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Director of engineering, mcafee software development center gmbh, austria. Samsung to take a bite out of apples enterprise business. Gerhard eschelbeck, cto and senior vp, sophos global it security and data protection firm sophos today announced the appointment of gerhard eschelbeck as cto and senior vp. New wave of hacker technology threatens unsuspecting businesses. Nick booth is all ears as sophos explains to its partners that. Cybercriminals tend to focus where the weak spots are, said gerhard eschelbeck, chief technology officer at sophos. Antispyware rival slams microsofts windows defender, vista. Dj patil, gerhard eschelbeck and nir zuk join to provide strategic direction for disruptive log management and analytics startup mountain view, ca april 11, 2012 sumo logic, the next. He holds a doctorate and masters degree in computer science from the university of linz, austria. In a blog posting about the report, company cto gerhard eschelbeck called cryptolocker. Gerhard has a passion for creating and championing new technologies and for developing and growing successful organizations and people, and is also a trusted advisor to a number of early stage startup companies.
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Gerhard eschelbeck chief technology officer and senior vice president at sophos global it security and data protection firm sophos has appointed vulnerabilities and network security expert. Webroot software has announced the availability of spy sweeper with antivirus, a new product developed in partnership with software vendor sophos. Antispyware rival slams microsofts windows defender. Sophos unveils security cloud platform with endpoint protection it. Cybercriminals tend to focus where the weak spots are, says gerhard eschelbeck, chief technology officer for sophos, a computer security firm. Antispyware vendor webroot software has shuffled some of its senior staff this week, naming two new clevel executives and changing the duties of. Gerhard eschelbeck eschelbeck has a passion for championing new technologies and is a trusted advisor to a number of early stage startup companies. Gerhard previously held cto positions at sophos, webroot and qualys. He published the laws of vulnerabilities and is one of the inventors of the common vulnerability scoring system cvss. Gerhard eschelbeck cto, sophos security threat report 20 1. New spy sweeper includes sophos antivirus component. Eschelbeck, one of the worlds foremost experts on vulnerabilities and network security, will lead the companys technology strategy, driving product direction and.
Eschelbeck is one of the industrys top experts on vulnerabilities and network security, and hes been around the block. He previously served as chief technology officer and senior vice president of engineering at webroot software and sophos. Sophos appoints cto and senior vp it news africa up to. Boston, ma global it security and data protection firm sophos today announced the appointment of gerhard eschelbeck to chief technology officer and senior vice president. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us.
Vice president engineering antivirus products, mcafeenetwork associates, santa clara, california. Finalists announced for rsa conferences innovation. Dec 05, 2012 gerhard eschelbeck, sophos cto, wrote in the report foreword. Jan 25, 2007 various analysts have pegged standalone antispyware software as a dead end because of microsofts free windows defender and its inclusion in windows vista, and because comprehensive suites from the likes of symantec and mcafee have added spyware detection to their armories. Protecting data in a world where systems are changing rapidly and information. Various analysts have pegged standalone antispyware software as a dead end because of microsofts free windows defender and its inclusion in windows vista, and because comprehensive.
Cloudbased collaboration and productivity tools like gsuite, dropbox, slack are transforming the way people collaborate and share data but theyre surfacing a new set of security. Eschelbeck previously held cto positions at sophos, webroot and qualys. Oct 17, 2011 boston, ma global it security and data protection firm sophos today announced the appointment of gerhard eschelbeck to chief technology officer and senior vice president. Security cloud platform includes endpoint protection. Gerhard eschelbeck to join qualys ctociso advisory board. With this edition of the sophos security threat report, we want to share our latest research on hacktivism, online threats, mobile malware, cloud computing, and social network security. Sophos cto gerhard eschelbeck tells crn that he and his engineering team have been working on webenabling the sophos endpoint protection platform for more than a year. Regularly making chump meat of the most sophisticated of computer.
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