{"id":2224,"date":"2020-10-26T05:47:56","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T05:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/?p=2224"},"modified":"2020-11-02T12:11:24","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T12:11:24","slug":"sophos-msp-connect-growth-accelerates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/2020\/10\/partner-program\/sophos-msp-connect-growth-accelerates\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophos\u2019 MSP Connect Growth Accelerates"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re proud to announce significant worldwide growth of our MSP Connect<\/a> program that allows managed service providers (MSPs) to expand market opportunities and increase revenue with Sophos\u2019 portfolio of solutions and services. The growth is fueled by increasing demand for our innovative offerings in protecting against sophisticated and evolving cybersecurity threats.<\/p>\n

Good reasons to provide managed security solutions<\/strong><\/h2>\n

MSPs have a tremendous opportunity to secure organizations from complex\u00a0ransomware<\/a>, like the recent\u00a0Maze<\/a>,\u00a0WastedLocker<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Dharma<\/a>\u00a0attacks, and other threats \u2013 including this year\u2019s surge in\u00a0attack campaigns<\/a>\u00a0preying\u00a0on mounting Coronavirus fears. MSPs are also increasingly finding themselves under attack through remote monitoring and management (RMM) and professional service automation (PSA) tools, misconfigured firewalls and endpoints, and targeted phishing scams. \u201cSophos reduces these risks, and Sophos\u2019 recent growth momentum is a direct reflection of its proven track record in securing partner and customer environments,\u201d said Scott Barlow, vice president of global MSP at Sophos.<\/p>\n

The Sophos MSP Connect program now supports more than 12,500 MSPs worldwide, representing a 30% increase since the start of Sophos\u2019 fiscal year in April 2020. MSP billings also increased 56% during that time, with the most significant year-over-year growth in the Americas, Western Europe, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, proving that cybersecurity is a key focal point for MSPs who wish to grow their profitability.<\/p>\n

Increasing demand for Sophos next-gen products<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Partner demand for Sophos\u2019 entire product and services portfolio continues to increase. Especially, solutions that combine next-gen functionality and features including\u00a0Sophos Intercept X<\/a>,\u00a0Sophos XG Firewall<\/a>, \u00a0Sophos Cloud Optix<\/a>, and\u00a0Sophos Managed Threat Response<\/a>\u00a0(MTR). Sophos MTR launched in October 2019 as a fully-managed threat hunting, detection and response service that fuses machine learning with human analysis to provide more proactive security protection.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe made the decision at the start of the pandemic to deploy Sophos\u2019 entire security stack of solutions \u2013 starting with Sophos MTR \u2013 across all of our clients to ensure they\u2019re protected in the office and at home.\u201d<\/p>\n