Security outfit Sophos is speeding up the worldwide growth of MSP Connect, Sophos’ programme to help managed service providers (MSPs) increase customer management efficiencies, unlock new business opportunities and boost revenue, it said.
The company said that MSP Connect has been doing rather well and achieved 67 percent year-over-year billings growth in the first quarter fiscal year 2022, ending June 30, 2021, and 55 percent year-over-year billings growth in fiscal year 2021, ending March 31, 2021, through MSP Connect Flex, Sophos’ monthly billing programme.
The Americas, Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ), and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) regions delivered double-digit growth, with the most significant gains in the United States, United Kingdom and Ireland (UKI), Germany, and Australia and New Zealand (ANZ). MSP Connect now supports more than 16,500 global and regional MSPs worldwide, a 54 percent increase since April, 1, 2020, the start of Sophos’ fiscal year 2021.
Sophos vice president of global MSP and cloud alliances, Scott Barlow, said: “The world experienced a necessary shift to remote working this past year, requiring businesses to rely heavily on the cloud. MSPs have been on the frontlines since day one, helping organisations secure hybrid workforces with remote employees – a critical role considering changing attacker tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) that increasingly involve remote access services such as Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). MSP Connect makes it easier than ever for MSPs to secure diverse customer environments with one comprehensive cybersecurity portfolio that’s simple to deploy and manage.”
New to the MSP Connect portfolio is Sophos XDR, an extended detection and response (XDR) solution that synchronises native endpoint, server, firewall, and email security. Sophos Intercept X with XDR and other pillar products – including Sophos Firewall and Sophos Cloud Security – share threat intelligence in real-time for coordinated and automated response to threats as part of the Sophos adaptive cybersecurity plan.
