Cybersecurity Awareness Month

When it comes to IT security, everyone has a role to play. October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month and Sophos wants to make sure you have the tools needed to stay on top of today’s targeted threats.

Join our webcasts every Wednesday in October where we’ll breakdown the latest in cybersecurity, from ransomware to deep learning for hackers to tips on how to transform your network security and performance.

Let Sophos help you to build a strong, cyber secure workforce.

Attend one of our webcasts in the month of October and be entered to win an Apple HomePod.*

An Inside Look at Targeted Ransomware Attacks

Speaker: Peter Mackenzie

3rd October, 7 P.M. CEST – 8 P.M. CEST

Join Peter Mackenzie, Sophos Threat Researcher, as he discusses the rise of targeted ransomware and why attacks like SamSam, Dharma, and BitPaymer are making headlines. Watch a live demo of a ransomware payload being unleashed and the steps you need to protect your organization from similar attacks.

Deep Learning for Hackers

Speaker: Joshua Saxe

10th October, 7 P.M. CEST – 8 P.M. CEST

Anyone who keeps up with technology news has read about deep neural networks beating human champions at Go, achieving breakthrough accuracy at voice recognition, and generally driving today’s major advances in artificial intelligence. Little has been said about the ways deep neural network approaches are quietly achieving analogous breakthroughs in intrusion detection.

Join this webcast as we demystify deep neural network (deep learning) concepts and prove how predictive security can protect against unknown threats.

This session will cover:

• How deep learning detects cyberattacks before they happen
• Latest research from SophosLabs
• How to launch your own deep neural networks

Don’t Take the Bait. Stop the Phishing.

Speaker: Rippy Sekhon

17th October, 8 P.M. CEST – 9 P.M. CEST

While big-name ransomware like WannaCry grabs the headlines, phishing is the cybercrime that’s consistently hooking organizations week in and week out. In fact, over 77% of organizations experience a phishing attack at least once a month.

Join us for this informative webinar to learn more about phishing and how to stop it, including:

• The evolution of phishing
• How phishing works: the business behind the emails
• Common tactics hackers use in their phishing attacks

XG Firewall: See it. Stop it. Secure it.

Speaker: Chris McCormack

24th October, 8 P.M. CEST – 9 P.M. CEST

Sophos XG Firewall gives you everything you need to secure your network against advanced threats like ransomware, bots, worms, hacks, breaches and APTs. In addition, you get unparalleled network visibility that no other firewall on the market can deliver.

Join this webcast to see how XG Firewall can transform your network security and performance. You’ll see:

• How the threat landscape is evolving
• How ransomware gets onto your network and spreads – fast
• Essential protection you need in your firewall to secure your network
• Best practices for deploying your firewall to provide a solid defense