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Prevent Breaches, Ransomware, and Data Loss with Sophos

Given the complexity of the threat landscape, an overwhelming number of alerts, and a widespread shortage of in-house expertise and capacity, it’s not surprising that IT security teams are constantly searching for security solutions that provide better protection, usability, and scale with less management burden. Sophos offers a more effective cybersecurity-as-a-service that delivers superior outcomes relative to the "old way" of approaching cybersecurity.

Sophos vs. Broadcom/Symantec

FEATURES	Sophos	Broadcom/Symantec
Attack Surface, Pre- and Post-Execution
Attack surface reduction, with multiple technologies for web protection, application control, and device control that eliminate attack vectors and protect against data loss
Strong protection by default without configuration		Partially provided
Defenses that automatically adapt to human-led attacks
Automated Account Health Check to maintain a strong security posture
A Security Heartbeat to share health and threat intelligence information between multiple products
Automatic document rollback after encryption by ransomware
Management, Investigation, and Remediation
Single management console for managing and reporting
Alert triage and assistance
Extensive threat-hunting and investigation capabilities		Partially provided
Suitable for customers without an in-house SOC		Partially provided
Suitable for large enterprise organizations with a full in-house SOC
Threat Hunting and Response
Endpoint detection and response (EDR) functionality
Integrated extended detection and response (XDR) enables analysts to hunt for and respond to threats across your environment, correlate information, and pivot between endpoint, server, network, mobile, email, public cloud, and Microsoft 365 data		Partially provided
MDR service provides 24/7 threat hunting, detection, and unlimited remediation to organizations of all sizes, with support available over the phone or through email		Partially provided
Incident response included in top MDR tier	(Optional IR Retainer for lower MDR tiers)
Integration with third-party security control to leverage your existing security investments, gain full visibility into your environment, and provide detections and alerts to your team and the MDR team
Monitor and generate detections across your third-party security controls and data sources
Encrypted network traffic analysis (NDR)

Adaptive Attack Protection

Adaptive Attack Protection is a dynamic step up in endpoint security. When a hands-on-keyboard attack is detected, Sophos Endpoint automatically activates extra defenses based on a "shields up" approach. It stops an attacker and provides you with time to respond. For more information, watch the Adaptive Attack Protection video.

A Unified Security Ecosystem

Consolidate your defenses by integrating your endpoint, server, network, mobile, email, cloud security, and third-party security controls in the Sophos Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem and single management console that Broadcom/Symantec can't match. All of your Sophos products are continuously optimized with real-time threat intelligence and operational insights from Sophos X-Ops.

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