By Chinenye Anuforo
Sophos innovative security solutions against cyberattacks has announced a strategic partnership with Pax8, cloud commerce marketplace.
The collaboration brings the most comprehensive range of cybersecurity solutions to Pax8’s network of over 40,000 managed service providers (MSPs).
Pax8 MSPs now gain access to a complete, single-vendor suite of top-tier cybersecurity solutions, including Sophos Managed Detection and Response (MDR), Sophos Endpoint powered by Intercept X, and Sophos Firewall. This streamlines operations, simplifies billing, and significantly reduces the complexity of customer cybersecurity management for channel partners.
According to the Sophos MSP Perspectives 2024 report, MSPs who consolidate their security stack with a single vendor can reduce daily security management time by nearly 50%, with savings reaching 69% for those managing six or more security vendors. By partnering with Pax8, Sophos eliminates a key operational hurdle for MSPs, enabling them to manage cybersecurity through a single, trusted platform used by 600,000 organizations. This enhances efficiency, strengthens security, and simplifies cloud procurement.
“Sophos and Pax8 are strongly aligned in our mission to empower MSPs with best-in-class end-to-end security services and products while simplifying lifecycle management of these solutions and reducing operational overhead. MSPs want to align with vendors who are easy to work with and this agreement will make it even easier for MSPs to work with Sophos, something we’ve long been committed to,” said Joe Levy, CEO of Sophos.
“With cybersecurity, speed and innovation are essential for defending against attackers. This partnership with Pax8 accelerates MSP access to critical cybersecurity tools, enabling them to better protect their customers In an increasingly complex and volatile threat landscape.”
“MSPs today need solutions that align with the way they operate cloud-first, flexible and easy to manage at scale. Pax8 is revolutionizing the way MSPs access and deploy cloud-based solutions, and cybersecurity is an important piece of the overall stack,” said Scott Chasin, Chief Executive Officer of Pax8.
On his own part, Raja Patel, Chief Product Officer, Sophos said, “MSPs say they could cut day to day management time almost in half by consolidating on a single cybersecurity platform and Sophos enables them to achieve that goal. By managing all their customers’ cybersecurity in the cloud-based Sophos Central platform, MSPs can reduce workload and free up valuable billing hours. What’s more, with a complete portfolio of Sophos cybersecurity solutions at their fingertips, Pax8 MSPs enjoy extensive opportunities to sell additional revenue-generating products and services that meet their clients’ evolving cybersecurity needs.”
Backed by real-time threat intelligence from Sophos X-Ops, a global team of elite threat hunters and security analysts, Sophos’ solutions provide proactive, AI-driven protection against cyberattacks. As the leading pure-play cybersecurity provider of MDR services, Sophos protects over 28,000 organizations globally.