Dubai, UAE – Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, today, announced its participation at GITEX Global 2024, which runs from October 14 to October 18, 2024, at the Dubai World Trade Centre. At the event, Sophos is  showcasing its advanced cybersecurity solutions and services, including Sophos Managed Detection and Response (MDR).

Sophos MDR was recently recognised as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: European Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Services in 2024 Vendor Assessment. It is a fully managed, 24/7 cybersecurity service delivered by experts who specialize in detecting, responding to and remediating cyberattacks that technology alone cannot prevent. By combining human expertise with protection technologies and advanced machine learning models, MDR analysts can detect, investigate and neutralize advanced human-led attacks, preventing data breaches and ransomware.

"As organizations expand, their IT infrastructures tend to grow making it more complex and challenging to manage the attack surface and maintain the necessary tools and technologies. The rising complexity of cyberthreats, along with the security required to combat them, is driving fast-growing demand for MDR services. Recent Gartner data estimates the MDR market at $7.5 billion, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25.8%," said Harish Chib, vice president of emerging markets in the Middle East and Africa, Sophos.

The rapid pace of innovation in the cybersecurity landscape in the Middle East region makes it increasingly challenging for organizations to stay ahead of persistent and dynamic cyberattacks and maintain effective security measures. According to the Sophos 2024 Threat Report, 90% of mid-sized organizations now have some form of cyber insurance coverage, with 50% holding standalone policies and 40% including cyber protection within broader business insurance. Investing in cyber insurance, alongside robust cyber defenses, works hand in hand to help organizations mitigate and reduce their overall cyber risk.

Sophos is co-exhibiting, alongside Logicom, booth H2-A10, Hall 2, and Starlink, booth H24-A40, Hall 24 (Cyber Valley). The Sophos team is available on the ground to assist visitors on how Sophos’ security solutions strengthen organizations by delivering the best possible cybersecurity outcomes and help organisations with their security strategies.

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About Sophos

Sophos is a global leader and innovator of advanced security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, including Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and incident response services and a broad portfolio of endpoint, network, email, and cloud security technologies. As one of the largest pure-play cybersecurity providers, Sophos defends more than 600,000 organizations and more than 100 million users worldwide from active adversaries, ransomware, phishing, malware, and more. Sophos’ services and products connect through the Sophos Central management console and are powered by Sophos X-Ops, the company’s cross-domain threat intelligence unit. Sophos X-Ops intelligence optimizes the entire Sophos Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem, which includes a centralized data lake that leverages a rich set of open APIs available to customers, partners, developers, and other cybersecurity and information technology vendors. Sophos provides cybersecurity-as-a-service to organizations needing fully managed security solutions. Customers can also manage their cybersecurity directly with Sophos’ security operations platform or use a hybrid approach by supplementing their in-house teams with Sophos’ services, including threat hunting and remediation. Sophos sells through reseller partners and managed service providers (MSPs) worldwide. Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com.