Sophos Managed Threat Response (MTR) now protects more than one million devices

With Sophos MTR, your organization is backed by peace of mind provided by an elite team of threat hunters and response experts who take pre-agreed targeted actions on your behalf, neutralising even the most sophisticated threats, backed by a Service Level Agreement response time of only two minutes, with most threats neutralised in under 20 minutes. Impressive? I thought so when MTR was released! Sophos MTR can help support your MSP offering by providing varying degrees of automated response to the latest polymorphic cybersecurity threats. With your prior consent, the team can intervene and take appropriate action around the clock on your behalf, whilst you and your team are sound asleep, if you so choose. This can be a real selling point for the smaller MSPs that simply do not have the resource to offer around the clock support, and are concerned about staff isolating, facing childcare issues at home, or simply want to go on a long-awaited vacation.

99.6% of IT Managers state they plan to introduce human-led threat hunting within 12 months 

This was one of the findings independent research company Vanson Bourne discovered in their survey of 5,000 global IT managers in 2020. Of those surveyed, 48% already use human-led managed threat response, and a further 48% plan to implement human-led threat hunting in the future. Staggeringly, 99.6% of IT managers state they plan to implement human-led threat hunting within the next 12 months. So clearly, there is some urgency and a priority to consider this lucrative and evolving security aspect. Now really is the time to start looking at Sophos MTR if you have not already explored this avenue and wish to benefit from the clear demand for around the clock managed security services!

81% of IT managers surveyed said that their ability to find and retain skilled IT security professionals is a major challenge to deliver IT security.

Ransomware

In the past year, 51% of organisations were hit with ransomware with 73% of organisations confirming their data and critical systems were successfully encrypted. Sophos MTR can help mitigate the risk of ransomware through use of Sophos Central Intercept X combined with a hands-on-keyboard approach to threat detection and response within minutes, provided by the MTR team.

Cyber security attacks undeniably take place around the clock, and this can present a challenge to MSPs as time is certainly of the essence when it comes to threat detection, mitigation, and investigation. Many endpoint solutions on the market simply notify the MSP and/or the end user, but do not intervene or provide a proactive human-led threat response service. Sophos is leading in the SME marketspace and its MSP Connect Flex offering, by providing a full Security Operations Centre [SOC] facilities at very affordable rates and interactive analysists that engage when threats are detected using deep learning and AI.

Return on investment

Sophos partners can increase their service offering to their clients and offer a 24/7/365 dedicated and highly skilled Managed Threat Response team of experts that significantly alleviates the burden of incident response within your MSP team. This can reduce the cost of running your own SOC tenfold; enhancing your delivery of core products especially for those smaller Sophos partners that do not have in-house security specialists, allowing you to focus on what you do best.

Sophos MTR becomes part of your team

For those MSPs with their own in-house SOC, Sophos MTR can add value by notifying, collaborating, and taking pre-authorised actions on your behalf – if your team is overstretched or incapacitated for example. There is something to be gained by using MTR for all sizes of MSP, and this is clearly reflected by the recent statistics announced by Sophos, with over 500% growth in sales of MTR since August 2020. The granular level of controls and customisable notification and intervention settings really makes Sophos MTR a winner for all scopes of MSP and MSSP, including those that do not have or have struggled to recruit the calibre of candidates required to operate a SOC in house owing to the skills gap.

Want to find out how you can offer around the clock managed detection and response services?

Reach out to your Sophos account managers for termed opportunities and NFR discounted opportunities to test out the MTR solution within your own MSP. Enhance your cybersecurity offering in 2022 and get to grips with the core functionality as the MSP marketplace naturally quietens down on the lead up to Christmas 2021. For partners in the UKI who wish to offer services on a monthly basis using Sophos MSP Connect Flex, I recommend you reach out to Kyle Torres (kyle.torres@sophos.com). Alternatively, you can contact us directly using this link to contact the MTR sales team directly.

Deploying MTR really is a prime example of where Sophos has made security simple with MTR deployed and operational in under an hour in most cases.

Further reading

Sophos recommends you check out Sophos MTR articles for further reading and latest MTR updates. Drive your customers to the Sophos News blog where they can learn more about the service and its benefits.

 

So why the photo of a fancy pizza?

We simply wanted to make you hungry for the need of Sophos MTR. No? Okay that’s not entirely true. Free food always appeals to many, and learning is never appealing on an empty stomach. Sophos has been running a number of MTR pizza evenings where you can digitally and informally meet with Kyle Torres and his team members and find out about Sophos MTR and discover some of the exclusive partner incentives by attending. Its free, Sophos arranges pizza and goodies delivered to your door for you to consume in the comfort of your own home whilst exploring the Sophos MTR product and meeting the Sophos team whilst finding out how Sophos perceive the MTR buyer’s persona to cover a multitude of demographics. What’s not to like? Sign up using the following URL, spaces are running out FAST but we do have waiting lists for future events if they become oversubscribed! #everyonelovesdominos

Sign up for your free pizza (MSPs in the UK only)

 

Finally – it is Christmas (almost)

Christmas is not far away now and most MSPs will be slowly starting to wind down for the festivities and New Year celebrations that lie ahead, reviewing goals and aspirations for 2022. From Sophos, we would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all of us here at Team Sophos. If you would like to talk to us about Sophos MTR during the festivities, the Sophos team are here to help throughout the festive period, except for the bank holidays of course.

We would like to wish you a happy and prosperous 2022.

From the UK Sophos MSP team and our fellow colleagues, thank you for supporting Sophos throughout 2021.