{"id":4733,"date":"2015-12-21T10:34:59","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T10:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/?p=4733"},"modified":"2015-12-21T10:34:59","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T10:34:59","slug":"sophos-acquires-surfright-to-strengthen-endpoint-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/2015\/12\/21\/sophos-acquires-surfright-to-strengthen-endpoint-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophos acquires SurfRight to strengthen endpoint protection"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sophos<\/a>\u00a0has announced the acquisition of SurfRight<\/a>, an innovator in signature-less next-generation endpoint threat detection and response (ETDR) and advanced threat prevention.<\/p>\n

Based in Hengelo, the Netherlands, SurfRight has developed a portfolio of technologies that prevent, detect and remediate zero-day and sophisticated attacks by interrupting malware and advanced persistent threat (APT) vectors. SurfRight\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

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 Crypto Locker.\u00a0This acquisition will help further strengthen Sophos\u2019 endpoint protection technology, by adding complementary new defence tactics, delivered either on premise or in the cloud.<\/p>\n

\u201cSurfRight 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,\u201d commented Kris Hagerman, CEO at Sophos. \u201cSurfRight\u2019s products embody the same product vision we have at Sophos \u2013 that even the most advanced IT security products should be simple to deploy and manage by organizations of any size. We are excited to welcome SurfRight to Sophos and look forward to introducing the benefits of this leading-edge technology to our global customer and partner base.\u201d<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\u201cSophos offers SurfRight the opportunity to be part of a high-growth industry leader with a world-class channel and specialised product development teams to accelerate the delivery of our technology into IT organisations of all sizes,\u201d said Mark Loman, CEO at SurfRight. \u201cWe 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\u2019s unique next generation endpoint security software complements Sophos\u2019 offerings and delivers advanced security capabilities to better protect businesses worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n

SurfRight\u2019s technology will also further enhance the effectiveness of Sophos\u2019 synchronised security strategy<\/a>, in which multiple components of security protection, including network security and endpoint security, actively and continuously<\/a> communicate with each other. This innovative approach leads to faster threat detection and a dramatic reduction in the time and resources required to investigate and address security incidents.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 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,\u201d commented Dan Schiappa, senior vice president of End-user Security at Sophos. \u201cWe recently announced the first delivery of our synchronised security strategy with the next generation XG Series Firewall<\/a>, and this enhancement to our next generation endpoint solutions further strengthens the \u2018better together\u2019 approach as a key advantage for our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sophos will continue development and support for SurfRight\u2019s existing product line including its popular HitmanPro malware scanning and removal tools<\/a>, used by more than 20 million users worldwide. Sophos acquired SurfRight for a cash consideration of $31.8 million and will retain all SurfRight employees and the company\u2019s office in Hengelo. SurfRight CEO Mark Loman will join the Sophos Enduser Security Group, reporting to Dan Schiappa. \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sophos\u00a0has announced the acquisition of SurfRight, an innovator in signature-less next-generation endpoint threat detection and response (ETDR) and advanced threat prevention. Based in Hengelo, the Netherlands, SurfRight has developed a portfolio of technologies that prevent, detect and remediate zero-day and sophisticated attacks by interrupting malware and advanced persistent threat (APT) vectors. SurfRight\u2019s real time anti-exploit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":4734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,809],"tags":[22,1144,10,186,1145],"class_list":["post-4733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-enterprise-security","category-more-news","tag-cloud","tag-endpoint-protection","tag-security-2","tag-sophos","tag-surfright"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}