Action Required: Extend Your Expiring Certifications Now

Partner Program•Compliance•Training

Compliance Deadline: March 31, 2025

Nov 13 2024 By

As we approach our yearly partner program compliance audit on March 31, 2025, it’s essential to ensure your certifications and revenue metrics align with program requirements. Certifications form a critical part of our partnership framework, verifying that your team possesses the latest skills and knowledge to deliver maximum value. With several certifications set to expire soon, now is the time to prioritize recertification to maintain your partner tier.

Staying compliant in the program goes beyond meeting baseline requirements; it’s an opportunity to unlock the full range of partner benefits, including access to enhanced support, training resources, and, importantly, more favorable margins. By keeping your certifications current, you’ll be equipped to leverage our partner program’s offerings to the fullest and secure a competitive advantage for the coming year

Several certifications will expire soon – please recertify now to maintain your partner tier and secure favorable margins for the next year.

 

MDR and Sales Fundamentals

Expiring Certifications Extend With
Selling MDR and Cybersecurity as a Service v1.0 Selling MDR Delta v2.0
Sales Fundamentals Sales Update

Sophos Central Endpoint and Server

Expiring Certifications Extend With
Central Engineer v4.0 Central Engineer Delta v5.0
Central Architect v4.0 Central Architect Delta v5.0
Central Technician v4.0 Central Technician Delta v5.0

Sophos Firewall

Expiring Certifications Extend With
Firewall Engineer v19.5 Firewall Engineer Delta v20.0*
Firewall Architect v19.5 Firewall Architect Delta v20.0*
Firewall Technician v19.5 Firewall Technician Delta v20.0*

* To ensure compliance for this year, you must complete the Firewall v20.0 delta courses. After that, you may complete the v21.0 delta courses on the training portal to stay up-to-date with our latest firewall releases.

 

Helpful links:

To help you stay on top of your certification requirements , we’ve gathered a few key resources below. Explore these links to ensure you’re fully equipped for the upcoming compliance audit and ready to secure maximum benefits in the year ahead:

If you need any assistance, feel free to reach out to us at globaltraining@sophos.com. We’re here to support your certification journey and help you stay ahead in the Sophos Partner Program!

About the Author

Sophos is a global leader and innovator of advanced security solutions for defeating 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.