IT security and data protection firm, Sophos, has announced that Juniper Networks has integrated Sophos Live Protection Anti-Malware into the Juniper Networks SRX Series Services Gateways for the Branch to protect customers proactively from viruses, spyware, and Trojans.  The integration will be available with the Junos operating system 11.1 release, Q1 2011.

Sophos Live Protection Anti-Malware draws from up-to-date intelligence from SophosLabs, a global network of threat analysis centers, through cloud look-ups of URLs and checksums that deliver effective protection against real world threats, including traditional viruses and infected Websites, with minimal impact on unified threat management (UTM) performance such as CPU, memory, and storage. 

Juniper Networks SRX Series Services Gateways provide the essential capabilities necessary to connect, secure, and manage enterprise and service provider networks, and consolidate security, routing, and switching services in a single device. Leveraging Sophos Live Protection Anti-Malware provides Juniper's SRX Series a lightweight solution that proactively and efficiently stops malware, including viruses, spyware, and Trojans at the gateway and in many instances, block threats that traditional endpoint security suites do not catch, with a minimal impact on system performance (CPU, memory, storage). 

Michael Rogers, Vice President of Global Alliances and OEM, Sophos said, "The security landscape continues to evolve at a rapid pace, which makes it more challenging than ever before for businesses to protect against these increasingly sophisticated threats. With the integration of Sophos Live Protection Anti-Malware intelligence, Juniper customers will benefit from an extended layer of security."