OXFORD, U.K. — Dezember 5, 2022 —

Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today announced that Gerard Allison has joined Sophos as Senior Vice President of Sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

“We are very excited Gerard joined Sophos to lead and help accelerate our growth efforts in EMEA, one of the largest regions for the company. Gerard has a deep understanding of the distribution and reseller channel, as well as extensive knowledge of successfully establishing new routes to market. With this impressive track record, Gerard will be a valuable and important Sophos sales leader overseeing EMEA, particularly as we head into 2023 with our new Sophos Managed Detection and Response service,” said Michael Valentine, chief revenue officer at Sophos. “The need for modern cybersecurity solutions, including MDR services from a team of experts trained to spot intrusions ‘hiding in plain sight’ along the attack chain, has become imperative, as indicated in the Sophos 2023 Threat Report. Sophos’ line up of products, services and threat intelligence capabilities, coupled with Gerard’s career expertise in cybersecurity and technology, will ensure our EMEA partners provide customers and prospects with the most advanced security solutions available.”

“Sophos is an industry leader, pioneering the way with a new type of MDR service that every organization can benefit from, so I am thrilled to be joining Sophos at this time and leading the company’s impressive sales team in EMEA,” said Allison. “I am also looking forward to working closely with our extensive partner network in the region to develop new revenue streams and ensure customers have the proper security needed to defend against today’s persistent attackers.”

Allison has more than 30 years of industry experience and is known for his entrepreneurial style and vision, increasing revenue, developing sales programs, training and enablement, building customer and partner engagement, and much more. Allison joins Sophos from Exclusive Networks. He also previously worked at Gigamon and Juniper Networks. He is based in Essex, U.K.

Über Sophos

Sophos ist ein führender Anbieter im Bereich Cybersicherheit und schützt weltweit 600.000 Unternehmen und Organisationen mit einer KI-gestützten Plattform und von Experten bereitgestellten Services. Sophos unterstützt Unternehmen und Organisationen unabhängig von ihrem aktuellen Sicherheitsniveau und entwickelt sich mit ihnen weiter, um Cyberangriffe erfolgreich abzuwehren. Die Lösungen von Sophos kombinieren maschinelles Lernen, Automatisierung und Echtzeit-Bedrohungsinformationen mit der menschlichen Expertise der Sophos X-Ops. So entsteht modernster Schutz mit einer 24/7 aktiven Erkennung, Analyse und Abwehr von Bedrohungen.
Das Sophos-Portfolio beinhaltet branchenührende Managed Detection and Response Services (MDR) sowie umfassende Cybersecurity-Technologien– darunter Schutz für Endpoints, Netzwerke, E-Mails und Cloud-Umgebungen, XDR (Extended Detection and Response), ITDR (Identity Threat Detection and Response) und Next-Gen-SIEM. Ergänzt wird das Angebot durch Beratungs-Services, die Unternehmen und Organisationen helfen, Risiken proaktiv zu reduzieren und schneller zu reagieren – mit umfassender Transparenz und Skalierbarkeit, um Bedrohungen immer einen Schritt voraus zu sein.
Der Vertrieb der Sophos-Lösungen erfolgt über ein globales Partner-Netzwerk, das Managed Service Provider (MSPs), Managed Security Service Provider (MSSPs), Reseller und Distributoren, Marketplace-Integrationen und Cyber Risk Partner umfasst. So können Unternehmen und Organisationen flexibel auf vertrauensvolle Partnerschaften setzen, wenn es um die Sicherheit ihres Geschäfts geht.  Der Hauptsitz von Sophos befindet sich in Oxford, Großbritannien. Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter www.sophos.de.