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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM Information Technologies Department 227 W Jefferson Blvd (574) 246-6000 TO: Board of Public Works, Linda Martin CC: Dan O'Connor FROM: Michael E. Sniadecki, Director of Infrastructure SUBJECT: City of South Bend-SOPHOS Cloud Endpoint Protection DATE: 119118 Linda and Members of the Board, With the U.S. Federal Government ordering federal agencies to remove Kaspersky Lab products from governmental computers over concerns the Moscow -based cybersecurity software company might be vulnerable to Russian government influence, The Office of Innovation and Technology Dept. is also recommending to follow suit. Please see the attached quote regarding the replacement of Kaspersky Anti -Virus Endpoint with SOPHOS Cloud Endpoint Protection on all COSB desktops. The Infrastructure division has been using the server version of Sophos over the past year and recommends using this product within the desktop environment. Not only will COSB be following government recommendations, but we will be getting additional Protection, Alerting and a Centralized console. See the benefits below; Why it would work well for the city • U.S. government banned Kaspersky from acceptable AV for all their agencies • Centralized console for quick endpoint views • Alerting for the most egregious (or any) problems • Uses much less endpoint resources then Kaspersky • Currently what we are using for the servers + Whitelisting/B lack] isting of sites, software and file types • Elemos works with Sophos and not Kaspersky + Additional protection from Ransomware • Additional projection from Malicious Software • Exploit prevention • Behavior analysis against known infections Key Features • Mobile protection + Server protection • Endpoint protection • Web management • Device management • Detailed reporting