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AV Engine Spam and Endpoint

reddisch

Hello @all,

are the antivirus engines the same for Sophos Endpoint Protection an Sophos Email Protection?

I ask because if a virus slips through the spam it usually takes a while until the new definitions have arrived at the endpoint and it would be recognized there.

Thx for the Informations



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    the AV engine is the same, however they are meant to be used together.  IMO ANY one product will not sufficiently protect against AV.  a minimum of two is required  (generally the gateway and desktop client) but for the best protection, something like this would be the best:

    • Gateway device such as an email appliance - its main responsibility is to catch known items up to the second it's delivered.
    • Puremessage for Exchange (AV only install) - this will scan the email box servers and quarantine anything that is detected after the email is delivered (so if you get a 0 day at 11pm and a detection is found at 11:30pm it would be removed before the user starts work at 8am.
    • Desktop client - it is the only client that can scan encrypted files and the best protection against malicious programs running on the workstation. (required)
    • Intercept X - is a powerful 4th line of defense that specifically targets crypto ware and APT's.

     

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    the AV engine is the same, however they are meant to be used together.  IMO ANY one product will not sufficiently protect against AV.  a minimum of two is required  (generally the gateway and desktop client) but for the best protection, something like this would be the best:

    • Gateway device such as an email appliance - its main responsibility is to catch known items up to the second it's delivered.
    • Puremessage for Exchange (AV only install) - this will scan the email box servers and quarantine anything that is detected after the email is delivered (so if you get a 0 day at 11pm and a detection is found at 11:30pm it would be removed before the user starts work at 8am.
    • Desktop client - it is the only client that can scan encrypted files and the best protection against malicious programs running on the workstation. (required)
    • Intercept X - is a powerful 4th line of defense that specifically targets crypto ware and APT's.

     

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