Sophos has triumphed Amazon Web Services (AWS) Level 1 Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) Competency, a new quality level for managed threat response services announced at AWS re:Inforce. Sophos was one of the initial MSSP Competency programme Level 1 partners.
“It has never been more critical for organizations adopting cloud services to optimize their security posture, block advanced threats, and have expert resources available to monitor environments 24/7 to stay secure,” said Scott Barlow, Sophos vice president of global MSP and cloud alliances.
Further said, “Sophos is best in class when it comes to breadth and depth of innovative cybersecurity offerings that protect against the most sophisticated and complex never-seen-before threats, and we’re committed to helping organizations secure essential resources.”
As an AWS Level 1 MSSP Competency program partner, Sophos’ managed security services are validated by AWS across six security domains: threat detection and response; vulnerability management; cloud security best practices and compliance; network security; host and endpoint security; and application security.
Sophos’ unique threat protection, monitoring, and response package, now available on AWS Marketplace, combines automated protection and 24/7 managed threat response into a single, comprehensive service. The service integrates cloud security posture management, endpoint, cloud workload, and network security, vulnerability scanning, inventory visibility, and compliance tracking for AWS clients. A dedicated 24/7Sophos Managed Threat Response security team monitors AWS environments and responds to neutralise threats and in-progress assaults, providing additional value to organisations.
