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Follow on Google News | Sophos Makes Security Personal and Enables BYOD with EndUser ProtectionNew offering combines endpoint and mobile protection to simplify mobile device security, minimize IT expenses, and improve business productivity.
By: Sophos Sophos EndUser Protection, the combination of the company’s award-winning endpoint protection and mobile device management (MDM) offerings, further alleviates the burden that BYOD places on IT while providing businesses with a compelling licensing proposition unmatched in the industry. This fusion also simplifies and improves the security and management of every device employees are using to access corporate data. “Smartphones and tablets are an everyday part of today’s workplace, so businesses are adapting their policies and practices to ensure these devices don’t disrupt productivity or compromise security; security enables users to do their work,” said Charles Kolodgy, research vice president, Security Products, IDC. “Sophos’ model of combining their endpoint and mobile device management offerings to secure users rather than devices can eliminate many of the costs and complexities normally associated with securing BYOD.” In today’s business environment, employees are accessing data from both personal and corporate mobile phones, tablets, and laptops, whether they’re at headquarters, remote offices or on the road. According to the Cisco IBSG Horizons Study, in 2012, the average number of connected devices per knowledge worker was 2.8, and this number is projected to rise to 3.3 by 2014. While these figures express the average number of devices per knowledge worker, for many employees who travel frequently or require constant connectivity, the number of devices used could be much higher. This increase in multiple devices has put a strain on IT departments and their budgets as they work to secure, manage and support these devices. “Our clients are struggling to deal with the reality of BYOD, employees working from remote locations, and using multiple devices to access the business network,” said Sophos solution provider Josh More, senior security consultant, RJS Smart Security.”With Sophos Enduser Protection, we can help make securing our customers’ mobile workforces easier and more affordable, giving us a distinct advantage over other resellers that offer security by device.” “Every day, I use three or four different devices for business purposes, and the consumerization trend points to more people using even more devices,” said Matt Fairbanks CMO, Sophos. “Our value proposition to customers and partners is complete security without complexity. And as BYOD moves more to the forefront of complete security, Sophos EndUser Protection allows more IT professionals to embrace BYOD rather than try to reverse it.” About Sophos More than 100 million users in 150 countries rely on Sophos’ complete security solutions as the best protection against complex threats and data loss. Simple to deploy, manage, and use, Sophos’ award-winning encryption, endpoint security, web, email, mobile and network security solutions are backed by SophosLabs - a global network of threat intelligence centers. Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com. Media Contacts: Nirmala D’souza OAK Consulting FZ LLC +971507343840 nimi@oakconsulting.biz End
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