Sophos

17 reports. 17 times a Leader. 👏 Sophos has been named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection... for the 17th consecutive report. Worth saying clearly: endpoint protection is not a commodity. Attackers are using AI and automation to find and exploit vulnerabilities faster than ever. In that environment, the endpoint tools that matter are the ones that stop exploits at the source, not the ones that catch them on the way out. Detection without prevention is just a faster incident report. We believe this recognition reflects what we've been building toward: AI-powered protection and exploit mitigation working as part of a broader Defense System, where endpoint, identity, network, email, and cloud share intelligence and respond together. Seventeen years in, the bar is still moving. So are we. Read the full report: https://lnkd.in/gJcFmtij

Replacement vs. re-architecture. Most vendors are selling the first. Sophos built the second. Today we released 12 months of production data from the world's largest agentic SOC — now defending 40,000 customers, up 39% YoY: → 89 seconds from case creation to fully automated response → 52% of MDR cases closed end-to-end by AI → Every customer on the same operating model, regardless of size The traditional SOC bolted AI onto the same tiered structure and called it transformation. We re-architected the SOC itself: AI absorbs the volume that consumed Tier 1 and most of Tier 2, while senior analysts shift to the work that requires their judgment — novel threats, high-stakes calls, threat hunting, and governance of the autonomous systems themselves. Human-on-the-loop where speed wins. Human-in-the-loop where context and business impact demand it. One operating model. Intelligence compounding across 40,000 customers. This is what re-architected security operations look like at scale: https://lnkd.in/gG9bhaVe

For the 17th consecutive report, Sophos has been named a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection. We couldn't have done it without the customers and partners who challenge us, trust us, and grow with us. Complimentary access to the full report is coming soon. Stay tuned. https://lnkd.in/gJcFmtij

Frontier AI has collapsed the window between vulnerability discovery and weaponization. But as Sophos' SVP of Product Management Kyle Falkenhagen puts it: "AI changes the speed of discovery and exploitation, but it does not fundamentally change how attacks succeed." Attackers still need to bypass protections, steal credentials, and move laterally to deliver ransomware. That's the opening defenders keep missing. Beyond faster patching and faster detection, there's a third path: stop the techniques attacks depend on before they execute. Prevention-first architecture matters more than ever. Read the article to learn more from Kyle on why chasing exploits is the wrong strategy ⤵️

One week to #GartnerSEC! The agentic SOC conversation has gotten loud. Most of it is about what AI can do. Very little is about establishing human-AI accountability in security operations. That's the gap Ed Martin and Mat Gangwer will close in their featured session next week. Real data from inside the world's largest Agentic SOC, including how analyst roles must evolve from alert triage to AI supervision, and what security leaders need to put in place to drive this evolution. 🎤 The Agentic SOC Is Not Enough: Why AI Without Accountability Fails 📍 National Harbor, MD | 📅 June 2, 11:30 AM And as the week gets underway, join us the night before for an invite-only Sophos networking reception built for real conversations with peers. 👉 Tom’s Watch Bar 👉 June 1 | 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. 🔗 Register today: https://lnkd.in/eeq8-RDH

As breakout times drop to minutes and AI systems respond in seconds, the real challenge is not speed. It is trust. Every SOC is now asking the same question: when an agent acts, who owns the outcome? At this year's #GartnerSEC, we'll share how we've answered that question inside the world's largest Agentic SOC. Real data from Sophos MDR, including our framework for human-AI accountability in security operations. Join Ed Martin and Mat Gangwer for their speaking session. 📍 June 2 | 11:30 AM 📌 National Harbor, MD 👉 More details: https://lnkd.in/g5FzPVKj

The window to defending against frontier AI threats is closing faster than you think. AI tools like Mythos can now find vulnerabilities, validate them, and potentially weaponize them — faster than most security teams can respond. The gap between disclosure and exploitation is shrinking, and patching alone doesn't close it fast enough anymore. Join Sophos for a live threat briefing on what Mythos signals for the future of vulnerability management, what it means for how defenders work, and what organizations can do right now to stay ahead. 📅 28 May 🕙 10:00 AM IST | 10:00 AM BST | 11:00 AM PDT 🔗 Register: https://lnkd.in/gBPXWkMs

As AI helps attackers find and exploit weaknesses faster, firewall security can’t rely on patching and perimeter assumptions alone.   Modern network defense needs to assume vulnerabilities will exist — focusing on reducing exposure through automated patching, built-in hardening, continuous health checks, and real-time monitoring.

“A breach could derail diplomatic negotiations, leak sensitive documents, damage international reputation, and disrupt critical services.” — Milton Sampaio, COP30 IT Coordinator Securing #COP30, the United Nations’ climate summit in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, meant defending a temporary global network against millions of attempted attacks. At this scale, the challenge wasn’t just the volume of alerts. Analysts needed real-time visibility they could act on immediately. Sophos MDR delivered continuous monitoring, rapid detection, and automated containment across the summit environment. 100% coverage. Zero interruption to diplomacy. See how Sophos secured COP30: https://lnkd.in/gF9u82qQ

AI just became the world’s most dangerous exploit writer. Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview can identify unknown vulnerabilities and generate working exploit code on demand. In a recent Sophos X-Ops red-team exercise, AI cut Active Directory discovery from 3 days to 3 hours, from a single unprivileged account. The technology is here, but the question is whether your endpoint can outpace it. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/g7TcCBjc