Sophos joins forces with IWF to fight illegal web content
Sophos, a UK security firm protecting businesses against viruses, Trojans, spyware and spam, has today announced its membership of the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), the authorised UK organisation that combats illegal internet content.As the number of computer users continues to rise, so does the variance and quantity of online content available to them. The experts at Sophos work closely with the IWF to combat the increasing threats present on the net, in particular images of child abuse and obscene and racist content.
SophosLabs, Sophos's global network of threat analysis centres, detects a vast quantity of spam containing illicit material, and shares details of this with IWF. In addition, IWF will now provide Sophos with lists of known illegal websites, many of which send out obscene spam, enabling the company to report back to IWF, while better protecting customers.
"We see it as our social duty to do all we can to prevent unsuspecting users from opening the disturbing material that spammers are wilfully churning out," said Mark Harris, global director of SophosLabs. "We already advise the IWF of data on criminal spam and websites we encounter, so joining the organisation seemed the next logical step in our committed fight against the presence of offensive online content."
About Sophos
Sophos is a world leader in integrated threat management solutions, developing protection against viruses, spyware, spam and policy abuse for business, education and government. Headquartered in the UK, Sophos's reliably-engineered, easy-to-operate products protect more than 35 million users in more than 150 countries. Through 20 years' experience and a global network of threat analysis centres, the company responds rapidly to emerging threats - no matter how complex - and achieves the highest levels of customer satisfaction in the industry.
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Created: Thu, November 10th, 2005 | Last Modified: Fri, February 24th, 2006
