AI-powered cyber defenses
Robust, battle-proven products and services that combine AI technologies and human expertise, delivered through Sophos’ adaptive AI-native platform.
Sophos has been pushing the boundaries of AI-driven cybersecurity for nearly a decade. AI technologies and human cybersecurity expertise work together to stop the broadest range of threats, wherever they run. Deep learning and generative AI (GenAI) capabilities are embedded across Sophos products and services and delivered through the largest AI-native platform in the industry.
A few ways Sophos uses AI across our portfolio
Accelerate security operations with GenAI
Extensive GenAI capabilities in Sophos Extended Detection and Response (XDR) empower your security analysts to neutralize adversaries faster, increasing both analyst and business confidence
- AI Assistant provides support and advice for analysts as they work a case, helping neutralize adversaries faster.
- AI Case Summary provides an easy-to-understand overview of detections and recommended next steps, helping analysts make smart decisions fast.
- AI Command Analysis delivers insights into attacker behavior by examining commands that create detections.
- AI Search uses natural language search to accelerate day-to-day tasks and lower the technology barrier to security operations.
Sophos AI Assistant
The Sophos AI Assistant isn't just another AI tool. It’s expertise from the team behind the world’s leading MDR service, distilled into an intelligent assistant.
- Enable less experienced users to investigate incidents effectively with guided workflows and accessible natural language insights.
- Empower seasoned analysts to optimize their impact and efficiency with easy access to critical information from across your environment.
- Keep pace with the threat landscape thanks to real-time threat intelligence and the latest investigation techniques.
Deep learning detects business email compromise
Deep learning-powered Natural Language Processing (NLP) in Sophos Email identifies impersonation attempts trying to trick users into believing a scam or phishing email is legitimate.
Sophos Email uses AI to analyze subject lines and content for both tone and wording to identify suspicious conversations. Impersonation attempts are automatically blocked, preventing the attack, and the administrator is notified.
Sophos AI-Powered Cyber Defenses
AI at every point in your defenses
More than 50 (and growing) deep learning and GenAI models in Sophos solutions deliver fast, effective protection against cyberthreats whenever and wherever they run. Our AI-powered cybersecurity reduces exposure, stops threats automatically, and empowers security analysts to make smart decisions faster. Check out some examples below.
Mitigate risk of threats
Reduce exposure to attack
- Sophos Manged Risk
Leverages the Tenable Vulnerability Priority Rating (VPR) AI model to predict the likelihood of CVE exploitation within 28 days.
Automatically stop threats
Prevent attacks from executing
- Sophos Enpoint Powered by Intercept X
Multiple deep learning models protect against known and never-before-seen attacks, including threats in Microsoft Office solutions, PDFs, and rich text format (RTF) files. - Sophos Firewall
AI-powered zero-day threat intelligence is delivered through SophosLabs Intelix. - Sophos Endpoint, Sophos Firewall
Web protection models detect malicious URLs, phishing websites, and other web-based threats. - Sophos Email
Deep learning-powered natural language processing (NLP) identifies impersonation attempts. - Sophos Mobile
Android deep learning model is trained on proprietary Android data to detect Android-specific malware.
Hunt, investigate, and respond
Identify and neutralize threats
- Sophos XDR
AI Assistant guides security professionals of all skill levels through each stage of an investigation. - Sophos XDR, Sophos MDR
AI-generated threat scores for detections help analysts prioritize their time and effort where it will have the greatest impact. - Sophos XDR, Sophos MDR
AI Case Summary provides an easy-to-understand overview of detections and recommended next steps, accelerating response. - Sophos MDR
AI-powered case triage accelerates investigation and eliminates duplicate cases. - Sophos XDR, Sophos MDR
AI Command Analysis provides insights into attacker behavior by examining commands that create detections. - Sophos XDR, Sophos MDR
AI Search enables analysts to use natural language to search for data, speeding up investigations.
Delivered through Sophos' adaptive AI-native platform
Sophos Central is the adaptive AI-native platform that delivers unrivalled protection and enhances the power of defenders. Dynamic defenses, battle-proven AI, and an open, integration-rich ecosystem come together in the largest AI-native platform in the industry.
Dynamic
- Protection is constantly updated based on threat intelligence from attacks in more than 600,000 diverse customer environments across the globe.
- Adaptive defenses automatically respond to threats.
- Al models are continually enhanced using real-time inputs from 300 human security operations specialists.
Open
- Works with Sophos products, other vendors' products, or any combination of the two-across multiple OS environments.
- Centralized data and integrated workflows optimize security tasks and enhance human productivity to accelerate security outcomes.
Largest
- Breath: Leverages telemetry from attacks on 600,000+ customers of diverse size and industries across the globe.
- Depth: Uses data from across the IT environment, from Sophos and non-Sophos technologies, and devices running Windows, iOS, and Linux OS.
Win-Win
Human expertise plus AI technologies
Our people are at the heart of our AI-powered cybersecurity solutions, bringing their expertise to every aspect of the development process.
- Sophos X-Ops, Our cross-functional cybersecurity task force, has deep knowledge of threats and adversary behaviors, helping identify how and when AI can have the greatest impact.
- The Sophos AI team applies extensive AI expertise to design, build, and maintain 50+ (and growing) AI models specific to cybersecurity.
- 30+ years of cybersecurity engineering expertise ensure successful integration of AI models into Sophos products and services and safe feature rollouts.
Learnings from AI deployments advance our human expertise, enabling us to continually refine models, identify new applications, and advance our technology.
