Device Anti-Virus by Sophos
As the threat of malware grows with every day, the need for protection is more urgent than ever.
Whilst the majority of businesses have security solutions in place to defend against traditional vectors of attack, targeted attacks and particularly those utilizing USB devices continue to leave organizations exposed. Sophos’ unique threat detection engine is now available for secure USB drives managed by SafeConsole. The detection of malware with unmatched enterprise performance and manageability.
Simple and Efficient
With SafeConsoleReady Sophos Anti-Virus deployed on your secure USB devices, you get a simple, efficient malware protection tool that will take care of your issues without you even breaking a sweat. Any files copied onto the secure USB device are scanned for potential threats, preventing costly and damaging infections in the blink of an eye.
Zero-footprint Secure App
SafeConsoleReady Sophos Anti-Virus is a best-of-breed application that requires no installation, it runs directly from the hardware-encrypted device.
Centrally Managed by SafeConsole
All SafeConsoleReady Applications are seamlessly deployed and managed from SafeConsole. Deploying the application on all user devices from SafeConsole is quick and easy through Publisher. All virus and malware definitions will automatically be updated and pushed out to the devices on-the-fly. The SafeConsoleReady Sophos Anti-Virus application is delivered with a SafeConsole license with Authorized Autorun, this enables the application to autostart upon login, which is essential for any portable Anti-Virus software to be effective.
Key Features:
Industry Leading Proactive Malware Detection
Sophos Behavioral Genotype technology provides immediate, zero-day protection from over 80% of emerging threats and is recognized by independent tests as the best proactive technology available. This is of paramount importance on USB sticks, where Internet access may not always be available to download the latest updates, so you always have the best protection available.
Resilience & Reliability
All updates are thoroughly tested by Sophos Q&A teams before release to minimize the risk of disruption.
The Most Complete Security
The Sophos engine on BlockMaster includes detection for all forms of viruses, Trojans, spyware, Adware, and other potentially unwanted applications – all in a single high-performance scan.
Full Audit
SafeConsoleReady Sophos Anti-Virus enables audit trail for all threat detections. If a threat is blocked on any USB drive this will be visible in the SafeConsole audit logs with information about the infected file name, threat name included with the standard audit information such as logged in user, time of event, computer name etc.
About Sophos
More than 100 million users in 150 countries rely on Sophos as the best protection against complex threats and data loss. Sophos is committed to providing security and data protection solutions that are simple to manage, deploy and use and that deliver the industry’s lowest total cost of ownership. Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK.
