Sophos is primarily focused on providing security software to the mid market and pragmatic enterprise from 100 to 5000 Seat organizations. Sophos develops products for communication endpoint, encryption, network security, email security, mobile security and unified threat management. Sophos Group plc is an English security software and hardware company. In the late 1990s, Sophos concentrated its efforts on the development and sale of antivirus technology, and embarked on a program of international expansion.
During the late 1980s and into the 1990s, Sophos primarily developed and sold a range of security technologies in the UK, including encryption tools available for most users (private or business).
Sophos was founded by Jan Hruska and Peter Lammer and began producing its first antivirus and encryption products in 1985.
