Wiesbaden, Germany — Aprile 25, 2023 —

Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today announced that it has expanded its Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service with a dedicated team of threat experts in Germany. The new specialists have joined Sophos’ existing MDR team, which consists of security analysts, threat hunters, responders, and other cybersecurity experts who are located around the world. Working together to share threat intelligence, the team provides fully managed 24/7 MDR services that detect, disrupt and remediate cyberattacks targeting companies. The team’s experts are trained to monitor every step of the attack chain to prevent and respond to intruders before they can steal data or execute ransomware.

"Germany has long been recognized as a leader in technology and innovation, making it an ideal location for our newest group of MDR experts,” says Mat Gangwer, vice president, Managed Threat Response at Sophos. “With its robust economy, leading data protection regulations, and focus on cybersecurity, the German market is perfectly aligned with our mission to provide best-in-class Managed Detection and Response services that protect organizations from active adversaries. By opening a dedicated team in Germany, we are better positioned to address the unique security needs of our customers in the region and across the globe. Our expansion into the strong German market also signifies a milestone for our growing MDR services group which already protects more than 16,000  customers."

In addition to MDR, Sophos provides real-time emergency Incident Response (IR) services to organizations that are under active attack and need immediate help neutralizing and ejecting adversaries with a data breach or ransomware as an end game in mind. Sophos Incident Response is listed in the official list of qualified APT response service providers (Advanced Persistent Threat) for KRITIS companies from the Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (Federal Institution for Cybersecurity).

Both of Sophos’ MDR and IR experts contribute to and leverage Sophos X-Ops, a cross-operational threat and cybersecurity intelligence team with more than 500 specialists from SophosLabs, Sophos SecOps and SophosAI. The new German MDR team will have access to important threat intelligence from Sophos X-Ops and will likewise share its regional data with Sophos X-Ops and other Sophos cybersecurity specialists worldwide.

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.