We’re delighted to announce that Sophos has been named a Chief within the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Fashionable Endpoint Safety for Midsize Companies 2024 Vendor Evaluation.
This IDC MarketScape evaluates distributors primarily based on how their endpoint prevention, EDR, and MDR capabilities meet the wants of organizations with 100 – 2,499 staff.
In response to the IDC MarketScape analysis, “Sophos should be a strong consideration for midsize businesses seeking to reduce their number of core security vendors without sacrificing security efficacy”. Read the excerpt
“With their professional and managed security services, expanded product set, and ability to integrate with existing security investments, it’s clear that Sophos understands the needs and challenges of a midsize business,” stated Michael Suby, analysis vice chairman, Safety & Belief, IDC. “Sophos’s comprehensive approach from prevention through recovery places Sophos on the shortlist of midsize businesses looking for an established and effective partner for security.”
Safety-first strategy
We imagine our continued concentrate on preventative safety is a key contributor to Sophos’ place as a Chief on this analysis. It gives a sturdy basis for the Sophos XDR resolution and the Sophos MDR service. Sophos delivers sturdy menace safety to considerably scale back the detection and response workload for IT admins and safety analysts.
The IDC MarketScape notes, “Sophos recently added several new capabilities: adaptive attack protection, critical attack warning, and data protection and recovery. Adaptive attack protection, introduced in early 2023, is a demonstration of Sophos’ means to disrupt hands-on-keyboard attackers while minimizing potential disruption to legitimate operations.”
The report additionally notes, “Sophos includes an expansive set of protection technologies (host-based firewall and IDS/IPS, device control, DLP, and encryption) as standard features in its endpoint security offering.”
In depth and appropriate safety platform and ecosystem
The Sophos safety platform combines an expansive portfolio of merchandise and managed safety companies with compatibility with an in depth suite of third-party options. Organizations can detect and reply to threats utilizing a single unified platform, leveraging the know-how they want from Sophos or connecting their current cybersecurity applied sciences.
“For the many midsize businesses and VARs serving midsized business that are struggling with SecOps staffing and maturity, Sophos offers the means to overcome this challenge without forcing a full vendor swap.”
We proceed to develop and diversify strategic and know-how partnerships to allow organizations to scale back cyber threat additional. Recognizing this strategy, the IDC MarketScape refers to our expanded partnerships with cyber insurance coverage suppliers, serving to midsize companies tackle potential challenges in searching for insurance coverage protection.
Get the excerpt
To study extra about why Sophos was named a Chief within the 2024 IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Fashionable Endpoint Safety for Midsize Companies, read the excerpt here.
Extra Sophos buyer and analyst validation
Sophos’ recognition as a Chief on this IDC MarketScape comes on the heels of a number of buyer endorsements and third-party validations, together with:
IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Fashionable Endpoint Safety for Midsize Companies (Doc ##US50521323, February 2024).
Author: Doug Aamoth
Date: 2024-02-07 13:51:16
