Juniper Networks integrates Sophos Live Protection

Issued by Me Talk Pretty for Sophos South Africa
Johannesburg, 15 Feb 2011

Global IT security and data protection company, Sophos, has announced that Juniper Networks has integrated Sophos Live Protection Anti-Malware into the Juniper Networks SRX Series Services Gateways for the branch to protect customers proactively from viruses, spyware and Trojans. It will be available with the Junos operating system 11.1 release from Q1 2011.

Sophos Live Protection Anti-Malware draws up-to-date intelligence from SophosLabs, a global network of threat analysis centres, through cloud look-ups of URLs and checksums that deliver protection against real world threats, including traditional viruses and infected Web sites, with minimal impact on unified threat management (UTM) performance such as CPU, memory and storage.

In 2010, SophosLabs analysed 95 000 pieces of malware every day, nearly doubling the number of malware pieces tracked in 2009. This accounts for one unique file every 0.9 seconds, 24-hours per day, each day of the year. Additionally, compromised legitimate Web sites can introduce malware and scams. In fact, SophosLabs analyses 30 000 new malicious URLs every day - approximately one every two to three seconds. Up to 70% of these are legitimate Web sites that have been hacked or compromised by cyber criminals.

Sophos Live Protection Anti-Malware provides Juniper's SRX Series with a lightweight solution that proactively stops malware at the gateway and, in many instances, blocks threats that traditional endpoint security suites do not catch. By using a blend of on-the-box and in-the-cloud techniques to spot threats, users can have a responsive networking experience without sacrificing threat coverage or accuracy.

"The security landscape continues to evolve at a rapid pace, which makes it more challenging than ever before for businesses to protect against these increasingly sophisticated threats. With the integration of Sophos Live Protection Anti-Malware, Juniper customers will benefit from an extended layer of security,” says Brett Myroff, CEO of regional Sophos distributor, Sophos South Africa.

“We are pleased to partner with Sophos to provide our customers with a cloud-based anti-virus option for Juniper's SRX Series Services Gateways for the Branch. The Sophos Live Protection Anti-Malware service provides customers with a solution that is seamlessly integrated with the SRX Series, continuously protecting customers from viruses, spyware and Trojans,” says Karim Toubba, Vice-President of Product Market and Strategy, Security Business Unit, Juniper Networks.

Sophos South Africa

NetXactics, trading as Sophos South Africa, is a South African-based company focused on the provision of security solutions. It is the master distributor for UK-based Sophos, one of the leaders in the provision of network access control and endpoint, e-mail and Web security and control solutions for the corporate environment. For more information, visit Sophos South Africa at http://www.sophos.co.za.

Sophos

Sophos enables enterprises worldwide to secure and control their IT infrastructure. Our network access control, endpoint, Web and e-mail solutions simplify security to provide integrated defenses against malware, spyware, intrusions, unwanted applications, spam, policy abuse, data leakage and compliance drift. With over 20 years of experience, we protect over 100 million users in nearly 150 countries with our reliably engineered security solutions and services. Recognized for our high level of customer satisfaction, we have an enviable history of industry awards, reviews and certifications. Sophos is headquartered in Boston, MA and Oxford, UK.

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