Sophos Adds AI to Improve Its Email Security Solutions

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Sophos Adds AI to Improve Its Email Security Solutions

Sophos announces Sophos Email Advanced, an email security measure now boosted by artificial intelligence. It is the first predictive security solution to also have active threat protection (ATP), anti-phishing email authentication, and outbound scanning, and policy support.

SophosLabs’ research states that 75 per cent of malware in an organisation is unique to that organisation. Sophos’ email sandboxing technology manages to quickly identify malicious files sent in email. Sophos achieves this through an integrated deep learning neural network.

Email continues to be the platform for cybercriminals to launch a spear-phishing, localized, or ‘spray and pray’ campaigns. Sophos processes data from more than ten million inboxes every day. Approximately 80 per cent of the emails categorised as spam are found to have malicious content. Email is also a hotbed for the spread of ransomware.

Sophos Email Advanced includes CryptoGuard technology in the sandbox to stop ransomware before it reaches your employee’s inboxes. Another defence against ransomware and phishing attacks is Time-of-Click protection, which scans the URL at the time of click. Outbound scanning and multiple policy support can prevent a compromised organisation from unintentionally forwarding malware to customers or partners. This aspect is essential to protect an organisation’s reputation.

Sumit Bansal, Managing Director of ASEAN and Korea at Sophos says, “We’ve seen cloud-based platforms such as Office365 and Google G-suite grow at an exponential rate. However, with these rates of growth, organisations need to ensure that they have advanced security solutions that can keep up, adapt, and work seamlessly with the growth.”

“Solutions such as Sophos Email Advanced, managed through the Sophos Central cloud can deliver the highest and most efficient protection to secure their email platforms.”

Through the Sophos Central management platform, IT professionals can manage Intercept X endpoint protection alongside Sophos Email Advanced, as well as Phish Threat user awareness training. This provides a stronger defence to detect and block threats. Threat data from Sophos Email Advanced can enhance Synchronised Security intelligence and contribute to the overall community intelligence within SophosLabs.

Sophos Email Advanced is available from registered Sophos partners worldwide. Additional information can be found on the Sophos website here. To sign up for a free 30 day trial, click here.