Security news
Security news6 August 2002
Sophos protects South African Bureau of Standards
NetXactics, the Southern African distributor for Sophos, a world leader in corporate
Sophos is used nationally to protect all the servers and desktops in the mixed Novell and Citrix environment at SABS. In addition, SAVI (Sophos
"It is essential that all of our offices are able to communicate effectively and that the data we maintain is not compromised. SABS is also implementing SABS ISO/IEC 17799 at the moment. This is an information security management system that, when implemented effectively, ensures the confidentiality, integrity and availability of both vital corporate and customer information. Virus protection is a key component of this system," commented Mr Jakkie Pretorius, Network Specialist at the SABS. "Our priorities include fast and effective protection combined with accessible technical support. NetXactics together with the Sophos products best fulfilled these needs, and hence our decision to renew our licenses for another year."
"Sophos is designed as a pure network product," said Brett Myroff, CEO of NetXactics, "Thus, there is no problem in deploying and maintaining Sophos at SABS in their mixed WAN-connected Novell, Citrix and Microsoft environment."
"As Sophos only requires a small footprint, negligible resources are required for the software and the update size is kept extremely small," concluded Myroff. "Sophos is ideally suited to this type of network architecture".
About NetXactics
NetXactics is a South African-based company, focused on the provision of security solutions. It is the sole distributor in Southern Africa for Sophos, one of the leaders in the provision of
About Sophos
Sophos enables enterprises all over the world to secure and control their IT infrastructure. Sophos's network access control, endpoint, web and email 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, Sophos protects over 100 million users in nearly 150 countries with its reliably engineered security solutions and services. Recognized for its high level of customer satisfaction and powerful yet easy-to-use solutions, Sophos has received many industry awards, as well as positive reviews and certifications.
Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com
