Sophos antivirus and antispam for business OARNET October

Sophos anti-virus and anti-spam for business OARNET October 13, 2004 www. sophos. com

Introductions n Don Landers -- Sophos n Senior Account Executive n 1 -781 -973 -1249 n Don. landers@sophos. com

Today’s Agenda n Company background n State of the markets n Anti-virus n Anti-spam n The Sophos solution n Product overview n Why Sophos?

Who is Sophos? n Industry leading support services: n Global virus labs, 24 hours a day n Global technical support network, 24 hours a day n Represented in over 150 countries n Global network of technical partners

Real support and excellent service Key: Sophos research labs and technical support Sophos technical support

Viruses becoming a spam problem n Nine of the top ten viruses in June spread via email n It makes sense to block as much spam and as many viruses as possible at the email gateway

The future n More mass-mailing Windows viruses, a la Sobig. F, Netsky, Bagle n More Backdoor Trojan horses opening the way for Remote Access Tools (RATs) n More viruses attempting to steal money and confidential information n More blended threats where viruses combine payloads and spreading methods

Spam: a big problem n Sophos asked nearly 4, 000 customers what they thought of spam: n 80% said the flood of spam makes them less productive n But 72% admitted they do not have anti-spam protection n Source: Sophos. 3731 respondents. Survey conducted Jan-Apr 2004

Latest trends n More spam being sent than ever before n Legislation has failed to make any impact on the amount of spam being sent n 83% of spam uses content obfuscation to bypass less sophisticated anti-spam filters n New techniques to disguise spam are being discovered regularly

Enterprise solutions

n Desktop, laptop and file server anti-virus protection n Scanning modes: n On-access n On-demand n Scheduled n Central notification and alerts n Auto-update

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n Gateway email filtering software n Consolidated protection against viruses, spam and other email-borne security threats n Subscription software with inclusive 24/7 live support and automated anti-spam and anti-virus updates n Sophos Pure. Message solutions n Pure. Message for Unix n Pure. Message for Windows/Exchange n Pure. Message Small Business Edition

Pure. Message for Unix: n Offers any combination of anti-virus, anti-spam, and policy enforcement functionality n Scans SMTP email traffic in real time n End-user spam quarantine interface provides users with a real-time view and control over quarantine contents n Administrator and end user configured white and black lists n Delivers automatic notifications

Pure. Message for Windows/Exchange: n Anti-virus and anti-spam protection n Threat reduction n Quarantine or delete suspicious attachments n Disclaimers for outgoing messages n Scans Microsoft IIS, Exchange 2000 and 2003 email traffic in real time n Manages quarantined emails n End-user spam quarantine interface

Small business solutions Anti-virus and anti-spam protection for desktops, file servers and email servers Desktop and file server anti-virus protection Email server anti-virus and anti-spam protection

Why Sophos? n Comprehensively protects against viruses and spam straight “out of the box” n Uses award-winning anti-virus and industryleading anti-spam engines n Blends multiple techniques to identify spam n Computes a spam probability rating for each message – from 0% to 100% n Anti-spam rules are continuously updated by the Sophos anti-spam labs

Global presence Sophos operations Boston, USA Mainz, Germany Milan, Italy Oxford, UK Paris, France Singapore Sydney, Australia Vancouver, Canada Yokohama, Japan

Summary n Questions? n Follow-up