Omdia names Sophos as XDR leader


By Dylan Bushell-Embling
Monday, 16 January, 2023

Omdia names Sophos as XDR leader

Research firm Omdia has named Sophos the sole leader in a report providing recommendations for selecting an extended detection and response vendor.

Sophos was recognised for its Sophos Intercept X Advanced with XDR solution, which was found in the report to provide “a dominant showing in Threat Response and Resolution, an area in which other solutions were underwhelming.”

The solution combines anti-ransomware technology, deep learning artificial intelligence, exploit prevention, and active adversary mitigations to seek to stop attacks in progress. It is supported by threat intelligence from Sophos’s cross-operational task force Sophos X-Ops.

The report names Fidelis Cybersecurity, Palo Alto Networks and Trellix as challenger vendors with solutions that excel in some areas but are lacking in others.

But according to Omdia’s report Sophos should be the vendor of choice for organisations searching for an enterprise-grade solution with intuitive usability and superior threat remediation with automated response.

“Omdia believes that the best Comprehensive XDR solutions deliver a fundamentally different approach to threat detection, investigation and response (TDIR) — one that’s faster, easier, more automated, and ultimately more effective,” Omdia Managing Principal Analyst Eric Pariso said.

“With this criteria in mind, it should be no surprise that Sophos Intercept X Advanced with XDR is the overall top ranked solution in the 2022–23 Comprehensive XDR Omdia Universe.”

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