Sophos Email Security and Control

Proactive, integrated security Stop over 99% of spam, and protect against email scams including phishing attacks. Protect incoming and outgoing email from viruses, spyware, Trojans, worms and PUAs., our global network of threat analysis centers, delivers confidence and peace of mind with proactive protection against new viruses and spam campaigns.

Simplified, flexible content control Adapting to your organization's infrastructural logic, we make it easy to enforce global and per-user policies that conform to your security and compliance requirements. You can extend administrative privileges to sub-groups (department, subsidiary, customer or other designation) for better control and efficiency.

Easy-to-use interface An intuitive management console means you spend less time on day-to-day administration. You'll also get easy access to relevant performance and security information. Optional end-user quarantine interfaces further reduce the burden on your administrators by extending control out to your users.

Fits any platform Sophos Email Security and Control fits any network platform. From UNIX to Microsoft Exchange to Notes, or using our own appliances - we can protect your entire email infrastructure with one license.

Complete security and control for your email infrastructure

Stopping unwanted and malicious email from getting into your inboxes while preventing confidential information leaking out is simple with Email Security and Control. One license provides end-to-end security across the entire email infrastructure, with hands-off managed appliances and easy-to-use software. Sophos Email Security and Control delivers complete protection from the gateway through to the Exchange, Notes or SMTP servers, with lower total cost of ownership.

• Sophos managed appliances and software solutions stop inbound threats, including spam, phishing attacks, spyware and malware, at the gateway quickly and effectively.
• Powerful content and attachment controls reduce the risk of information leakage.
• Configurable policies give you the control you need to enforce acceptable email use and ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.

Faster, better protection

SophosLabs’ malware, spam, application and web expertise ensures you get the fastest and best protection against blended threats. Behavioral Genotype® Protection and rapid signature updates combine to stop new and unknown spam and malware.

Proactive protection against spam, malware, phishing and other email-borne threats

• Sender Genotype protects against known and unknown spam sources, effectively eliminating up to 90% of spam before scanning.
• Genotype® detection technology proactively blocks families of malware and spam campaigns.
• Behavioral Genotype® Protection (HIPS) provides unique built-in intrusion prevention technology for the gateway. It detects new threats before code even begins to execute, proactively protecting against zero-day malware.
• A range of anti-spam techniques, including obfuscation detection, URL tracking, heuristics, and content fingerprinting, eliminates more than 99% of spam.
• A comprehensive real-time system protects against the latest spam campaigns with Sophos SXL technology.

Practical, effective data leakage prevention

• Powerful tools in all Sophos Email Security and Control solutions help guard against accidental or deliberate leakage of confidential information via email.
• Internal and outbound message subjects, bodies and attachments are scanned for keywords, customized strings and file types.
• You can create custom disclaimers for outbound email from different groups or users.
• TLS encryption on outbound email prevents eavesdropping and protects content.
• Key personnel, such as HR or compliance managers, can be notified when policies are breached on internal and outbound email.
• Designated file types can be prevented from being emailed within and out of the organization.
• The ability to integrate with third-party archiving and encryption solutions prevents data leakage and ensures compliance with internal, Industry and regulatory requirements.

Solutions that fit the way you work

There is a Sophos Email Security and Control solution for every email infrastructure, from the most complicated, high-volume installation to the small business with only a few mailboxes. Covering a range of platforms and all points of the email infrastructure, our solutions combine anti-malware and anti-spam protection, and let you enforce acceptable use of internal and outbound email using powerful policy capabilities*.

Sophos Email Appliances

Designed for organizations seeking to reduce the time and effort spent on managing the email gateway, Sophos Email Appliances are hardened, high-performance solutions that deliver complete protection with less effort. They are the industry’s first Managed Appliance, eliminating or reducing much of the administrative burden and providing unrivaled confidence and peace of mind. They are available on two hardware platforms: ES4000 for up to 80,000 messages/hour, and ES1000 for up to 20,000 messages/hour, and are remotely monitored for connection to Sophos to ensure constant up-to-the-minute protection and availability.

Complete security and control for your email infrastructure

Stopping unwanted and malicious email from getting into your inboxes while preventing confidential information leaking out is simple with Email Security and Control. One license provides end-to-end security across the entire email infrastructure, with hands-off managed appliances and easy-to-use software. Sophos Email Security and Control delivers complete protection from the gateway through to the Exchange, Notes or SMTP servers, with lower total cost of ownership.

• Our managed appliances and software solutions stop inbound threats, including spam, phishing attacks, spyware and malware, at the gateway quickly and effectively.
• Powerful content and attachment controls reduce the risk of information leakage.
• Configurable policies give you the control you need to enforce acceptable email use and ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
• Faster, better protection SophosLabs’ malware, spam, application and web expertise ensures you get the fastest and best protection against blended threats. Behavioral Genotype® Protection and rapid signature updates combine to stop new and unknown spam and malware.

Software components

• Sophos anti-spam engine

A range of techniques to detect new and emerging spam campaigns, including reputation filtering, checksums, heuristics, URL detection, and image and attachment fingerprinting.

• Sophos anti-malware engine

A single engine that detects and blocks all types of malware including spyware, Trojans, worms, suspicious files and unwanted applications in a single scan.

• Sophos management consoles

Fully integrated consoles using either web interface or Microsoft Management Console, with highly intuitive navigation and Active Directory integration that reduces the time spent managing the solution.

Technology bytes

• Genotype® technology

Provides proactive protection from new variants of virus and spam families, even before specific

signature-based protection becomes available

• Behavioral Genotype® Protection

Delivers the benefits of a Host Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS), guarding against unknown threats by analyzing behavior before code executes

• Sophos SXL

Offers real-time protection against the latest campaigns through our online database of anti-spam intelligence

• Multi-variant anti-spam profiling

Allows effective response to constantly changing spam campaigns through multiple detection mechanisms in the Sophos anti-spam engine

• Sender Genotype

Provides proactive botnet detection and reputation filtering, blocking up to 90 percent of spam at the connection level.

• Directory services integration

Integrates easily with Microsoft Active Directory and other directory services to enable group - and user-based policy enforcement

• Keyword and string inspection

Keeps unwanted content out and confidential content where it belongs by scanning emails for keywords and strings such as Social Security and credit card numbers and triggering customized message actions

• True file type recognition

Uncovers attempts to disguise attachments by forging document types

• Multi-server management

Centrally manages software installed across multiple servers, providing a single, consolidated view of all email traffic and easy deployment of configuration and policy modifications

• Remote heartbeat monitoring

Constantly checks more than 40 different settings and conditions, alerting system administrators and Sophos if corrective action is needed to maintain email security

Sophos is a world leader in IT security and control. We offer complete protection and control to business, education and government organizations – defending against known and unknown malware, spyware, intrusions, unwanted applications, spam, and policy abuse, and providing comprehensive network access control (NAC). Our reliably engineered, easy-to-operate products protect over 100 million users in more than 150 countries.