Chief Executive Officer Kris Hagerman and Senior Vice President Kendra Krause Named CRN Top 100 Executives; Vice President Scott Barlow Named a Top Gun 51 Executive by Channel Partners

Burlington, MA — July 31, 2019 —

Sophos (LSE: SOPH), a global leader in network and endpoint security, announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Sophos Chief Executive Officer Kris Hagerman and Senior Vice President of Global Channels Kendra Krause to its 2019 list of Top 100 Executives. Hagerman is also honored as one of CRN's 25 most influential executives and Krause is called out as a top 25 channel sales leader for the third consecutive year. These annual CRN awards recognize executives who are the IT channel's most effective leaders in influencing and driving the industry through cultural transformation, technology innovation and revenue growth.

Channel Partners also named Vice President of Global MSP Business Scott Barlow a Top Gun 51 executive for driving MSP partner success. Nominated by industry peers, Barlow tops the list as "one of the most customer-centric channel executives" and for "helping partners up their MSSP games."

"Sophos leads the market in delivering the most comprehensive and integrated portfolio of next generation cybersecurity solutions to protect against complex threats," said Hagerman. "Our world-class, channel-best leaders are unwavering in their commitment to ensuring partner success, and these awards are validation that we're arming partners with the industry's best cybersecurity solutions and technical expertise needed to meet customer's evolving needs."

The accolades are the latest in a recent series of channel recognitions. Already in 2019, 11 Sophos executives were named CRN Women of the Channel – the most from any dedicated IT security company – and six executives were named CRN Channel Chiefs. Sophos was also awarded Best Security Offering in Channel Partner Insight's 2019 MSP Innovation Awards.

"The IT channel is rapidly growing and navigating this fast-paced market often challenges solution providers and technology suppliers alike," said Bob Skelley, CEO of The Channel Company. "The technology executives on CRN's 2019 Top 100 Executives list understand the IT channel's potential. They provide strategic and visionary leadership and unparalleled guidance to keep the IT channel moving in the right direction — regardless of the challenges that come their way."

The CRN Top 100 Executives list will be featured in the August 2019 issue of CRN Magazine and online at www.CRN.com/Top100. Channel Partner's Top Gun 51 list is also available online at https://www.channelpartnersonline.com/gallery/top-gun-51.

About Sophos

Sophos is a global leader and innovator of advanced security solutions that defeat cyberattacks, including Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and incident response services and a broad portfolio of endpoint, network, email, and cloud security technologies. As one of the largest pure-play cybersecurity providers, Sophos defends more than 600,000 organizations and more than 100 million users worldwide from active adversaries, ransomware, phishing, malware, and more. Sophos’ services and products connect through the Sophos Central management console and are powered by Sophos X-Ops, the company’s cross-domain threat intelligence unit. Sophos X-Ops intelligence optimizes the entire Sophos Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem, which includes a centralized data lake that leverages a rich set of open APIs available to customers, partners, developers, and other cybersecurity and information technology vendors. Sophos provides cybersecurity-as-a-service to organizations needing fully managed security solutions. Customers can also manage their cybersecurity directly with Sophos’ security operations platform or use a hybrid approach by supplementing their in-house teams with Sophos’ services, including threat hunting and remediation. Sophos sells through reseller partners and managed service providers (MSPs) worldwide. Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com.