Solution Providers Vote Sophos Industry-Best Across Five Categories, Including Extended Detection and Response (XDR) and Data, Network and Cloud Security

BURLINGTON, Mass. — August 20, 2023 —

Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today announced it has once again been named a CRN® Annual Report Card (ARC) Award winner. For the third consecutive year, Sophos is CRN’s most honored award winner, leading as industry-best across five categories: extended detection and response (XDR), data security, enterprise network security, SMB network security, and cloud security.

“Active adversaries are carrying out attacks faster than ever before, as evidenced by the significantly reduced dwell times that Sophos X-Ops is tracking,” said Bill Robbins, president of worldwide field operations at Sophos. “Sophos is arming channel partners with critically needed layered defenses and on-demand managed security services to quickly detect and neutralize active threats at first sign of attack. We proudly accept this award on behalf of our frontline partners as validation of their success in protecting customers of all sizes and across all industries from constantly evolving cyberthreats.”

Sophos’ robust, integrated portfolio of managed security services and solutions – including Sophos Managed Detection and Response (MDR), Sophos Incident Response, Sophos Intercept X with XDRSophos FirewallSophos Cloud Native Security, and more – protect against today’s most advanced cyberattacks. Offerings are powered by deep threat intelligence from Sophos X-Ops, and are easily managed in the cloud-native Sophos Central platform or by Sophos MDR. 

CRN's ARC Awards honor best-in-class technology vendors that are committed to growing the IT channel through technology innovation and partner relations. Winners are determined based on the results of an invitation-only survey, conducted by The Channel Company, of 3,300 North American solution providers. 68 vendors were evaluated.

"It’s an honor to recognize these vendors that regularly deliver industry-leading products and services to further successful channel partner relationships,” said Blaine Raddon, chief executive officer at The Channel Company. “In addition to showcasing our winners, CRN's Annual Report Card Awards give vendors useful input and insight into how they stand with partners that can be implemented into their channel strategies going forward.”

This is the latest in a series of CRN accolades for Sophos, which already this year has been named a CRN Tech Innovator and to CRN’s MES Midmarket 100 list. More than a dozen Sophos executives have also been recognized this year by CRN as the industry’s Most Influential Executives and top Channel Sales Leaders on the Top 100 Executives list; Women of the Channel; Inclusive Channel Leaders; and more. 

Winners of the CRN ARC Awards will be featured throughout The Channel Company’s XChange 2023 conference, taking place Aug. 20-22 in Nashville, Tenn. Coverage of the results can be found online at www.CRN.com/ARC and will be featured in the October 2023 issue of CRN Magazine.

Über Sophos

Sophos ist ein führender Anbieter im Bereich Cybersicherheit und schützt weltweit 600.000 Unternehmen mit einer KI-basierten Plattform und Experten-Services. Sophos begegnet Unternehmen unabhängig von ihrem Sicherheitsstatus auf Augenhöhe und entwickelt sich gemeinsam mit ihnen weiter, um Cyberangriffe abzuwehren. Die Lösungen kombinieren maschinelles Lernen, Automatisierung und Echtzeit-Bedrohungsinformationen mit der Expertise von Sophos X-Ops und bieten so fortschrittliche Bedrohungsüberwachung, -erkennung und -reaktion rund um die Uhr. Sophos bietet branchenführendes Managed Detection and Response (MDR) sowie ein umfassendes Portfolio an Cybersicherheitstechnologien – darunter Endpoint-, Netzwerk-, E-Mail- und Cloud-Sicherheit, Extended Detection and Response (XDR), Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) und SIEM der nächsten Generation. Zusammen mit den Fachberatungsdienstleistungen der Sophos-Experten helfen diese Funktionen Unternehmen, Risiken proaktiv zu reduzieren und schneller zu reagieren – inklusive der nötigen Transparenz und Skalierbarkeit, um den sich entwickelnden Bedrohungen immer einen Schritt voraus zu sein. Sophos agiert mit einem globalen Partnernetzwerk, das Managed Service Provider (MSPs), Managed Security Service Provider (MSSPs), Reseller und Distributoren, Marktplatzintegrationen sowie Cyber-Risikopartner umfasst. Dadurch haben Organisationen die Flexibilität, bei der Absicherung ihrer Unternehmenswerte auf vertrauensvolle Partnerschaften zurückzugreifen. Der Hauptsitz von Sophos befindet sich in Oxford, Großbritannien. Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter www.sophos.de.