After an intensive examination, the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) included Sophos in its list of qualified service providers in the APT area. The official list of the BSI makes it easier for operators of critical infrastructures to select suitable companies in the field of IT forensic services.
After an extensive review process, Sophos is now on the list of qualified APT (Advanced Persistent Threat, or APT) response service providers for KRITIS companies. This overview supports operators of critical infrastructures in identifying suitable service companies that are able to uncover and stop camouflaged cyber attacks that attack a network or system over a longer period of time without a great deal of research effort.
Qualified partner for KRITIS companies
In addition to the documentation provided by the audited companies about their services, the focus is primarily on the practical relevance of the selection process. In an appointment lasting several hours at the BSI, certified service providers have to use fictitious scenarios such as a ransomware attack or a phishing campaign to show that they are able to solve the problems addressed in a professional and targeted manner. The experts pay attention to the general procedure of the service provider as well as to the questions asked and the processing of the information received.
"The department for IT forensic services with services such as Managed Threat Response or Rapid Response is developing very quickly at Sophos and represents an increasingly important pillar for our rapidly growing business development," says Peter Mackenzie, Director of Incident Response at Sophos. “For us, the award as a qualified APT response service provider is confirmation of the quality of the Sophos services. The very extensive BSI selection process was a welcome, neutral stress test for our incident response offering. We are very proud to have mastered all the requirements for inclusion in the list of recommendations and to now be one of the few IT security manufacturers who meet the quality standards of the BSI. "
Inclusion in the BSI list is an accolade
"The area of managed security is a very important growth area for us and we can fully exploit the advantages of our adaptive cybersecurity ecosystem with comprehensive solutions from the network to the endpoint to the server. The inclusion in the list of official APT response service providers for KRITIS companies by the BSI is, of course, an accolade for our services, from which our partners will also benefit greatly in an increasingly competitive market," says Sven Janssen, Director Channel Sales DACH at Sophos.
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About Sophos More than 100 million users in 150 countries trust Sophos. We offer the best protection against complex IT threats and data loss. Our comprehensive security solutions are easy to deploy, use and manage. They offer the lowest total cost of ownership in the industry. Sophos offers award-winning encryption solutions, security solutions for endpoints, networks, mobile devices, email and the web. In addition, there is support from SophosLabs, our worldwide network of our own analysis centers. The Sophos headquarters are in Boston, USA and Oxford, UK.