship. In the results for the most recent quarter (January, February and March 2015), we found that the biggest spam-relaying

Τώρα, μπορείτε να αντικαταστήσετε το WD Arkeia στην επιχείρηση σας με ένα από τα καλύτερα υβριδικά συστήματα αντιγράφων ασφαλείας στον κόσμο, το SEP sesam με έκπτωση 20%.  Η μετάβαση γίνεται εύκολα, γρήγορα και επιπλέον οικονομικά.  Το SEP sesam είναι μία ολοκληρωμένη, ενιαία λύση αντιγράφων ασφαλείας που ενσωματώνεται απρόσκοπτα σε οποιοδήποτε περιβάλλον χωρίς διακοπές ή απώλειες

Back in the day, network speed and throughput were limiting factors for the overall productivity of an organization. Gigabit Ethernet came onto the scene in 1999, and offered a quantum leap in performance over previous connectivity standards. 10GbE was approved by IEEE in 2002, and slowly gained more widespread deployment as the switch vendors and

Sophos makes enterprise-grade security that works for small and mid-sized businesses. Providing sophisticated protection with simple management, Sophos Endpoint Protection is ideal for under-resourced organizations. Sophos Endpoint Protection also offers flexibility. You choose management in the cloud, or on premise—whichever best suits your business. Here are a few of examples demonstrating how real Sophos customers