Sophos - Company History

Company History

During the late 1980s and into the 1990s mainly sold a range of security technologies in the UK including encryption tools still used widely in the banking community. Late in the 1990s faced with slowing growth and a reducing profit Sophos concentrated its efforts onto sales of anti-virus technology and embarked on an a program of international expansion during which the subsidiary operations were formed and the transition to selling with partners was made. Rapid growth and healthy cash generation enabled Sophos to create a global brand as well as a maintain a headquarters in the UK.

In 2006, Steve Munford was named CEO of Sophos, and Hruska and Lammer announced they would remain as co-founders and members of the board of directors. Munford was the president of ActiveState prior to its acquisition by Sophos in 2003, and from 2003 to 2005 was president of Sophos's North American operations. In 2005, he became chief operating officer, responsible for the day-to-day running of the company and its senior management team.

In January 2009, Sophos announced job cuts of five per cent of their workforce, including 30 at the company's headquarters in Abingdon.

In October 2009, Sophos released Sophos Endpoint Security and Control 9, Sophos Enterprise Console 4, and Sophos Control Center 4.

In 2010, Sophos released Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition.

In 2011, Sophos released Sophos Endpoint Protection 10, SafeGuard Enterprise 6, and Sophos Mobile Control 2.