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Follow on Google News | Sophos Acquires SurfRight to Strengthen & Accelerate Next-Generation Endpoint Protection LeadershipSophos announced the acquisition of SurfRight, an innovator in signature-less next-generation endpoint threat detection and response (ETDR) and advanced threat prevention
By: Sophos Based in Hengelo, the Netherlands, SurfRight has developed a portfolio of technologies that prevent, detect and remediate zero-day and sophisticated attacks by interruptingmalwareandadvanced persistent threat (APT) vectors. SurfRight’s real time anti-exploit technology focuses on detecting and preventing the memory manipulations and abuses that allow malicious code to run in the first place. Generic prevention of exploits at this early stage in the attack chain is a key enhancement to endpoint security mechanisms and can help thwart malicious code in the processor and memory. The portfolio also includes anti-espionage technology and enhanced protection against ransom ware attacks such as CryptoLocker. Sophos is recognized as a leader in endpoint protection (https://secure2.sophos.com/ “SurfRight is a growing, profitable business with an established customer base and proven security capabilities. The team has engineered powerful, innovative next generation endpoint technologies that provide multiple advanced protection and mitigation elements, and yet are simple to use,” commented Kris Hagerman, CEO at Sophos. “SurfRight’ Sophos will immediately work to integrate the SurfRight technology into its line of endpoint security solutions. Once the integration work has been completed, Sophos will make the technology acquired from SurfRight available via its global network of more than 15,000 channel partners. “Sophos offers SurfRight the opportunity to be part of a high-growth industry leader with a world-class channel and specialized product development teams to accelerate the delivery of our technology into IT organizations of all sizes,” said Mark Loman, CEO at SurfRight. “We built this new technology from the ground up to address every vector of an APT attack in an auto-responding, coordinated manner, thus enhancing the speed of detection and response. SurfRight’s unique next generation endpoint security software complements Sophos’ offerings and delivers advanced security capabilities to better protect businesses worldwide.” SurfRight’s technology will also further enhance the effectiveness of Sophos’ synchronized security strategy (https://www.sophos.com/ “The team at SurfRight has developed cutting-edge technology that interrupts and mitigates even custom-made malware and exploits unknown to traditional antivirus or network-based intrusion detection systems,” commented Dan Schiappa, senior vice president of Enduser Security at Sophos. “We recently announced the first delivery of our synchronized security strategy with the next generation XG Series Firewall (https://www.sophos.com/ Sophos will continue development and support for SurfRight’s existing product line including its popular HitmanPro malware scanning and removal tools (http://www.surfright.nl/ End
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