OPSWAT Announces Technical Partnership with Sophos

World leader in integrated threat management solutions works with OPSWAT to enable detection and assessment of Sophos endpoint applications.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) July 20, 2006 -- OPSWAT (www.opswat.com) today announced a partnership, whereby Sophos (www.sophos.com) will provide OPSWAT with APIs and related R&D support for Sophos’s endpoint security solutions.

The partnership will enable OPSWAT to extensively support Sophos products in OPSWAT’s Endpoint Security Integration SDK (OESIS).

OESIS is a complete software kit for developing products that detect, assess, manage and remediate multiple endpoint security applications. Using a simple object-oriented interface, OESIS provides a comprehensive API for controlling, managing, and checking the behavior of over 400 antivirus, antispyware and personal firewall applications from 40 vendors. OESIS customers include leading SSL VPN and Network Access Control vendors such as Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks, f5 Networks, Lockdown Networks and Nevis Networks.

“OPSWAT's philosophy is that network security vendors and their customers need to centrally manage and enforce security policies of endpoints,” said Benny Czarny, CEO of OPSWAT. “OPSWAT therefore designs solutions to provide insight into the security state of each endpoint using data provided by the security applications installed on these same endpoints.”

“Being a Sophos partner ensures that OESIS extensively supports key properties and operations of Sophos endpoint security applications,” said Tom Mullen, Director of Business Development at OPSWAT. “Because of this partnership, our customers enjoy enhanced capability to support end-customer organizations standardized on Sophos products.”

“As a world leader in integrated threat management, Sophos chooses its partnerships with care," said Richard Baldry, Head of Strategic Alliances at Sophos. "OPSWAT is well respected for quality and commitment to technical excellence. I am delighted to be establishing this technology partnership with OPSWAT to help extend Sophos’s compatibility with a range of access control and VPN vendors."

About OPSWAT:
OPSWAT, Inc. (www.opswat.com) is a leading provider of endpoint security integration technologies and data services. OPSWAT customers include networking and security technology companies, system integrators and corporations seeking to detect, assess, manage and remediate security features of antivirus, antispyware, antiphishing antispam, personal firewall, browser, instant messaging and VPN client applications. Founded in 2002, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Herzliya, Israel.

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