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Credit to Author: Doug Aamoth| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 12:36:56 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In July 2023, we introduced Sophos MDR for Microsoft Defender<\/a>, enabling organizations to strengthen their defenses and get greater ROI from their Microsoft technology investments. Fast-forward a year, and more than 12,000 organizations have now integrated their Microsoft technology stacks with the Sophos Central platform to benefit from superior cybersecurity outcomes.<\/p>\n

Sophos Managed Detection and Response protects over 23,000 customers worldwide \u2013 more than any other MDR service provider. Many of these organizations have also invested in Microsoft security tools, leveraging Sophos MDR to respond to Microsoft security alerts and defend against sophisticated attacks that Microsoft technology alone can\u2019t stop.<\/p>\n

Sophos MDR for Microsoft Defender<\/a> provides the people, processes, and technology to detect, investigate, and effectively respond to threats, leveraging data from a broad range of Microsoft solutions.<\/p>\n

Sophos continually innovates and enhances the Sophos MDR service to help extend and fortify Microsoft defenses. With Sophos MDR, organizations with Microsoft solutions benefit from:<\/p>\n

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Microsoft<\/strong> Certified experts\"Microsoft<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Sophos MDR team includes Microsoft Certified Security Operations Analysts specializing in detecting and responding to cyberattacks using custom Microsoft response playbooks. Sophos employs more than 500 threat detection and response experts worldwide, backed by seven global security operations centers (SOCs).<\/p>\n

Certifications include Microsoft Security Operations Analyst (SC-200) and Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect (SC-100).<\/p>\n

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M<\/strong>icrosoft-specific <\/strong>threat detections\"Microsoft-specific<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Sophos MDR and Sophos XDR use proprietary threat detection rules and world-class intelligence to identify and stop threats that may bypass Microsoft security solutions. Detect account takeover and business email compromise (BEC) attacks, even without a Microsoft E5\/A5 subscription.<\/p>\n

The latest Sophos-proprietary detections for Office 365 \u2013 included with our Microsoft Office 365 Management Activity integration – accurately detect malicious email rules, unauthorized user access patterns, and more.<\/p>\n

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Comprehensive support for<\/strong> Microsoft solutions\"Microsoft-specific<\/strong><\/h3>\n

More than 12,000 Sophos customers have already configured our turnkey Microsoft integrations. Included at no additional cost with Sophos MDR and Sophos XDR, these integrations support a broad range of Microsoft solutions beyond Defender for Endpoint. Telemetry data from Office 365, Defender for Identity, Defender for Cloud Apps, and Entra ID Protection, is collected, analyzed, correlated, and prioritized, enabling analysts to quickly investigate and respond to threats.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month we released Version 2 of our Microsoft Graph security API integration<\/a>. The new version provides additional information from Microsoft security solutions to help accelerate detection, investigation, and response.<\/p>\n

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Extensive integrations with non-Microsoft tools\"Extensive<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Sophos MDR and Sophos XDR offer industry-leading\u00a0compatibility\u00a0with virtually any environment or technology stack. We are constantly expanding our partner ecosystem\u00a0<\/a>with additional integrations for endpoint, firewall, network, email, cloud, identity, productivity, and backup solutions, to extend visibility and stop attacks across the entire IT environment.<\/p>\n

Recently added integrations<\/a> include Acronis, Barracuda, Cisco Identity, F5, Forcepoint, Veeam, Zscaler, and more.<\/p>\n

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Cybersecurity that drives business value
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Organizations constantly balance cybersecurity risks and investments against business value and outcomes. Sophos MDR for Microsoft Defender<\/a> helps you build a sustainable program that balances the need to protect with the need to run your business.<\/p>\n