Sophos has announced the acquisition of Rook Security, a pioneer and leader in managed detection and response (MDR) services to boost its threat detection, investigation and response capabilities to its recently acquired DarkBytes technology platform.
With the acquisition, Sophos will deliver the new MDR services through its network of approximately 47,000 channel partners worldwide.
“Cybercriminals are relentlessly trying to exploit organizations with techniques ranging from tried-and-true phishing emails to the more recent trend of ‘hacker pen-testing’ to find weaknesses in their surface area. As a result, businesses need 24/7 monitoring and management of what is happening on their network, yet many of them do not have the expertise, can’t keep up or don’t have the security teams in-house to optimally configure and manage security around-the-clock,” said the Chief Technology Officer at Sophos, Joe Levy.
Levy
assured that Sophos’ channel partners will be able to provide businesses of all
sizes with expert services that continuously detect, hunt for and respond to
security incidents.
In addition, Sophos plans to align its synchronized security technology and
product portfolio with Rook Security’s 24/7 services for MDR customers.
Rook
Security experts will also be able to review these customer security postures
to ensure optimal policy configurations for Sophos products across estates.
“Rook Security provides managed detection and response services to detect and
eliminate cyber threats. Through threat hunting and data analytics, Rook
Security’s experts rapidly detect and mitigate active attacks,” said the
Founder and CEO, Rook Security, J.J. Thompson. “We are excited to bring our
experts and service delivery innovation to Sophos, a global leader in
next-generation cybersecurity. Together, we can implement faster, more
effective threat detection and response capabilities to better protect businesses.”
Rook Security, privately-owned company and founded in 2008, provides a 24/7 team of cyberthreat hunters and incident response experts who monitor, hunt for, analyze and respond to security incidents for businesses of all sizes.