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Sophos announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc., in the “Leaders” quadrant of Gartner’s “Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms” for the eighth consecutive year. Gartner identifies four primary stages in the security lifecycle: setting policy, prevention, detection and remediation, and evaluated EPP vendors based on whether the features their solutions offer address these […]

Enterprises and organizations throughout the EU are facing major challenges in handling personal data as the EU Council are expected to pass the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The GDPR, that will automatically translate into national legislation and introduces dramatic changes with regards to how personal data should be collected, stored, accessed and utilized and

Today, we’re pleased to introduce updates to our Endpoint Protection,SafeGuard Encryption and Mobile Encryption products that deliver on our vision of Next-Generation Enduser Protection (NGEUP).  NGEUP provides more effective and simpler-to-manage security for enduser devices and data by integrating innovative endpoint, mobile and encryption technologies. It is a stepping stone to achieving our Project Galileo vision of next-generation enduser, server and

Lots of customers are looking to switch from big security vendors like Symantec, McAfee, and Kaspersky to Sophos – and it’s easy to see why. Here are four reasons : Better performance. Independent test results from AV-Comparatives show how Sophos blows away the competition with the lowest impact score of any vendor. Better protection. Sophos

If you Innovation is the one constant in the security industry, as both hackers and vendors try to outrace each other. Security vendors have always been trying to find the “silver bullet” technology that was going to provide the best possible protection – antivirus, HIPS, application control, sandboxing. This first generation of security innovation has

If you haven’t heard about it by now, it’s time you learned more about the upcoming EU Data Protection Regulation, which applies to anyone collecting data on European Union citizens. What does the regulation say about your responsibilities to protect personal data? Here are five things you need to know about the regulation and what

LogPoint, a European provider of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions, today announced that it joined the EMC Business Partner Program for Technology Connect Partners and has successfully completed API compatibility requirements for interoperability with the EMC VNX storage platform. LogPoint is a rapidly growing cyber-security vendor and a leading European provider of Security

The European Banking Authority (EBA), the EU body tasked with supervising and regulating the banking sector, has issued a new set of guidelines on the security of internet payments. Among much else, the new instructions [PDF] seem to require payment service providers (PSPs) to ensure two-factor authentication (2FA) is used to verify the identity and intentions

The weeks leading up to Christmas are the busiest for the retail industry all year, which makes this a really opportune time for cybercriminals to break in and steal credit card and other personal data from all those online and in-store shoppers. Recently we surveyed a bunch of IT professionals at UK retailers and found

Back in June 2013, we announced the End of Life date for ASG V8 as December 31, 2014. This date has now been moved out to March 31, 2015. This gives us sufficient time to ensure that all customers and partners are informed accordingly and migrate all existing V8 customers to V9. If you are not