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CyberProof vs Sophos

CyberProof is a cloud first security operations company and a Managed Detection & Response provider for global enterprises. Sophos sells security solutions managed through Sophos Fusion, a single cloud-based platform for IT security protection. CISO Tribune files both under MDR and managed SOC. This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

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CyberProof vs Sophos: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
CyberProofCyberProof is a cloud first security operations company and a Managed Detection & Response provider for global enterprises.cyberproof.comSophosSophos sells security solutions managed through Sophos Fusion, a single cloud-based platform for IT security protection.sophos.com
What it sells
  • Agentic MXDR[1][5]A co-managed service that connects AI agents, expert analysts and CDC Reveal360 outcome intelligence.
  • Cybersecurity Estate Management[7]A service that discovers, classifies and contextualizes assets.
  • CDC Reveal360[5][10]The place where people interact with CyberProof platform and service data.
  • Sophos Fusion[6][7][10]Sophos Fusion is a single cloud-based platform for managing IT security protection.
  • Sophos Firewall[1][10]Sophos Firewall includes features for higher education, K-12, and primary and secondary institutions.
  • Sophos Managed Detection and Response[7]Sophos describes fully managed, 24/7 detection and response.
Categories
Headquarters
Not stated on its pagesOxford, United Kingdom[2]
Founded
Not stated on its pagesNot stated on its pages
Ownership and funding
Not stated on its pagesOwned by Thoma Bravo since 2020[3][7][8][9]
Named customers
Not stated on its pages
  • Jotun[4]
  • National 9/11 Memorial & Museum[4]
  • London South Bank University[4]
  • Town of Gilbert[4]
  • DFS Group[4]
Recent news
Not stated on its pages
  • October 1, 2026Sophos launched CISO Advantage, an agentic AI service that links security operations to security strategy, rolling out across North America, the UK and Europe.[5]
  • July 15, 2026Sophos announced Sophos Fusion, a defense system combining its endpoint, network, email, cloud, identity and security operations products in one architecture.[6]
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
  • G2: Not stated on its pages
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
  • G2: listed, seen November 4, 2026[8]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
Who it fits
From its own pages, CyberProof sells mainly to global enterprises moving to cloud-native environments. CyberProof addresses cybersecurity challenges in the Retail industry through managed services. Its customers include a global provider of dental and pharmaceutical products and a European-based global pharmaceutical company that offers tests and systems for disease diagnosis. One customer looked for a partner willing to work in a hybrid model where cloud and on-premises resources could be jointly assessed. CDC Reveal360 shows risk burndown and outcomes for CISOs, service delivery teams, compliance teams and customized personas.From its own pages, Sophos sells mainly to distributed and growing enterprises with complex networks, which its XGS 2U firewalls target. Sophos also sells firewalls for SMB and branch offices, and plug-and-play security for smaller branch offices and remote sites. Sophos Firewall includes features tailored to higher education, K-12, and primary and secondary institutions.
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November 12, 2026September 27, 2026

Where they overlap

  • CyberProof and Sophos are both filed under MDR and managed SOC.

Where they differ, field by field

  • CyberProof's primary category is MDR and managed SOC; Sophos's is EDR and XDR.
  • CyberProof is also filed under Exposure prioritisation and CTEM, Penetration testing and red team services and Vulnerability management. Sophos is also filed under Firewalls and NGFW.
  • CyberProof lists Agentic MXDR, Cybersecurity Estate Management and CDC Reveal360. Sophos lists Sophos Fusion, Sophos Firewall and Sophos Managed Detection and Response.
  • Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, United Kingdom.
  • Sophos is owned by Thoma Bravo, since 2020.
  • Sophos publicly names Jotun, National 9/11 Memorial & Museum, London South Bank University, Town of Gilbert and DFS Group.

What it sells: CyberProof

What Agentic MXDR does[1][5]
CyberProof Agentic MXDR connects AI agents, expert analysts and CDC Reveal360 outcome intelligence into one co-managed service. The service provides 24/7 expert-led threat detection, triage, investigation, response and continuous improvement. Human analysts remain in the loop to validate outcomes, manage complex incidents and guide response decisions.
What Cybersecurity Estate Management does[7]
CyberProof's Cybersecurity Estate Management continuously discovers, classifies and contextualizes assets. It groups assets as managed, unmanaged or suspicious based on security coverage. It uncovers known and unknown assets across cloud, on-prem and hybrid estates.
What CDC Reveal360 does[5][10]
CDC Reveal360 is where people interact with CyberProof platform and service data. It has a widget based customizable user interface layer and caters for different personas who have different needs. For managed service customers it shows incidents handled, SLAs met, security posture trends and service metrics.

