As we have come to the end of July, I am delighted to share with you the remarkable strides we’ve made on the product front! The past month has been truly dynamic, marked by a series of thrilling feature releases that have significantly bolstered our offerings. In addition, I am thrilled to announce that our dedication to excellence has been recognized by Gartner, reaffirming our commitment to delivering superior security outcomes for our customers.
WHAT’S NEW
Sophos MDR: Sophos MDR for Microsoft Defender
While our MDR Complete service tier with Sophos Endpoint continues to give customers the very best protection and outcomes, our new Sophos MDR for Microsoft Defender enables organizations running Microsoft security tools to elevate and extend their defenses with 24/7 human-led threat detection and response delivered by Sophos experts.
True to our commitment to protect all customers, including those running Microsoft at the endpoint, we can leverage eight different Microsoft Security Event sources for maximum visibility.
Sophos MDR Global Promo Q2-Q4
We have a new global promo, available in all regions, to help you win MDR deals in the SMB space. This promo provides 25% off 3-year subscriptions for Sophos MDR and is available for organizations with fewer than 500 users. To enable you to maximize your deals, the promo includes:
- Sophos MDR Complete
- Sophos MDR Essentials
- Integration Packs
- Sophos NDR
This promo complements the MDR Complete promo which is designed to move mixed estate customers onto Sophos MDR Complete across their full environment. Get the promo fliers
Updated Incident Response Guide
The Sophos Incident Response Guide is one of our most popular assets ever, and has been downloaded over 27,000 times over the last few years. The Sophos Incident Response team has completely re-written the guide to provide the very latest best practice and guidance. Share with your contacts to demonstrate Sophos’ market-leading IR expertise.
Sophos Endpoint: Account Health Check Scores
We launched Account Health Check last year and it’s already proved hugely popular, helping organizations running Sophos Endpoint and Sophos Server Protection to optimize their configurations and their defenses. In the last six months alone the Health Check has been viewed almost 300,000 times by over 100,000 customer accounts.
We continue to add new functionality, and at the end of June we released Health Scores. The scores provide a simple, clear numeric security posture score out of 100, enabling customers to quickly identify configuration that requires attention, and track and report on efforts to improve their security configurations. Already over 20,000 customers have viewed their scores, which is a great testament to this new capability.
Sophos Email: Multiple New Features
We continue to roll out new Sophos Email Security capabilities. This month we’re delivering a host of exciting feature releases that will deliver industry-leading outcomes for our customers, including on-demand clawback, Mail Flow Rules (MFR) tamper protection, admin access to end-user lists, Google directory sync, and more. Read the blog article or watch the video to learn more.
Sophos XDR: NDR early access program
Network Detection and Response (NDR) solutions continuously monitor activity inside the network to detect suspicious activities occurring between devices which may be indicative of attacker activity. It’s an increasingly important part of a security stack because, while advanced attackers are skilled at evading detection and will even delete evidence of their presence, they still need to move across the network to carry out an attack.
Sophos NDR has been a highly popular integration for Sophos MDR since its launch last November, and we’re now bringing it to Sophos XDR. The Early Access Program is now open, enabling all XDR customers to try it for free with GA targeted for November.
Sophos Partnerships: Cysurance
This month we announced a new partnership with Cysurance that enables all Sophos MDR customers in the U.S. with up to $50M annual revenue to automatically qualify for their unique, fixed-price cyber insurance plans. The plans are the first of their kind to recognize organizations for having a layer of threat detection and response services, and a direct demonstration of the improved insurability delivered through the Sophos MDR service.
In addition to our partnerships with Cysurance, Measured and Cowbell, we also have a host of resources that demonstrate our thought leadership in the cyber insurance space and how Sophos enables organizations to meet the cyber controls required by insurance providers.
AWARDS
Sophos Firewall Receives the 2023 Competitive Strategy Leadership Award
Sophos Firewall has received Frost & Sullivan’s prestigious Competitive Strategy Leadership Award in the next-generation firewall (NGFW) industry. Frost & Sullivan applies a rigorous analytical process to evaluate multiple vendors for each award category before determining the final award recipient. We are very honored that Sophos Firewall was awarded this distinction based on strategic innovation and customer impact.
