


In fact, the company has been exploring options for its future for a while, and says that simply ending Sandboxie completely would have been the easiest and least costly decision. With a focus on securing endpoints, network, email, and mobile systems, as well as on providing unified threat management, Sophos never looked at Sandboxie as a significant component of its business. In February 2017, Sophos acquired Invincea, and Sandboxie became part of its portfolio. Initially developed by Ronen Tzur, Sandboxie was acquired by endpoint protection company Invincea in 2013. The move, the cybersecurity firm says, is the first step it makes toward releasing the sandbox-based isolation program open source.

Sophos this week removed the license check and activation requirements from Sandboxie, essentially making the isolation tool free.
