Sophos Whitepapers

Read this whitepaper to discover how Sophos MDR leverages Microsoft and third-party alerts to accelerate threat detection and response and the superior outcomes enjoyed by organizations running Sophos MDR.

Read our whitepaper to learn about the NIS2 requirements and what they mean for your organization.

Sophos conducted a survey of 3,000 cybersecurity/IT professionals that reveals the level of cyber insurance adoption in 2023, the role of cyber defenses in securing coverage and more. 

Read this whitepaper, to understand the features and benefits of Sophos NDR and why it should be a fundamental component of any organization's security operations

This report reveals the reality of securing an organization from cyberthreats in 2023 and the business impact of adversaries.

This IDC Perspectives highlights a real-world example of how a SMB leveraged Sophos MDR to address their most common pain points and, more importantly, achieve outcome-based security.

Read this report to discover how Sophos MDR protects financial service providers against cyberthreats.

Read this report to discover how Sophos MDR protects manufacturing sector providers against cyberthreats.

Read this report to discover how Sophos MDR protects state and local governments against cyberthreats.

Read this report to discover how Sophos MDR protects lower education sector against cyberthreats

Read this report to discover how Sophos MDR protects K-12 education providers against cyberthreats

Read this report to discover how Sophos MDR protects higher education providers against cyberthreats

Read this report to discover how Sophos MDR protects retail organizations from cyberthreats.

Read this report to discover the cybersecurity challenges facing the healthcare sector today and how Sophos MDR protects them for cyberthreats.

Learn why many thousands of small businesses use Sophos MDR to protect them from today’s advanced cyberthreats

With a continually changing threat landscape and limited budgets, securing public authorities in Scotland against cyber-attacks requires a collaborative team effort.

Sophos is the top-ranked vendor and sole leader in the latest Omdia Universe for Comprehensive XDR (CXDR), with the highest rating for both capabilities and customer experience.

The Sophos 2023 Threat Report documents the latest cyberthreat trends over the last year and provides the insights you need to defend against evolving attacks.

Independent schools are very attractive to cybercriminals with 61% of independent schools in the UK experiencing a cyber-attack in the preceding five years.

According to Sophos data, the average ransomware pay-out made by manufacturers in 2021 was $2 million, which was higher than any other sector.

Technology underpins everything in education from both a teaching and operational perspective.

The use of technology is absolutely critical for the delivery of successful patient care.

Is your network security optimally configured to protect against these devastating attacks? Read this guide to learn how ransomware attacks work.

Organizations are increasingly turning to managed detection and response (MDR) services to detect and neutralize advanced, human-led attacks that technology solutions alone cannot prevent.

The Active Adversary Playbook 2022 details the main adversaries, tools, and attack behaviors seen in the wild during 2021 by Sophos’ frontline incident responders.

The retail sector is one of the most highly targeted verticals in terms of cyber and social engineering attacks.

Dieser Solution Brief wurde in Zusammenarbeit mit Rechtsanwalt Andreas Daum, LL.M. (LSE) von Noerr Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB erstellt.

Sophos named a Leader in all four evaluation categories

Discover how the experience of obtaining cyber insurance coverage has changed over the last year, and how cyber insurance is driving changes to cyber defenses.

The practice of threat hunting has become critical in stopping today’s elusive human-led cyber threats – but it isn’t easy.

This guide will show you the key protection features that all server protection solutions should have, as well as scenarios to consider, questions to ask when choosing your solution and how different vendors stack up feature-wise.

With increased remote working and the move to zero-trust environments, organizations need a replacement for their aging, vulnerable VPNs. Enter Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA).

Your users are the weakest link in your fight against phishing, but you can teach them how to spot – and avoid – phishing emails with this free Sophos anti-phishing toolkit.

Did you know 30% of phishing emails are opened? Your users are the weakest link in your fight against phishing, but you can teach them how to spot – and avoid – phishing emails with this free Sophos anti-phishing toolkit.

With data worth billions of dollars in the form of IP, R&D, and patient and clinical trials information, the pharmaceutical sector is also increasingly attractive to cyber attackers.

