What’s Next? Sophos Partner Program Compliance April 2023 – March 2024

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Find out more about our compliance milestones and how they affect your partner tier.

Mar 28 2023 By

At Sophos, it has been a long-term strategic priority to see the needs of our partners as number one. We take great pride in our commitment to “Partner First, Partner Best.” With lucrative revenue opportunities, Sophos empowers partners to succeed in an ever-changing cybersecurity landscape. We provide you — and your customers — with unrivaled, real-world cyber defenses to stop more threats faster. And we do so with a remarkable return on investment for partners and customers alike.

The Sophos Partner Program defines clear and transparent rules of engagement. Global partner tiers provide clarity on exactly what is expected as well as what is available at each tier. Climbing the Sophos partner program ladder – that is, reaching a higher tier – will bring you more rewards and higher margins.

In this blog, we will cover important partner program compliance milestones for the upcoming compliance period and how they will impact your partner tier.

March 31, 2023: Partner program compliance deadline

The compliance deadline is approaching fast: On March 31, 2023, we will record certification and revenue numbers to perform our yearly partner program compliance audit. Make sure you meet all partner program requirements by this deadline, so you can make the most of partner program benefits and secure your margins for the following year.

To review your organization performance, visit the partner portal for a year-to-date compliance status.
(Note: This page is only accessible for partner portal administrators. You can look up partner portal administrators for your organization at the bottom of this page in the Sophos Partner Portal).

To learn more about partner program compliance, take a look at this detailed blog post where you’ll find a summary of everything you need to know about partner program compliance, certification, and accreditation.

We will confirm your partner tier for April 1, 2023 – March 31, 2024 in due course via email to partner portal administrators.

April 17, 2023: Higher partner tiers will become effective

On this day, qualifying partners will move to their new, higher tier.

May 15, 20223: Lower partner tiers and updates to accreditations will become effective

On May 15, 2023, affected partners will move to a lower tier for April 1, 2023 – March 31, 2024 and lose their accreditation status in case they haven’t met all requirements. But this is not the end of the world – throughout the year, partners who qualify for a higher partner tier or a new accreditation by the 1st of a month will be promoted on the 15th of the same month.

Please reach out to your distributor or Sophos representative if you have additional questions. We thank you for being a trusted partner and look forward to a continued, successful partnership.

About the Author

Sophos is a global leader and innovator of advanced security solutions that defeat cyberattacks, including Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and incident response services and a broad portfolio of endpoint, network, email, and cloud security technologies. As one of the largest pure-play cybersecurity providers, Sophos defends more than 600,000 organizations and more than 100 million users worldwide from active adversaries, ransomware, phishing, malware, and more. Sophos’ services and products connect through the Sophos Central management console and are powered by Sophos X-Ops, the company’s cross-domain threat intelligence unit. Sophos X-Ops intelligence optimizes the entire Sophos Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem, which includes a centralized data lake that leverages a rich set of open APIs available to customers, partners, developers, and other cybersecurity and information technology vendors. Sophos provides cybersecurity-as-a-service to organizations needing fully managed security solutions. Customers can also manage their cybersecurity directly with Sophos’ security operations platform or use a hybrid approach by supplementing their in-house teams with Sophos’ services, including threat hunting and remediation. Sophos sells through reseller partners and managed service providers (MSPs) worldwide. Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com.