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Sophos Shows HIPS
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2006-10-03
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Sophos has made available its Host Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS), designed to identify and block suspicious programs before they execute.
"The beauty of Sophos's new technology is that there is no need to roll-out new software. For no additional cost, customers can benefit from the power of our Behavioral Genotype Protection on every single operating system platform that we support. It's a simple solution to a complex problem," explains Sophos CEO Steve Munford.
The system features the company's Behavioral Genotype Protection just like the rest of the company's anti-virus products. According to the company,
Sophos's Behavioral Genotype Protection has been developed by the experts at SophosLabs, Sophos's global network of research and development centres. Unlike competing products, which monitor running code and intercept suspicious behaviour once it has occurred, Sophos's HIPS technology completely prevents malware from executing, identifying it at the gateway, on fileservers and at the endpoint. The malicious code is intercepted before it can cause any harm...
Sophos's proactive protection is based on its unique product engineering. With Sophos, enterprises are able to manage security updates with a single management console and universal client for both security and general desktop management. The new HIPS technology uses the existing Sophos scanning engine, which is present in all versions of Sophos endpoint, server and gateway products. With this integration, companies have the tools to combat the problem of unknown malware for no extra charge.
"Financially-motivated hackers are distributing new malware at a greater speed than ever before. Organisations need a strong defence which can proactively detect unknown threats as they emerge," said Munford.
The software can be downloaded from Sophos's site. A free evaluation version is available.
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