Fortunately, in this report, Rob Collins, specialist systems engineer for Sophos Managed Threat Response and Rapid Response, shares seven key lessons learned by breach victims to help you better defend your organization and avoid becoming a victim yourself.

This paper examines the top reasons why many organizations are switching from traditional remote access VPN to Zero Trust Network Access. 

Organizations are moving to the cloud faster than ever, adopting new, agile technologies and processes that transform the business and enhance remote working experiences. Its crucial to build security into your migration plan to secure data, infrastructure, and employees—no matter where they are.

Discover the 8 essential steps every IT team can follow to make cybersecurity investment a priority for the company board.

Learn about how likely the manufacturing sector is to report a loss of business or revenue due to attacks and how this sector stacks up against other industries.

While the cloud frees your business from the tethers of physical infrastructure, workers accessing networks from a variety of devices and environments can inadvertently leave your organization vulnerable to security breaches.

Spinning up new instances in Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is simple. The hard part is keeping track of the data, workloads, and architecture changes in those environments and keeping everything secure.

Is your endpoint protection solution optimally configured to protect against these devastating attacks?

Read the report to discover the impact of ransomware on financial service providers.

Read this report to get the latest insights into phishing based on an independent survey of 5,400 IT professionals at the IT frontline around the globe.

Read the report to discover the impact of ransomware on retail organizations.

What’s the best approach to protecting your data on AWS and your business from ransomware?

Read this guide to learn how Sophos technologies and services that can help reduce your premiums and lower your risk.

Read the report to discover the impact of ransomware on both lower education (up to 18 years) and higher education (above 18 years) providers over the last 12 months.

Few would dispute that the last 12 months has been the most difficult period for the education sector since 1948.

Read the report to discover the impact of ransomware on state and local government organizations over the last 12 months

Read this whitepaper to know the most significant supply chain threats for the UK finance sector and the best practices to mitigate risk.

5,400 IT professionals explain how cybersecurity changed over 2020, and future plans for both in-house and outsourced IT security teams.

At Sophos, our expert-led threat response team uses a proven framework that helps you holistically address cybersecurity across the organization. Review the blueprint today!

Read the report to discover the impact of ransomware on healthcare organizations over the last 12 months, including:

Severe cyberattacks were something organisations in the UK housing sector didn’t need to worry about. Today, a few years on, and predatory cybercrime has spread to affect every type and size of a housing association.

The Sophos Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem (ACE) leverages automation and analysts to create protection that continuously improves - a virtuous cycle that is constantly learning and advancing.

Supply chain attacks are notoriously difficult to detect. Read this report to learn the role of cybersecurity technology and services in minimizing supply chain risk

This guide is essential reading for anyone thinking about endpoint detection and response (EDR).

Read this beginner’s guide for an introduction to Extended Detection and Response and how Sophos can help.

Download this whitepaper to learn how Sophos helps healthcare organizations address today’s cybersecurity challenges without impacting patient care.

Sophos and Tech Research Australia (TRA) have collaborated again to bring you the third edition of the Future of Cybersecurity in Asia Pacific and Japan report.

Read this paper for a detailed explanation of the critical features that all next-gen firewalls need to keep your organization’s network secure, and see how Sophos Firewall delivers on every single one.

Your users - and the resources they use - are in multiple locations. IT teams are tasked with enabling everyone to work securely in an increasingly distributed environment.

Read our whitepaper to understand why a multi-layered approach works together to not only provide XDR and MDR security capabilities but also deliver strong data and cybersecurity for your organisation.

Distributed organizations must link together sites spread over large geographical distances to exchange information and deliver applications. The traditional solution, multi-protocol label switching (MPLS), is no longer the best solution.

Get to know the key capabilities of an endpoint protection solution and what you need to keep your organization secured against today's advanced threats.

What’s the best way to stop a cyberattack from turning into a full-blown breach? Prepare in advance. Often, after an organization experiences a breach, they’ll realize they could have avoided a lot of cost, pain, and disruption if they had an incident response plan in place.

See how the different security vendors stack up.

Five customers share the real-world benefits of a Sophos cybersecurity system

See how the different MDR providers stack up.