Number of employees 3,122 (2017) Website Sophos Group plc is a British and company. Sophos develops products for, and unified threat management. Sophos is primarily focused on providing security software to the mid market and pragmatic enterprise from 100- to 5,000-seat organizations. Whilst not a primary focus, Sophos also protects home users, through free antivirus software (Sophos Home) intended to demonstrate product functionality. It is listed on the and is a constituent of the. Recently, Sophos has been working to develop home antivirus with business-class technology to detect zero-day threats without the need of signatures.

Contents. History Sophos was founded by Jan Hruska and Peter Lammer and began producing its first antivirus and encryption products in 1985. During the late 1980s and into the 1990s, Sophos primarily developed and sold a range of security technologies in the UK, including encryption tools available for most users (private or business). In the late 1990s, Sophos concentrated its efforts on the development and sale of antivirus technology, and embarked on a program of international expansion. In 2003 Sophos acquired ActiveState, a North American software company that developed anti-spam software. At that time viruses were being spread primarily through email spam and this allowed Sophos to produce a combined anti-spam and antivirus solution. In 2006, Peter Gyenes and Steve Munford were named chairman and CEO of Sophos, respectively.

Jan Hruska and Peter Lammer remain as members of the board of directors. In 2010, the majority interest of Sophos was sold to Apax. In 2010, Nick Bray, formerly Group CFO at Micro Focus International, was named CFO of Sophos. In 2011, Utimaco Safeware AG (acquired by Sophos in 2008-9) were accused of supplying data monitoring and tracking software to partners that have sold to governments such as Syria.

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Sophos issued a statement of apology and confirmed that they had suspended their relationship with the partners in question and launched an investigation. In 2012, Kris Hagerman, formerly CEO at, was named CEO of Sophos and joined the company's board. Former CEO Steve Munford became non-executive chairman of the board. In February 2014, Sophos announced that it had acquired Cyberoam Technologies, a provider of network security products. In June 2015, Sophos announced plans to raise $US100 million on the London Stock Exchange. Acquisitions and partnerships From September 2003 to February 2006, Sophos served as the parent company of, a developer of programming tools for: in February 2006, ActiveState became an independent company when it was sold to -based firm Pender Financial.

In 2007, Sophos acquired, a company based in, United States, which developed and sold security policy compliance and (NAC) software. In July 2008, Sophos announced its intention to acquire Utimaco Safeware AG. In July 2009, Sophos completed integration of Utimaco Safeware AG. In May 2010, Sophos reached a definitive agreement to sell a majority interest in the company to, a global private equity group.

In May 2011, Sophos announced it had entered into an agreement to acquire Astaro, a privately held provider of network security solutions, headquartered in, Massachusetts, United States; and, Germany. In 2012, Sophos acquired what remained of – a Hungarian antivirus firm – after the company had closed. In April 2012, Sophos acquired DIALOGS, a privately held provider of mobile management solutions headquartered in Germany. In February 2014, Sophos announced that it had acquired, a leading global provider of network security products.

In October 2014, Sophos acquired Mojave Networks, a leading cloud-based security startup. On December 14, 2015, Sophos acquired SurfRight, a small Dutch company behind to strengthen their products. In November 2016 Sophos acquired Barricade, a pioneering start-up with a powerful behavior-based analytics engine built on machine learning techniques, to strengthen synchronized security capabilities and next-generation network and endpoint protection. In February 2017, Sophos acquired, a software company that provides malware threat detection, prevention, and pre-breach forensic intelligence. See also.

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Sophos Release SafeGuard Encryption 8 Published: July 22, 2016 The solution provides you with automatic, always-on-file-level encryption for your endpoints, mobile devices and cloud storage across Mac, iOS, Windows, and Android. With easy file-level encryption, by default, your users’ files will begin with the highest level of security, keeping confidential information away from those that should not see it and allows them to opt-out from specific files. The solution’s authentication is very sophisticated with trust that is verified in 3 dimensions – user, application and device, meaning that if a hacker has your credentials, they still cannot get in if they use a foreign application or device. The encryption is transparent meaning that users are unlikely to even know that their files are protected by encryption unless they try to access a file that they do not have permission to see. To read more and watch a video about the release.

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