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May 2017 – Sophos’ next-gen XG Firewall receives a five star rating. SC Magazine calls it a “Very creative convergence of a lot of solid functionality.”

June 2017 - Sophos recognized as a Leader in the 2017 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified Threat Management.

Sophos is the Overall Winner for Data Security and the Overall Winner for Network Security. Sophos also won the Product Innovation sub-category for Endpoint Security. Read more here.

June 2017 - Sophos recognized as a Visionary in the 2017 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Mobility Management.

May 2017 - Sophos recognized as a Top Player in the 2017 The Radicati Group: Corporate Web Security - Market Quadrant 2017.

March 2017 - Sophos recognized as a Top Player in the 2017 The Radicati Group: Enterprise Mobility Management - Market Quadrant 2017.

January 2018 - Sophos recognized as a Leader in the 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms.

Sophos wins Security Vendor of the Year by Channelnomics for its strategy and commitment to the channel.

“Along with recognition for its channel focus, Sophos also caught the judges’ attention for its products, including its most recent launch in September of the Sophos Intercept X – part of the vendor’s ‘synchronized security’ strategy. The strategy, which one Sophos partner describes as a “game changer,” enables Sophos endpoint and Sophos network security products to directly share information for faster responses to security events.” Read more here.

Sophos Email wins Product of the Year by CRN. The cloud-based solution is votes Best Security for Web and Email by solutions providers and takes the Overall Winner award for the category. Read more here. 

Sophos Intercept X is a awarded Finalist for CRN’s Product of the Year, Endpoint category. Read more here. 

Sophos Synchronized Security wins the Security Network category of CRN’s annual award for innovation. Read more here.

Sophos Mobile Control receives five stars and the "Best Buy" award by SC Magazine, beating AirWatch, IBM and Citrix. Read more here.

March 2016 – Sophos’ XG 135w next-gen firewall receives the 5-Star, A-List product award. PC Pro Magazine calls it "a highly versatile UTM appliance combining top performance with stunningly good value."

October 2017 - See how Sophos once again provides a solution to all scenarios in the Gartner Market Guide for Information-Centric Endpoint and Mobile Protection

June 2015 – The Sophos SG Series won the Best UTM Solution at SC Magazine Europe 2015, beating out Fortinet, Check Point, and Barracuda.

October 2016 - Sophos recognized as leader in the The Forrester Wave^TM: Endpoint Security Suites, Q4 2016* report.