Sophos

Sophos MDR, XDR, Endpoint, and Firewall all earned the #1 Overall rating by verified customer reviews in the G2 Fall 2026 Reports. Being ranked #1 in one category proves a product works. Being ranked #1 across four proves the defense system does. Sophos Fusion connects your Sophos tools and your other security tools into one view, so a signal one product sees becomes an action every other product can take. Each category wins on its own. The system makes every one of them worth more. Thank you to everyone who left a review. See the full G2 Fall 2026 results: https://lnkd.in/engx4iVH

The next wave of AI-enabled attacks won't wait for anyone to catch up. From the businesses that keep the economy running to the critical infrastructure we all depend on, the targets are already under pressure. Defending them is bigger than any one vendor.   Sophos has joined more than 100 organizations in signing a call for collective action on cyber defense: raise security standards, share verified fixes, and get capable AI to defenders before attackers set the pace.   Read the open letter: https://lnkd.in/gFeKj4Q7

Adversaries aren't breaking into school IT systems. They're logging in. Identity-based techniques were behind 85% of ransomware attacks on education institutions this year, above the 79% cross-sector average. Malicious email, phishing, stolen credentials, brute force: the front door is the login page. The Sophos State of Ransomware in Education 2026 report shows the damage doesn't stop at the breach. Recovery costs now average $2.26 million, well above the $1.7 million cross-sector figure, and education institutions are roughly twice as likely as other sectors to need one to three months to fully recover. Lower education fared worst, with 31% down for a month or more. Read the full report for what's driving longer recovery times, how institutions are restoring data, and what the numbers reveal about ransomware's real cost to education. 📖 https://lnkd.in/eRXxg_MN

⏱️ 84 seconds. That's how long it took Sophos MDR to detect and contain a business email compromise attack after an attacker bypassed MFA using a stolen session token. The attack started with a phishing email. It quickly escalated into inbox manipulation designed to intercept supplier communications and enable payment fraud. See how AI-powered detection and expert-led response worked together to stop the attack before damage was done: https://lnkd.in/eNMq35q9

Attackers found an easier play than building AI-powered malware: impersonating the AI tools everyone already wants. A year of Sophos X-Ops MDR casework shows most confirmed AI-related incidents were brand abuse, fake Claude installers, malicious AI-themed browser extensions, and credential phishing dressed up in AI branding. The AI name does the social engineering. The payload behind it is malware your existing controls already know how to catch. Read the research: https://lnkd.in/gaq5cipr

You hired SOC analysts to think, not to triage. The best security minds on your team shouldn't be buried in alert queues. They should be hunting, investigating, and making the calls that machines can't. The traditional SOC bolted AI onto the same structure and called it transformation. We rebuilt the structure itself. AI absorbs the volume, and senior analysts own the judgment: novel threats, high-stakes calls, and governing the systems that work for them. See how Sophos MDR handles it: https://lnkd.in/d367KWVK

The people around you can change the trajectory of your career. In our latest #3MinuteMeet, Alina Cirlova reflects on the mentorship, encouragement, and opportunities that have helped her grow at Sophos. From a fast promotion to Commercial Account Manager to building a successful territory, she credits much of that growth to leaders and colleagues who challenged her, believed in her, and invested in her development. It's a reminder of what makes Sophos special: a culture where growth is supported, learning is encouraged, and success is shared. Thanks for bringing your drive and energy to Sophos, Alina 💙 #SophosLife

2026 is the inflection point for AI-enabled cybercrime. Frontier and open-weight models are now capable enough to delegate real engineering work, and rising accessibility shifts the opportunity, and the risk, for defenders and threat actors alike. Alex Rose breaks down key findings from our latest threat report, drawing on Sophos MDR and IR casework, SophosLabs analysis, and Sophos CTU intelligence, informed by the 625,000+ organizations Sophos defends worldwide. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ekj_GqaZ

Operating across international waters. Serving the global oil and gas industry. That's the world Zakher Marine International (ZMI Holdings) works in every day. When your operations span that many borders, jurisdictions, and maritime authorities, "where do our risks actually come from" is anything but simple. Onshore or offshore, ZMI needed to understand all of it, and know they had eyes on it around the clock. "Sophos serves as our security operations center. It augments the gap in skill sets or resources that we have in house." — Aditya Kaushik, ICT Director, ZMI Holdings Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/e4tMDcDh

🏀 I play basketball. So does LeBron James. That doesn't make us the same player. Right now, every vendor in cybersecurity claims to run an "agentic SOC" or "agentic MDR." The claims sound identical. Ask one level deeper, what does the workflow actually look like, what's the operating model, and the gap gets obvious fast. Summarizing a case or suggesting a next step is a fine start, but it's early. The real bar is a digital teammate that works alongside your analysts, takes handoffs, and carries investigations end to end. So before you take "agentic" at face value, ask your provider to define it. The answers won't line up. .Dave Mareels. breaks it down on the latest CyberLab podcast. [Link in comments]