With Microsoft Defender now bundled into Microsoft\u2019s enterprise (E3\/E5) licensing, organizations are evaluating the risk trade-off of \u201cgood enough\u201d security that is perceived to be free vs. opting for superior protection. While customers will always have superior cybersecurity outcomes by using Sophos endpoint security as part of MDR Complete for detection and response, when a customer has\u202fopted for Defender on the endpoint, we are enabling partners to sell a new complementary service into these environments to provide the\u202fbest possible outcome\u202ffor those customers. While Microsoft Defender provides a baseline layer of security, organizations still need to protect against the advanced, human-led attacks that technology alone cannot prevent.<\/p>\n
The sheer volume of alerts generated by Microsoft security technologies, together with the complexity of the threat landscape and widespread shortage of in-house expertise and capacity, means that delivering effective security operations is an uphill task for most organizations:<\/p>\n
The reality is that there will never be enough trained resources. The only way to scale security operations to keep businesses ahead of today\u2019s well-funded adversaries is to adopt a service to supplement and extend in-house capabilities. Which is where Managed Detection and Response (MDR) comes in.<\/p>\n
Increasingly, organizations running Microsoft Defender are turning to specialist MDR providers such as Sophos to extend their cyber defenses. Given this pressing need, I am excited to announce the availability of Sophos MDR for Microsoft Defender<\/a>.<\/p>\n I\u2019m proud to say that as Microsoft use continues to grow, Sophos now provides the most robust MDR service for monitoring, investigating, and responding to Microsoft Security alerts 24\/7:<\/p>\n Sophos analysts monitor, prioritize, and respond to Microsoft security alerts 24\/7, executing immediate, human-led response actions to stop confirmed threats with an industry-leading average threat response time of 38 minutes\u201496% faster than the industry benchmark.<\/p>\n Delivered via the Sophos MDR Essentials service tier with our proprietary lightweight sensor, it enables organizations running Microsoft Defender to reduce cyber risk, increase return on their security investments, and improve insurability.<\/p>\n Take advantage of this enormous opportunity and add Sophos MDR for Microsoft Defender to your sales and marketing arsenal today! On the Sophos Partner Portal<\/a>, you can access sales and marketing resources and sign up for our regional partner briefings on the topic.<\/p>\n True to Sophos\u2019 longstanding commitment to our partners, we provide you with a partner-first MDR service<\/a>. Whether you’re an MSP, running a SOC or reselling our products and services, Sophos MDR gives you an additional, chargeable service that you can add to your portfolio to complement and enhance your existing offerings.<\/p>\n The more we see, the faster we act. Unlike other MDR offerings that limit support to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint or Microsoft Sentinel, Sophos MDR leverages signals from the full Microsoft Security suite, including:<\/p>\n Of course, Microsoft security solutions are only one part of a threat detection stack that typically includes firewalls, identity solutions, email security tools, NDR platforms and public cloud security tools. Sophos MDR for Microsoft Defender provides a holistic approach to cybersecurity operations, integrating with almost any technology investment that generates security alerts \u2013 including tools from Microsoft, Sophos, and dozens of other providers.<\/p>\n By consolidating and correlating cross-product and cross-vendor telemetry in the Sophos XDR Data Lake, Sophos MDR increases the detection capability of our customers\u2019 security stacks beyond the sum of its parts while also maximizing ROI on their existing security investments.<\/p>\n Identifying a threat is just part of the security operations process; unless you respond in a timely and effective manner, you remain fully exposed to attack. Yet all too often, third-party providers offer only minimal threat response capabilities in Microsoft Defender environments.<\/p>\n Sophos MDR for Microsoft Defender is different. It includes full threat response, containing threats to disrupt malicious activity. The non-exhaustive list of response actions that our analysts are capable of with Sophos MDR for Microsoft Defender includes:<\/p>\n With Sophos MDR you can relax knowing that we are don\u2019t just tell you or your customers about issues, we deal with them for you.<\/p>\n Testament to the superior outcomes our customers enjoy, Sophos MDR is the world\u2019s most popular and most reviewed MDR solution, with a 4.8\/5 rating on Gartner Peer Insights<\/a> as of July 10, 2023, and a top rating on G2<\/a>.<\/p>\n We secure more organizations than any other MDR provider, and this extensive experience across all industries and sectors enables us to provide unique \u2018community immunity\u2019 to all our customers.<\/p>\n\n
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