Excels in Ability to Detect Sophisticated Threats with Speed and Precision

OXFORD, U.K. — Novembre 9, 2022 —

 Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today announced that Sophos Managed Detection and Response (MDR) successfully reported malicious activity across all 10 MITRE ATT&CK® steps in the first-ever independent MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK® Evaluation for security service providers. Sophos MDR was evaluated with 15 vendors, excelling in its ability to detect sophisticated threats with speed and precision.

“The complexity and sophistication of today’s cyberthreats make it increasingly difficult for most organizations to manage it effectively on their own, and the need for managed security service partners that can not only proactively and in real-time detect threats but also respond to them on their behalf is critical,” said Mat Gangwer, vice president of operations for Sophos MDR. “MITRE Engenuity is fulfilling a vital industry need for threat-informed evaluation methodologies and publicly available results that enable organizations’ security leaders to assess managed services providers with transparency to ensure trust and alignment. Vendor participation is essential, as the only way we can improve industry defenses is in doing so collectively."

The MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK Evaluation for security service providers evaluated Sophos MDR and other vendors’ abilities to detect and analyze attack tactics and techniques simulating those used by OilRig, an Iranian government-affiliated threat actor – also known as APT34 and Helix Kitten. OilRig relies on social engineering, stolen credentials and supply chain attacks to target organizations across critical infrastructure, government, financial services, and other industries, and was chosen as the evaluation threat actor based on its evasion and persistence techniques, complexity and relevancy to industry. Unlike MITRE Engenuity’s ATT&CK Evaluations for Enterprise, which follow an open book methodology where participating vendors know in advance the adversary being emulated, the managed services evaluation did not disclose the adversary group or the technique scope.

More than 12,600 organizations rely on Sophos MDR for 24/7 threat hunting, detection and response delivered by an expert team as a fully-managed service. The recently expanded service now provides compatibility with third-party security technologies, integrating telemetry from endpoint, firewall, cloud, identity, email, and other vendor’s security solutions as part of the Sophos Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem.

Informazioni su Sophos

Sophos è un’azienda leader nell’ambito della cybersecurity e protegge 600.000 organizzazioni in tutto il mondo con una piattaforma basata sull’IA e servizi a cura di esperti. Sophos viene incontro alle esigenze delle organizzazioni, adattandosi al loro livello di maturità di sicurezza informatica e crescendo insieme ai clienti per tutelarli dai cyberattacchi. La sua soluzione offre la combinazione ottimale tra machine learning, automazione e dati di intelligence sulle minacce in tempo reale, aggiungendo le competenze umane degli esperti del team Sophos X-Ops, che lavorano in prima linea per garantire monitoraggio, rilevamento e risposta alle minacce 24/7.
Sophos offre un servizio di Managed Detection and Response (MDR) leader di settore, nonché una linea completa di tecnologie di sicurezza, tra cui soluzioni per la protezione di endpoint, rete, e-mail e cloud, nonché Extended Detection and Response (XDR), rilevamento delle minacce all’identità (Identity Threat Detection and Response, ITDR) e SIEM next-gen. Unite a servizi di consulenza a cura di esperti, queste funzionalità aiutano le organizzazioni a ridurre proattivamente il rischio e a rispondere in maniera più tempestiva, ottenendo il giusto livello di visibilità e scalabilità richiesto per tenersi un passo avanti rispetto a minacce in continua evoluzione.
La strategia go-to-market di Sophos si basa su un ecosistema di Partner che include Managed Service Provider (MSP), Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP), Rivenditori e Distributori, integrazioni per il marketplace, e Partner Cyber Risk; questa strategia offre alle organizzazioni la flessibilità di scegliere come stabilire rapporti di fiducia per la protezione della loro attività.  Sophos ha sede a Oxford, nel Regno Unito. Ulteriori informazioni sono disponibili su www.sophos.it.