G2 Names Sophos a Leader for Endpoint Protection, EDR, XDR, Firewall, and MDR

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Sophos is the only vendor rated a Leader across all five cybersecurity categories in G2’s Spring 2023 reports (March 2023)

Apr 06 2023 By

G2 just released their Spring 2023 Reports, and Sophos is the only cybersecurity provider named a Leader across the G2 Grid® Reports for Endpoint Protection Suites, Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), Extended Detection and Response (XDR), Firewall Software and Managed Detection and Response (MDR). Additionally, G2 users also rated Sophos the #1 overall XDR and Firewall solutions.

Independent Sophos Customer Validation

G2 distinctions and rankings are based on independent, verified customer reviews on G2.com, the world’s largest software marketplace and peer-review platform. In G2’s Spring 2023 Reports, Sophos was a named an Overall Leader in five categories, as well as a Leader in 11 individual market segment Grids:

  • Endpoint Protection Suites: Overall, Enterprise, Mid-Market, and Small Business Grids
  • EDR: Overall, Enterprise, Mid-Market, and Small Business Grids
  • XDR: Overall, Enterprise, and Mid-Market Grids
  • Firewall: Overall, Mid-Market, and Small Business Grids
  • MDR: Overall and Mid-Market Grids

We are honored that our services and products have been recognized by our customers and thank them for putting their trust in us.

Delivering Defense in Depth for Today’s Businesses

As adversaries have become more sophisticated and elusive, defenders should implement a defense-in-depth strategy that includes protection, detection, and response at every point along the attack chain to cover their entire environment. This layered approach should be inclusive of endpoint, network, email, and cloud security, as well as threat hunting and remediation services by security experts.

The fact that IT and security professionals recognize Sophos as the Leader across these key categories is validation that Sophos delivers the best and most comprehensive set of products and services required for modern day cybersecurity.

Uniquely, all Sophos customers are protected by Sophos X-Ops, a joint task force that brings together deep expertise across the attack environment from frontline threat hunters and incident responders to deep malware and AI specialists. Together they provide unparalleled insights into how threats are built, delivered, and operate in real time. Armed with this deep understanding, Sophos is able to build innovative, powerful, and effective defenses against even the most advanced threats.

Additional Sophos Customer and Analyst Validation

Alongside our G2 recognition, Sophos solutions are widely recognized by customers and the analyst community, including:

Sophos Endpoint

Sophos Extended Detection and Response (XDR)

Sophos Firewall

Sophos Managed Detection and Response (MDR)

Elevate your Customers’ Cyber Defenses with Sophos

As the G2 ratings illustrate, Sophos provides unparalleled breadth and depth of protection. Our world-leading endpoint, network, email, cloud, and security operations solutions defend over 550,000 organizations from advanced cyberthreats, including ransomware.

Whether your customers are looking to upgrade their firewall, enhance their endpoint defenses, streamline and accelerate their threat investigations, or add 24/7 human-led threat detection and response, we can help.

Our solutions are tremendous on their own – and even better together. Customers running both Sophos Intercept X Endpoint and Sophos Firewall consistently report that they are able to double the efficiency of their IT/cybersecurity team and realize a reduction of up to 85% in the number of security incidents that require investigation. With Sophos they can build a long-term security strategy with confidence. Wherever they start, and whatever their goals, with Sophos you can help them enjoy superior cybersecurity outcomes.
For more information on our services and products, speak to your Sophos representative or distributor and visit the Sophos Partner Portal.

 

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[1] Reviewed in last 12 months as of April 3, 2023; among vendors with a minimum of 25 reviews

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