Abstract

Few would argue about the importance of endpoint security in any business IT environment. But, for a security solution to be effective it must be easy to deploy and maintain. Some solutions can be so complex to implement that features are either easily misconfigured or not used at all. The less effort involved, the more likely it is that the security features will be used and used correctly.

Sophos commissioned Tolly to evaluate its on-premise and cloud-based endpoint security solutions, Sophos Endpoint Protection & Sophos Cloud Endpoint Protection. Sophos has designed these solutions to provide broad security functionality “out of the box” and make it easy for users to respond to common security threat scenarios. These solutions were compared to other prominent offerings from Kaspersky, McAfee (Intel Security), Symantec and Trend Micro. Of the solutions tested, only the Sophos offerings provided a range of functionality, including pre-configured best practices and templates, that were ready to use upon installation and simple to manage.