Sophos CISO Advantage is now available for Managed Service Providers

In July, we introduced Sophos CISO Advantage and explained why partners should get ready to lead with security strategy. Today, we're pleased to announce that Sophos CISO Advantage is generally available.

Only about 1 in 10,000 organizations has a dedicated CISO, which leaves most small and mid-sized businesses without dedicated security leadership. Increasingly, they turn to their MSP to fill that role.

Our new research confirms it. In the Sophos MSP Perspectives 2026 report, 88% of MSPs said more than 20% of their customers look to them to act as their CISO. On average, MSPs estimate that 46% of their customers rely on them for this kind of leadership. And 84% expect demand for CISO services to increase over the next 12 months.

The demand is real.  However, most MSPs still deliver this work informally as an ad hoc value-add, without the structure or data to turn it into a defined, billable strategy service. Sophos CISO Advantage gives you the structure to change that.

What Is Sophos CISO Advantage?

Sophos CISO Advantage is a strategic management solution that helps MSPs monetize and scale cybersecurity consultancy services. It is a service you deliver, not a tool you resell. It gives your customers a clear baseline, a prioritized roadmap, and the confidence to make informed security investment decisions.

Sophos CISO Advantage replaces assumptions with validated, framework-mapped evidence of how controls are performing. This evidence is structured, prioritized by contextual importance, and presented in language that holds up in front of a board, an auditor, or an insurer. By translating complex assessment data into clear business reporting, it bridges the gap between IT and the boardroom.

Sophos CISO Advantage is delivered through Sophos Fusion, our AI-Native Cybersecurity Defense System. Agentic AI runs the assessment, analysis, and reporting. You own the strategy and the customer outcomes.

Why Sophos CISO Advantage matters for your business

Turn strategic advice into recurring revenue

You already provide security leadership, risk guidance and compliance support. Sophos CISO Advantage packages that expertise into a defined service you can charge for. Start with a one-time baseline assessment, then grow it into an ongoing improvement program with quarterly reassessments and progress reviews that show measurable results.

Create pipeline from inside the engagement

Every assessment surfaces security gaps, and every gap becomes a defined action plan. That puts you in the best position to deliver what comes next, through your own services and solutions, including the Sophos control points already at your fingertips in Fusion. That's pipeline from inside the engagement, not from a cold call.

Scale without adding headcount

Delivering security leadership across many customers is operationally demanding. The Sophos MSP Perspective Report reveals that 53% of MSPs manage compliance and CISO-type activities across multiple tools, and 55% still rely on manual effort to combine data and finalize customer reports. 

Sophos CISO Advantage standardizes assessment, reporting, and roadmap in one system, reducing management overhead. Less experienced team members can start making meaningful service delivery contribute after three to four hours of included onboarding.

Turn compliance into a growth engine

Compliance increasingly shapes how customers spend. In the Sophos MSP Perspective Report, MSPs say compliance influences 50% of their customers' cybersecurity purchasing decisions on average. Yet while 99% of MSPs provide some level of compliance service, just 6% offer the full set of seven compliance services measured in the survey. Sophos CISO Advantage gives you a structured way to close that gap and turn compliance-led demand into a long-term advisory relationship.

What's included?

Sophos CISO Advantage helps you move customers from "Where are we?" to "What should we do next?" Key capabilities include:

• Framework-aligned assessments that establish a clear baseline against industry frameworks such as NIST CSF and CIS.
• AI-powered scoring, gap analysis, and prioritized action plans that focus investment where it reduces the most risk.
• Multi-audience reporting with tailored outputs for technical teams, executives, and boards.
• Industry benchmarking that shows customers how they compare to their peers.
• Evidence storage and framework mapping to support compliance, audit, and cyber insurance requirements.

What makes Sophos CISO Advantage different?

Sophos CISO Advantage gives customers evidence, not opinion: validated, framework-mapped proof of whether their controls are working, rather than a subjective assessment. Because it's built into Sophos Fusion, assessment, strategy, and remediation form one closed loop, so findings lead to action rather than a report that sits on a shelf. And with agentic AI handling the heavy lifting, you can deliver CISO-level rigor at machine scale, applying the same consistent standard across every customer. The judgment stays human; the speed comes from AI.

For partners who are already delivering a vCISO or compliance service, whether through their own methodology or another platform, Sophos CISO Advantage offers you a scalable way to standardize that practice across a larger customer base. Many advisory tools depend on manual input, senior expertise, and a compliance platform that tracks requirements without showing whether in-place security controls reduce real-world risk. Sophos CISO Advantage connects your advisory work to live security data from Sophos Fusion, so your consultants spend less time on manual assessment and reporting and more time on strategic customer engagement. 

How to Buy

MSPs can offer Sophos CISO Advantage as a monthly subscription through MSP Flex. It's also available as an annual Term license for services-focused resellers and for customers who manage their security strategy in-house.

Get Started

Sophos CISO Advantage brings strategic focus to customer relationships and enables you to lead existing conversations away from ad hoc delivery and towards long-term value. Start with the customers who would benefit most from strategic security guidance, compliance support, and executive-level reporting.  

Visit the Sophos Partner Portal (login required) for sales tools, enablement material, and assets to launch your own Sophos CISO Advantage service. You can also visit the Sophos website or contact your channel account manager.