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Astaro Company Profile
Astaro, now a Sophos company, protects over 60,000 business, school and government network installations worldwide against IT security threats. Through practical concepts and solutions, businesses can therefore effectively work with their Internet and IT infrastuctures with complete assurance in regard to full protection.
Astaro is certified according to Common Criteria (ISO 15408) with the assurance level EAL4+ from the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI).
The Astaro Security Gateway combines the latest security technologies in an all-in-one solution that is easy to manage and distributed by a global network of certified partners. Businesses of all sizes are able to shape a comfortable, yet more effective network environment, protecting their headquarters, branch offices and data centers – against data theft, viruses, spyware and spam.
The different solutions are built in a modular way and can be combined individually. Users have different deployment possibilities: the products are available as hardware, software, virtual or hosted solutions.
Several accessories and extensions enrich the security landscape of our customers. The configurationless Remote Ethernet Device RED connects branch offices, our Wireless Security solution enables secure W-LAN traffic, Log Management stores and evaluates logs from all your systems while Mail Archiving provides compliant retention of corporate e-mails guaranteeing immediate discovery during audits.
Free trials of our solutions are available at www.astaro.com.
Fact Sheet
| Name | Astaro GmbH & Co. KG – a Sophos company |
| Founded |
2000 |
| Main Offices | EMEA: Karlsruhe (Germany) AMER: Wilmington, MA (USA) APAC: Singapore |
| Executive Board |
Jan Hichert (Chief Executive Officer) Markus Hennig (Chief Technology Officer) Gert Hansen (Vice President Product Management) Dr. Frank Nellissen (Chief Financial Officer) Günter Junk (Senior Vice President for Worldwide Sales and Marketing) |
| Distribution | 75 distributors with approximately 2,500 certified partners in over 60 countries |
| Certifications | Common Criteria EAL4+, ICSA Labs, VMware Ready, Citrix READY, Intel Server Board Inside, IPv6 Ready |
| Contact | EMEA AMER APAC |
What our employees say:
"I like working at Astaro very much. My duties, my colleagues, the working atmosphere... it all fits together."
Christina Theilmann
Director Logistics, Astaro
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"Astaro was the only company which I wanted to change jobs for. I completely identify with the company idea, philosophy and the products"
Roland Leeb
Director IT, Astaro
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"The familiar atmosphere is what I like the most. There is a hierarchy, but it does not affect relationships in a traditional manner."
Simret Ghebreab
Office Assistant, Astaro
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"Through work-related independence, Astaro encourages everyone to grow in their own personal way."
Martin Becker
Product Manager, Astaro
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