KuppingerCole Leadership Compass 2025
Sophos Email named an overall, product, innovation, and market leader in KuppingerCole's 2025 Leadership Compass for Email Security.
Sophos Email
Protect your organization's email infrastructure and users with the only MDR-optimized email security solution.
Sophos Email defends against phishing and BEC attacks, enhances existing email investments, and provides unmatched visibility and control through Sophos MDR and Sophos XDR.
Industry recognition
Sophos Email is recognized by independent testing organizations and analyst firms for its effectiveness.
VBSpam recognition
Sophos Email achieved a perfect malware catch rate and had zero false positives in the Q2 2025 VBSpam test.
Comprehensive email security in a single solution
Sophos Email incorporates over 20 AI/ML models, including natural language processing, to identify threats and secure inboxes. Its multi-layered defense architecture stops sophisticated phishing and BEC attacks before they reach users.
All-in-one protection
Stops threats and keeps email flowing with advanced threat detection and response. Includes email filtering, advanced threat protection, email continuity, information protection, and integrations.
Prevent phishing and imposters
Identifies high-profile targets for protection against impersonation and BEC attacks. Uses NLP analysis, sender authentication (SPF, DKIM, DMARC), URL protection, and cloud sandboxing.
Enhance existing investments
Easily enhance Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace investments (including Outlook and Gmail) without disruption, bolstering security posture with minimal implementation effort.
Email Monitoring System
The Sophos Email Monitoring System (EMS) is a security sensor that complements existing email security infrastructure to detect missed threats. EMS integrates with Sophos MDR and XDR, incorporating email security data into comprehensive threat detection and response strategies.
The system leverages more than 20 advanced AI/ML models, including natural language processing, to identify sophisticated threats that bypass other solutions. This additional detection layer identifies elusive phishing attempts, BEC attacks, and other advanced threats without requiring replacement of existing investments.
DMARC Manager
Sophos DMARC Manager helps ensure message deliverability, enhances protection against email spoofing and domain impersonation attacks, and improves brand reputation through DMARC authentication protocol management.
- Automated monitoring — Continuous DMARC conformance validation and sender legitimacy checks
- Intuitive dashboards — Simplified policy management through comprehensive reporting
- Minimal effort compliance — Achieve and maintain DMARC compliance with streamlined implementation
Security awareness and training
Cybersecurity awareness training is an integral part of any defense-in-depth strategy. Sophos Email includes Sophos Phish Threat to identify at-risk users and increase security awareness through phishing simulations, cybersecurity training modules, and actionable reporting metrics.
The more you see, the faster you act
Sophos Email is part of a broader protection ecosystem and is the only MDR-optimized email security solution.
Integrated with Sophos MDR
24/7 managed service with expert threat hunters who monitor, detect, and respond to threats. Sophos Email provides MDR with the controls needed to execute decisive response actions in real time.
Learn more about Sophos MDRIntegrated with Sophos XDR
AI-native XDR platform ingests email security events including account compromise attempts, data control violations, and post-delivery protection events. Enriched with threat intelligence from Sophos X-Ops.
Learn more about Sophos XDRIntegrated with Sophos Endpoint
Sophos Email and Endpoint work together to stop threats from compromised devices. Real-time sharing of threat data enables isolation of affected devices and quarantine of suspicious emails.
Learn more about Sophos EndpointSimplify cybersecurity management
Email remains one of the primary malware delivery methods and retains a prominent role in multi-stage attacks. Visibility into email-related security threats and the ability to act upon them with speed is essential.
Sophos Central is a cloud-based management platform that unifies all Sophos security solutions. It offers centralized control, advanced threat protection, and seamless scalability through a single interface.
Data security and compliance
Secure sensitive data and simplify compliance. Sophos Email automatically scans messages and attachments for sensitive data, with encryption that integrates seamlessly.
Prevent data loss
Create multi-rule DLP policies for groups and individual users. Discover financials, confidential content, health information, and PII in all emails and attachments.
Encrypt and authenticate
Encrypt messages and verify sender identity with S/MIME, TLS encryption, attachment and message encryption (PDF and Office), or add-on full web portal encryption.
Email security products
Sophos Email is compatible with all email services, including Google Workspace's Gmail and Microsoft 365 through direct API integration.
Evaluate Sophos Email for your organization
Connect with the team to discuss your specific email security requirements and deployment needs.
Get expert guidance
Assess whether Sophos Email fits your security requirements and deployment model. Review your current email infrastructure and identify the right combination of components.
- Free technical consultation
- Custom deployment planning
- Flexible licensing options