Sophos MDR is a fully managed 24/7 threat hunting, detection, and response service delivered by expert analysts who actively neutralize cyberattacks across your entire environment. Built on Sophos’ AI‑native platform and powered by the threat intelligence behind Sophos XDR and Intercept X, Sophos MDR provides organizations with a dedicated global security operations team that investigates and stops adversaries in real time before they can disrupt operations, steal data, or cause business damage.
Designed for organizations that lack the time, expertise, or internal resources to operate a modern SOC, Sophos MDR combines machine‑accelerated analytics with human-led threat response for complete, around‑the‑clock protection.
What’s special about Sophos MDR?
- 24/7 global monitoring and response by a dedicated team of cybersecurity experts who detect, investigate, and neutralize threats in minutes.
- Machine‑accelerated, human-led defense, combining AI-driven threat intelligence with expert analysis to stop advanced, human-operated attacks.
- Proactive threat hunting to uncover stealthy adversary activity that automated tools cannot detect.
- Full-scale incident response included, with no caps or additional fees, experts take direct action to contain and eliminate active threats.
- Flexible response modes (Notify, Collaborate, Authorize) giving customers full control over how the MDR team handles incidents.
- Broad technology integrations with hundreds of third‑party security tools across endpoint, network, identity, cloud, email, and more.
- Reduces cyber insurance claims by 97.5% compared to organizations relying on endpoint protection alone.
Key Capabilities
- 24/7 Threat Detection & Response: Sophos MDR analysts continuously monitor your environment, investigate alerts, and take real-time action to disrupt, contain, and neutralize active threats.
- Expert-Led Threat Hunting: Human threat hunters proactively search for indicators of compromise, suspicious behaviors, and lateral movement to stop attacks early.
- Full Incident Response Included: Sophos MDR provides full-scale response to active attacks with no additional cost remotely containing adversaries and eliminating the threat.
- Root Cause Analysis & Recommendations: Analysts determine how an attack entered, what systems were affected, and provide actionable guidance to strengthen defenses moving forward.
- AI‑Native SOC Platform: Sophos AI-driven platform correlates signals from endpoints, network devices, cloud workloads, email systems, and identity providers to prioritize threats with maximum accuracy.
- Flexible Response Modes: Choose how MDR responds when a threat is detected:
- Notify: MDR alerts your team with expert guidance.
- Collaborate: MDR works with your team to remediate.
- Authorize: MDR handles containment and remediation automatically.
- Integration with Your Existing Tools: Sophos MDR operates across a wide ecosystem, integrating with leading security products even if they’re not from Sophos to maximize your existing investments.
Business Impact
- Significantly reduce breach risk with expert-led 24/7 protection against ransomware and advanced human-led attacks.
- Minimize operational workload for internal IT teams who no longer need to monitor and analyze alerts around the clock.
- Improve threat visibility across hybrid, on-premises, and cloud environments through unified, AI-driven correlation.
- Accelerate response times with experienced analysts who contain and eradicate threats within minutes.
- Lower cyber insurance costs and increase eligibility with continuous monitoring and EDR/XDR-backed defense.
- Maximize ROI by leveraging your current security stack through broad MDR integrations.
Bottom Line
Sophos MDR provides the highest level of protection for organizations that need expert-led security without building an internal SOC. With continuous monitoring, proactive hunting, AI-driven insights, and full incident response baked into the service, DBS empowers clients to stay ahead of modern adversaries reducing risk, simplifying operations, and ensuring business continuity.
