Web security, control, and insight. Sophos Endpoint blocks malware and infections by identifying and preventing the handful of techniques and behaviors used in. Sophos Endpoint Antivirus is a hybrid antivirus solution that provides businesses protection against malware, viruses and offers a remote management tool. The anti-malware protection is designed to identify, block or remove threats, thus protecting computers and servers from viruses, adware, spyware.
Sophos Endpoint Security and Control delivers protection across Windows, Mac, Linux and other non-Windows platforms, safeguarding desktops, laptops, file servers and mobile devices and unifying control of good, bad and suspicious code and behavior. In a single scan, it delivers complete integrated protection against viruses, spyware, adware, and hackers and lets you control unauthorized installation and use of software applications including VoIP, IM, P2P, Internet browsers, media players and games. Single scan, single agent You don’t need to manage multiple point products to stop different threats. The unified single client protects against viruses, spyware, adware, and potentially unwanted applications (PUAs).
You can even control what your staff install and prevent them from using unauthorized software such as Instant Messaging (IM), Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), peer-to-peer (P2P) applications, and games. One simplified, automated console The automated console provides a single point from which to deploy, update and report on both anti-virus, anti-spyware and firewall protection across thousands of Windows, Mac and Linux computers. By simplifying and automating protection, we drive down your costs, ensuring fewer clicks per task and better visibility of your entire network. Faster, better protection SophosLabs’ malware, spam, application and web expertise ensures you get the fastest and best protection against blended threats. Behavioral Genotype Protection and rapid signature updates combine to stop new and unknown malware and ensure we regularly beat Symantec and McAfee in independent tests. Security and control for every computer on your network Supporting the widest range of platforms in the industry, Sophos Endpoint Security and Control provides complex networks with rapid, integrated proactive protection against known and unknown malware, adware and PUAs. It also lets you control and optionally block applications which are legitimate but which you might not want users running, such as Instant Messaging.
Centrally installed, configured and monitored across the network, it updates automatically with the latest protection from SophosLabs as frequently as every five minutes. Windows protection detects and removes viruses, spyware, adware and PUAs, and controls the use of unauthorized applications. Protection for Mac OS X supports both Intel-based and PowerPC-based computers, allows Windows malware to be deleted and cleaned on a Mac OS X computer, and enables scheduled updating and configuration from Sophos Enterprise Console or a single Mac computer. Detection and disinfection of viruses, spyware, Trojans, and worms in real time ensures full network protection not just on Windows but on other platforms such as NetWare, Linux and many versions of UNIX. There is out-of-the-box support for the widest range of Linux distributions, and Linux desktops, laptops and servers can all be scanned on access. All files are scanned on access as they are written to or read from NetApp Storage Systems Network Appliance filers.
On-access, on-demand or scheduled scanning detects and quarantines malware on Windows Mobile devices, while visual and email alerts provide notification of blocked threats. You can also create and lock down company-wide security policies for your mobile devices using a configuration tool. Improved performance through a single, unified detection engine.
Sophos’ powerful detection engine provides cross-threat protection at every vulnerable entry point, in a single scan. Eliminating the need for, and overhead of, separate standalone products, the Sophos engine combines anti-malware detection with built-in intrusion prevention and detects viruses, spyware, adware, suspicious files, suspicious behavior and unauthorized VoIP, IM, P2P and gaming software. Integrated detection of threats and single scanning for good, bad and suspicious code brings significant improvements in network performance and reduction in IT costs.
Genotype virus detection technology proactively blocks families of viruses even before specific virus signatures are available. Behavioral Genotype Protection, our built-in intrusion prevention technology, proactively protects against zero-day malware, detecting new threats before code even begins to execute. Sophos behavioral rule sets are constantly validated against an extensive library of legitimate applications, to ensure accurate detection. Decision Caching technology improves on-access scanning performance by intercepting and scanning only files that have changed since last accessed.
Reducing complexity and cost Through their automated, single console – Sophos Enterprise Console – Sophos Endpoint Security and Control provides scalable security management across tens of thousands of computers. It enables deployment and update of Sophos Anti-Virus and Sophos Client Firewall across the network – including remote computers – from a single point.
It also allows centralized cleanup of malware, policy enforcement, and selective authorization of potentially unwanted applications, such as adware. You can manage tens of thousands of Windows, Mac OS X and Linux computers from a single console, and benefit from unrivalled visibility of security status across the entire network. The console synchronizes with Active Directory to ensure your chosen security policy is automatically enforced as new computers join your network. Outbreak risk levels across the entire network are displayed on the security dashboard and automatic email alerts are sent when your chosen security thresholds are threatened.
You get a complete intrusion prevention system (HIPS) without complex installation and configuration – runtime analysis, buffer overflow and unique pre-execution protection proactively detect malware, suspicious files and behavior, and are managed from the single console. ActivePolicies in the console allows you to create a policy once and then apply it across multiple groups, across Windows, Mac and Linux computers, and across all versions of Sophos Anti-Virus.
ActivePolicies reduces the recurring management costs associated with anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-adware, client firewall and intrusion prevention, and now include controlling unauthorized VoIP, P2P, and IM use. Your protection is automatically updated as frequently as every five minutes – and because you control the download rate, you can preserve bandwidth. Integrated graphical reporting delivers instant and scheduled email reports of threat alerts and infections while the security dashboard gives you an at-a-glance report of outbreak risk. Endpoint computers can be completely disinfected in a single, simple operation from the console. You can search via the built-in Sophos search-and-find mechanism, which uses any existing Active Directory data, or by IP subnet ranges.