Sophos Named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Managed Detection and Response Services for Midmarket 2026

Sophos, a global cybersecurity leader, today announced it has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Managed Detection and Response Services for Midmarket 2026 Vendor Assessment. IDC MarketScape evaluates managed detection and response (MDR) providers based on their capabilities and strategies for helping organizations identify, investigate and respond to cybersecurity threats.

Sophos MDR delivers threat detection, investigation and response through a globally distributed security operations model twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Backed by Sophos X-Ops threat intelligence and advanced AI capabilities, the service helps organizations strengthen cyber defenses while maximizing existing security investments.

"We believe this recognition reflects our continued focus on helping organizations achieve stronger cybersecurity outcomes through intelligence-led security operations, flexible service delivery and an open security ecosystem," said Rob Harrison, senior vice president of product management at Sophos. "Organizations today face increasingly sophisticated threats alongside growing operational complexity. Sophos MDR combines AI-powered security operations with human expertise to help customers detect and respond to threats quickly and effectively. As cyberattacks become faster and more coordinated, Sophos Fusion extends these capabilities through a connected, AI-native cybersecurity defense system that enables organizations to benefit from shared intelligence, synchronized security operations and agentic AI."

According to the IDC MarketScape: "Organizations of any size seeking a managed detection and response service with deep proprietary threat intelligence, flexible co-management engagement models, and a vendor-agnostic platform that accommodates existing security investments should evaluate Sophos's MDR offering."

As the world’s largest agentic security operations center (SOC), Sophos MDR secures more than 40,000 customers worldwide and is built to support both Sophos and third-party telemetry sources across endpoints, networks, cloud, email and identity environments. Customers can choose the level of engagement that best fits their needs, ranging from notification-only support to collaborative investigations and full response authorization. Modular capabilities, including Exposure Management, Next-Gen SIEM and Identity Threat Detection and Response, enable organizations to expand security operations as requirements evolve.

Sophos MDR is powered by Sophos X-Ops, which brings together threat intelligence, threat hunting, detection engineering and managed service delivery. The Sophos X-Ops Counter Threat Unit (CTU) tracks ransomware groups, initial access brokers and nation-state adversaries, generating intelligence that feeds directly into detections, threat hunts and response playbooks. Combined with visibility across more than 625,000 defended organizations worldwide, this intelligence helps Sophos rapidly transform emerging threat insights into protections and response actions.

We believe the recognition comes as Sophos continues to advance its AI-native cybersecurity strategy through Sophos Fusion, the company's AI-native Cybersecurity Defense System. Sophos Fusion brings together endpoint, network security, email, cloud, identity, security operations (XDR, MDR, Next-Gen SIEM) and advisory services within a single connected architecture designed to strengthen cyber resilience through shared intelligence, synchronized operations and agentic AI.

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About IDC MarketScape

IDC MarketScape vendor assessment model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of technology and service suppliers in a given market. The research utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each supplier's position within a given market. IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of technology suppliers can be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective suppliers.

IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Managed Detection and Response Services for Midmarket 2026 Vendor Assessment, # US52992326 , July 2026.