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LIS Replacing Symantec Anti-Virus with Sophos

Dear Middlebury Colleagues:

LIS is in the process of transitioning away from the Symantec anti-virus solution. We will start using Sophos Endpoint Protection to protect ourselves against viruses and malware. This is a product that has wide acceptance in Europe and is rapidly growing in  higher education and medium-sized businesses in the United States.

Sophos will initially mirror much of what Symantec offered with more thorough coverage of malware, web threats and other malicious content. We will also be offering Sophos to those students that are interested. Sophos Endpoint protection also offers an additional collection of features, such as data classification, device control, mobile device management, and patch monitoring, and we may start using those new features in the future.

Over the next month LIS will be testing installation with subsets of the campus, with a plan to then begin a campus-wide deployment in February. As we move forward additional information will be provided to the campus community. Please feel free to contact LIS Security (iburke@middlebury.edu/ x5368) with any questions.

For additional information see: https://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/2012/01/17/sophos-project-timeline/

Sincerely,
Ian Burke
LIS Network Security Administrator
x5386
iburke@middlebury.edu