Sophos Protected Classroom

The first comprehensive cybersecurity solution designed for modern, multi-device K-12 schools

YOUR CHALLENGES

Keeping schools and universities secure, 24/7/365

From endpoint and network protection to managed detection and response, our blend of tech solutions and human-led threat hunting elevates your cyber defenses, frees up IT capacity, and adds expertise without adding headcount.

Sophos Solutions for Education

Learn more about Chromebook and Google Workspace security

Sophos Solutions for Education

Learn more about Chromebook and Google Workspace security

Stop ransomware in its tracks

Stop ransomware before it can compromise data and disrupt school operations.

Overcome resource gaps and budget constraints

Extend your IT department with a 24/7 team of threat response experts.

Detect attacks targeting Chromebooks

Stop attacks involving Chromebooks, security cameras, and other IoT devices.

Easily meet compliance requirements

Address compliance requirements for CIRCIA, CIPA, COPPA, FERPA, and HIPAA.

Secure student, faculty, and staff data on and off campus

With Sophos Protected Classroom, you’ll have access to a fully managed 24/7 service delivered by experts who detect and respond to cyberattacks targeting your computers, servers, networks, cloud workloads, email accounts, and more.

Reduce the risks and costs associated with security incidents and data breaches.
Maximize ROI and visibility across your environment by leveraging the tools and technologies you already use.
Boost your cyber insurance eligibility and unlock discounts on qualifying solutions
Choose the level of support you need to ensure complete protection across your entire network, right down to individual devices.

Special education pricing, plus E-rate eligibility

Sophos offers schools special discounted pricing to ensure you can deliver uncompromised cybersecurity and support uninterrupted learning while meeting the unique budget requirements of educational institutions.

With the FCC Cybersecurity Pilot Program, Sophos’ full solution portfolio is now E-rate eligible. Schools and libraries can maximize their budgets and defend against today’s evolving cyber threats.

When comparing eligible cybersecurity options, it's crucial to consider features that offer the most value and protection. Sophos solutions include unlimited incident response (IR) and remote ransomware remediation capabilities.

Sophos and the E-Rate Program

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Designed With Education Institutions in Mind

Sophos solutions to secure students, faculty, and data

Sophos offers the industry’s broadest suite of advanced cybersecurity products and services, all integrated via our Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem, and available to be managed by you or by our team of 24x7 elite threat analysts. Each standalone product is made more powerful and effective by the data shared across the platform. You choose the level of support you need to ensure you have complete protection across your entire network, right down to individual devices.

Sophos Managed Detection and Response (MDR)

Scalable, open cybersecurity for education IT teams
Integrates easily with tools your institution already uses, like Microsoft Defender and Google Workspace
Works alongside existing endpoint protection and firewall solutions to strengthen your security posture.
Provides unlimited incident response and proactive response actions — reducing the burden on your campus IT staff.

Sophos Endpoint Protection

Sophos Encryption

Sophos Mobile

Sophos Extended Detection and Response

Sophos Firewall

Sophos Cloud Security

Sophos Managed Detection and Response

Sophos ZTNA

See how we help our customers

Shore

Sophos gives Shore’s IT team time and confidence to focus on education, with Managed Risk and MDR delivering continuous protection and full network visibility.

School District

Sophos secures and speeds up computers for large school district, saving thousands of labor hours for the IT Team

Tanglin Trust School

The school needed to manage and protect a wide range of computers, laptops, and other digital devices from cyberattacks for students and staff. Sophos protects a total of 1,400 digital assets, and it blocked more than 120 threats in one month.

Christ University

The university required a secure firewall, which could also act as a control center for all of its 60 servers across its campuses in Bangalore, Lavasa, and Ghaziabad along with a robust system that could handle student and staff devices as part of its bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policy.

Ransomware defense for educational institutions

For the best ransomware defense, including remote ransomware, deploy Sophos Endpoint on all your institutions devices and use Sophos MDR or Sophos XDR to detect and respond to advanced, human-led attacks. Further extend your protection with Sophos Email, Sophos Firewall, and Sophos NDR.

70% of successful ransomware attacks utilize the remote ransomware tactic according to Microsoft 2024 Digital Defense report.

The State of Ransomware in Education 2025

Key survey findings:

Phishing the most common technical root cause of attacks on lower education, exploited vulnerabilities most common for higher education
A lack of expertise was the most common operational root cause of attacks on lower education, unknown security gaps most common for higher education
29% of attacks on lower education and 58% of attacks on higher education resulted in data encryption
50% in lower and 54% in higher education paid the ransom to recover data; 59% and 47% used backups for data recovery, respectively
Average recovery cost: $2.2M in lower education (highest recorded of all industries surveyed) and $0.9M in higher education
Increased pressure from senior leadership the most cited repercussion of ransomware attacks on IT/cybersecurity teams within the sector

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