Sophos Receives Highest Scores for Strategy Category
Dubai, UAE, October 25, 2016 –
Sophos(LSE: SOPH) today announced it has been
positioned as a ‘Leader’ in Forrester
Research, Inc.’s new
report, The Forrester Wave™: Endpoint Security Suites, Q4 2016. Recognizing
that Sophos received the highest scores in the Strategy category, Forrester
refers to Sophos Endpoint Protection as delivering "the most
enterprise-friendly SaaS endpoint security suite.” The report cites that
“buyers will appreciate its intuitive administrative interface along with the
flexibility and scalability required for most enterprise deployments, both
large and small.” Forrester also found that overall Sophos customers report a
“high level of satisfaction with the product’s effectiveness.”
Forrester evaluated 15 vendors against 25 criteria and
categorizes vendor capabilities into three core needs: attack prevention,
detection and remediation. The report recommends that before purchase,
customers should consider a vendor’s ability to specifically:
·
Prevent malware and exploits
from executing
·
Detect malicious activity
post-execution
·
Remediate and contain malicious
activity and potential vulnerabilities
The report included vendors who have products with the above
capabilities and have demonstrated an enterprise market presence with a
high-level of interest for their solutions from enterprise customers.
In the report, Forrester also assesses a vendor’s strategy.
Sophos scored a maximum rating across the board in the cost and licensing
model, product roadmap and go-to-market strategy criteria. Forrester cites, “In a field crowded with both new and legacy
endpoint security technologies, Sophos’ roadmap to develop strong signatureless
prevention and detection capabilities…should make the product highly
competitive over the long term.”
Sophos Intercept X is a
next-generation endpoint security product that stops zero-day malware, unknown
exploit variants and stealth attacks and includes an advanced anti-ransomware
feature that can detect previously unknown ransomware within seconds. Sophos
Intercept X installs alongside existing endpoint security software from any
vendor, immediately boosting endpoint protection with signatureless detection. Sophos Intercept X is now available and more
information can be found on the Sophos Intercept X website.
“This study assesses both traditional and
next-generation security vendors against consistent criteria. The placement of
Sophos on the strategy axis to the extreme right indicates to us that Sophos is
taking the lead by adding next-generation technologies to our proven endpoint
protection portfolio,” commented Dan Schiappa, senior vice president and
general manager of the Enduser Security Group at Sophos. “I believe that our position
as a ‘Leader’ in this report is a testament to Sophos’ continued ability to
assess the dynamic security landscape and listen to our customer needs to
develop effective endpoint security products that exceed expectations for
protection and manageability. I am proud that our customers benefit from our industry-leading
technology, our strategy for both on-prem and SaaS deployment through the Sophos
Central cloud-based
management platform and our ability to consistently bring innovative security
products to organizations of all sizes.”
To
download the Forrester
Wave™: Endpoint Security Suites, Q4 2016, please visit the Sophos website.