Solution Brief

Sophos Integration With Veeam
Stop Threats Targeting Critical Backup Data

Threat actors were able to affect the backup repositories in 75% of ransomware attacks1 over thepast year, tampering with backups and deleting data to prevent recovery. Sophos and Veeam simplify
cyber resiliency by seamlessly exchanging security information when a threat to your backup data
emerges, extending visibility to help detect, investigate, and respond to active attacks.

Use Cases
1 | DEFEND AGAINST RANSOMWARE
Desired Outcome: Get the strongest protection against ransomware attacks.
Solution: Sophos delivers industry-leading technology that universally detects and stops
ransomware before it impacts your systems, including new variants and local and remoteencryption attacks. Advanced detection and prevention capabilities from Sophos, combinedwith immutable backups and versioning provided by Veeam, ensure your backup data remains
secure and recoverable.

A Gartner “Customers’ Choice”
for Managed Detection andResponse services

2 | EXTEND THREAT VISIBILITY
Desired Outcome: Identify potential threats that could affect your backup data.
Solution: Sophos’ integration with Veeam is available for the Sophos MDR (Managed Detectionand Response) service and the Sophos XDR (Extended Detection and Response) solution. Itprovides visibility into malicious activity affecting your backups, including attempts to delete
backup repositories, disable multi-factor authentication, change encryption passwords, andmore.

A Leader in the 2023 MagicQuadrant for Endpoint Protection
Platforms for 14 consecutive
reports

3 | ENSURE BACKUP INTEGRITY AND AVAILABILITY
Desired Outcome: Peace of mind that your backup data is always available and protected.
Solution: Our powerful integration allows you to detect threats, investigate suspicious activity,and ultimately recover data quickly to keep your business running. With Sophos and Veeam,
you can ensure the integrity and availability of your backups, reducing the risk of data loss due
to malware, accidental deletion, internal security threats, and other data loss scenarios.

A top performing vendor in theMITRE ATT&CK Evaluation forManaged Security Services

4 | IMPROVE THREAT RESPONSE TIME
Desired Outcome: Minimize downtime and ensure business continuity.
Solution: Sophos MDR is a 24/7 human-led threat prevention, detection, and response
service that defends organizations against even the most advanced attacks. Sophos experts
perform threat hunts to identify attacker techniques that attempt to bypass prevention tools
and execute response actions to stop confirmed threats with an industry-leading average
response time of 38 minutes — 96% faster than the industry benchmark.

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Learn more:
www.sophos.com/mdr
www.sophos.com/xdr