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| Type | Private |
| Founded | 1985 |
| Headquarters | Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England Burlington, Massachusetts, USA |
| Key people | Steve Munford, CEO |
| Industry | computer security |
| Products | Sophos Anti-Virus Sophos PureMessage Sophos Client Firewall Sophos ES4000 Sophos Anti-Rootkit Sophos WS1000 Sophos SMB Security Suite Sophos Network Access Control |
| Website | www.sophos.com |
Sophos is a developer and vendor of security software and hardware, including anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-spam and Network Access Control for desktops, servers, email systems and other network gateways. The term privately held company refers to ownership of a business company in two different ways first referring to ownership by non-governmental organizations and second Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) History See also History of Oxfordshire The county of Oxfordshire was formed in the early years of the 10th century and is broadly situated in the England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Burlington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Sophos is a developer and vendor of security software and hardware including anti-virus, Anti-spyware, Anti-spam and Network Access Control For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" This article describes how security can be achieved through design and engineering In Marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a Market that might satisfy a want or need Sophos Anti-Virus is an anti-virus, anti- Spyware and HIPS software program by Sophos plc, which is aimed primarily at corporate A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Such content will be deleted Specific software is to be mentioned in this article only To prevent E-mail spam, both end users and administrators of e-mail systems use various anti-spam techniques. Network Access Control (NAC is an approach to Computer network security that attempts to unify endpoint Security technology(such as Antivirus
SophosLabs is the company's global network of threat analysis centers.
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Company profile
Founded in 1985 by Dr. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Peter Lammer and Dr. Jan Hruska, Sophos is a privately-owned company and is co-headquartered in Abingdon, UK and Burlington, Massachusetts, USA. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Burlington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The company has subsidiaries and branch offices in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore and Spain. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Singapore Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. The company employs approximately 1,000 staff worldwide.
Unlike other security companies, Sophos does not produce anti-virus and anti-spam solutions for home users, but instead has always focused on the business market.
In 2006, Steve Munford was named CEO of Sophos, and Hruska and Lammer announced they would remain as co-founders and members of the board of directors. Sophos is a developer and vendor of security software and hardware including anti-virus, Anti-spyware, Anti-spam and Network Access Control Munford was the president of ActiveState prior to its acquisition by Sophos in 2003, and from 2003 to 2005 was president of Sophos's North American operations. ActiveState is a Canadian Proprietary software company headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia that develops sells and supports Cross-platform In 2005, he became chief operating officer, responsible for the day-to-day running of the company and its senior management team. Munford holds a Bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Western Ontario, and an MBA from Queen's University. A bachelor's degree is usually an Undergraduate Academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three four or in some cases and Economics is the social science that studies the production distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The University of Western Ontario (known as Western, as well as UWO or Western Ontario) is a public research University located in London The Master of Business Administration ( MBA) is a Master's degree in Business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines Queen's University, generally referred to simply as Queen's, is a coeducational non-sectarian Public university located in Kingston, Ontario
In 2007, Sophos acquired ENDFORCE, a company based in Ohio, USA which develops and sells security policy compliance and Network Access Control (NAC) software. Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Network Access Control (NAC is an approach to Computer network security that attempts to unify endpoint Security technology(such as Antivirus
From September 2003 to February 2006, Sophos served as the parent company of ActiveState, a developer of programming tools for dynamic programming languages. ActiveState is a Canadian Proprietary software company headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia that develops sells and supports Cross-platform This article is about a class of programming languages for the method for reducing the runtime of algorithms see Dynamic programming. In February 2006, ActiveState became an independent company when it was sold to Vancouver-based venture capitalist firm Pender Financial. Vancouver (vænˈkuːvɚ is a coastal Venture capital (also known as VC or Venture) is a type of Private equity capital typically provided to immature high-potential growth companies
Sophos's anti-virus engine and identities are now packaged into Webroot Spy Sweeper with Anti-Virus. Spy Sweeper is Proprietary software sold by Webroot Software, which detects and removes Spyware, and Viruses (with optional AntiVirus component
Research
SophosLabs specialists analysed the global spread of spam messages. As a part of the Sophos global spam monitoring network the company's spam filters, installed in different companies, were able to catch spam messages. Thus SophosLabs experts were able to discover that during the third quarter of 2007 the USA was at the top of the list among 12 spam-countries. The United States registered 28. 4% of global spam. The second came South Korea, with 5. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː 2% of global spam. [1]
Products
- Sophos Anti-Virus
- Sophos Mobile Security
- Sophos Anti-Rootkit
- Sophos Client Firewall
- Sophos PureMessage for Windows/Exchange
- Sophos PureMessage for Notes/Domino
- Sophos PureMessage for UNIX
- Sophos Email Appliances (ES1000 and ES4000)
- Sophos SAV Interface
- Sophos Web Appliance (WS1000)
- Sophos Network Access Control
- Sophos Small Business Solutions
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