Our offerings of malware and phishing protection, spam and unwanted mail prevention and interception, and end-to-end next-generation protection makes for better and stronger security for businesses. Our security and defences evolve as the ransomware evolves, so this addressed DASA’s main concern. Sophos, a recognised threat protection leader, offer a cybersecurity solution “SophosLabs”. This SophosLabs network provides continual intelligence updates on the latest malware attacks, phishing campaigns, and infected websites.

SophosLabs keeps users protected by intercepting all emails containing suspicious content, attachments, or URLs. It does this by using the latest antivirus and phishing detection technology that constantly updates to detect the latest threats. Additionally, it utilises anti-spoofing technology, preventing phishing and imposter emails from reaching users. This “reputation filtering” blocks more than 99% of spam at the gateway before it consumes any bandwidth, and filters incoming email using a variety of advanced detection methods, across dozens of languages.

Intercept is another exhibition of unique technologies from Sophos. This solution is designed to stop attackers before they have a chance to throw the first punch. Rather than examining hundreds of millions of known malware samples, Sophos Intercept instead focuses on the relatively small collection of techniques used to spread malware. This way, we can ward off zero-day attacks without having to see them first. Sophos also provides a powerful virus cleaner. Most traditional virus cleaners simply remove offending malware files. However in addition to removing malware, Sophos Clean also eradicates the malicious code and registry keys the malware creates. It’ll be like the machine was never infected in the first place.

We also migrated DASA to Microsoft Office 365, resulting in greater business flexibility and a reduction in costs. Based in the cloud, Office 365 provides staff with more flexibility to access company data and improves productivity. It is possible to work from mobiles, tablets, and laptops, and it’s all backed up by comprehensive security measures. A company’s greatest asset is its data and documents. Losing these can be disastrous, and Office 365’s data protection and backup solutions provide companies with the peace of mind that their data will always be accessible and secure.

Established companies have most of their internet technology based around Microsoft. For this reason, it makes sense to migrate to Office 365 and reduce complexity – moving commodity services to the cloud. For DASA, its ability to simplify the administration of IT was very appealing to managers. It also provides greater assurance of continuity and security, when compared with a company’s own in-house capabilities.