Sophos Launches MDR Solution for Microsoft Defender
Emma Okonji
Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, has launched Sophos Managed Detection and Response (MDR) for Microsoft Defender, a fully-managed offering that provides the industry’s most robust threat response capabilities for organisations using Microsoft Security.
Sophos MDR for Microsoft Defender adds a critical layer of 24/7 protection across the Microsoft Security suite of endpoint, SIEM, identity, cloud, and other solutions to safeguard against data breaches, ransomware and other active adversary cyberattacks.
Senior Vice President, Products and Managed Services at Sophos, Raja Patel, said: “Baseline security technology alone is not enough to defeat determined attackers who willfind a way in, as evidenced by the cases our incident response team manages. Attackers are extremely persistent, and organisations need a human layer of security to conduct threat hunts, identify attacker behaviors attempting to evade security tools, and respond to stop attacks with speed and precision.”
Pate added: “Rather than forcing them to rip and replace existing technologies, we support organizations with what they need, how and where they need it – regardless of what security solutions they already use. For channel partners delivering Microsoft Security offerings, there’s tremendous opportunity to ensure customers are fully protected and maximizing value from their existing deployments.”
Sophos MDR for Microsoft Defender integrates telemetry from a broad range of Microsoft Security tools. Unlike other MDR offerings that limit support to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint or Microsoft Sentinel and provide minimal threat response capabilities, Sophos MDR fortifies the broader Microsoft Security suite, including: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint; Microsoft Defender for Identity; Microsoft Defender for Cloud; Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps; Identity Protection (Azure Active Directory); Office 365 Security and Compliance Center; Microsoft Sentinel; and Office 365 Management Activity.