What it sells: Sophos

What Sophos Fusion does[6][7][10]
Sophos Fusion integrates natively with Sophos solutions and 500+ third-party technologies. The Sophos Fusion dashboard consolidates all alerts. Fusion AI is the intelligence layer within Sophos Fusion.
What Sophos Firewall does[1][10]
Sophos Firewall includes built-in policies for CIPA and predefined activities. Sophos Firewall includes features like SafeSearch, YouTube restrictions, and keyword filtering. Sophos Firewall uses dynamic firewall rules and lateral movement protection to isolate a compromised host.
What Sophos Managed Detection and Response does[7]
Sophos quotes simple per-user and per-server pricing with no hidden extras. Sophos describes three Response Modes.

Questions about CyberProof and Sophos

What do CyberProof and Sophos sell?
CyberProof sells Agentic MXDR, Cybersecurity Estate Management and CDC Reveal360. Sophos sells Sophos Fusion, Sophos Firewall and Sophos Managed Detection and Response.
Are CyberProof and Sophos in the same category?
They share MDR and managed SOC. CyberProof's primary category is MDR and managed SOC and Sophos's is EDR and XDR.
Where are CyberProof and Sophos headquartered?
Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, United Kingdom.
Who owns CyberProof and Sophos?
Sophos is owned by Thoma Bravo, since 2020.
Which customers do CyberProof and Sophos name?
Sophos publicly names Jotun, National 9/11 Memorial & Museum, London South Bank University, Town of Gilbert and DFS Group.
Who are CyberProof and Sophos sold to?
From its own pages, CyberProof sells mainly to global enterprises moving to cloud-native environments. From its own pages, Sophos sells mainly to distributed and growing enterprises with complex networks, which its XGS 2U firewalls target.
What have CyberProof and Sophos announced recently?
October 1, 2026: Sophos launched CISO Advantage, an agentic AI service that links security operations to security strategy, rolling out across North America, the UK and Europe.

About CyberProof

CyberProof is a cloud first security operations company and a Managed Detection & Response provider for global enterprises. CyberProof is a UST company that supports enterprises as they migrate to cloud-native environments. CyberProof delivers threat-led, co-managed security operations. CyberProof has achieved ISO-27001 certification and the Type 2 SOC 2 audit. Interpres Security, a startup providing Exposure Management and Defensive Optimization, was acquired by CyberProof in 2024.[2][3]

CyberProof Agentic MXDR connects AI agents, expert analysts and CDC Reveal360 outcome intelligence into one co-managed service. CyberProof's Agentic MXDR service provides 24/7 expert-led threat detection, triage, investigation, response and continuous improvement. CyberProof Agentic MXDR orchestrates the collaboration of Microsoft, Google, third-party, client-developed and CyberProof agents across one governed security service.[1][5]

Agents in Agentic MXDR help identify detection gaps, inactive rules, telemetry issues and opportunities for tuning. XProfiler tailors threat profiles to a customer's tech stack, geography and industry using AI-driven enrichment and correlation. ThreatX automates hypothesis generation and query creation across multiple data sources. ReMEDRion performs automated, weekly EDR health checks to ensure coverage, policy compliance and detection readiness. GapGuard validates and enriches MITRE mappings, identifying gaps and suggesting improvements to enhance detection quality. Spectra continuously discovers, classifies and inventories assets across environments, mapping them to owners and controls. CyberForge automates HLD generation using reference libraries, contextual inputs and interactive refinements.[5][6]

CyberProof's Cybersecurity Estate Management continuously discovers, classifies and contextualizes assets. Cybersecurity Estate Management groups assets as managed, unmanaged or suspicious based on security coverage. Cybersecurity Estate Management continuously uncovers all known and unknown assets across cloud, on-prem and hybrid estates. By connecting with existing security tools and cloud data, Cybersecurity Estate Management automatically enriches assets with business and security context, including ownership, sensitivity and vulnerability exposure. CyberProof uncovers the AI agents, LLM providers and MCP servers across an enterprise, whether sanctioned or not. CyberProof discovers and classifies assets across AWS, Azure and GCP.[1][7][11]

The CyberProof Threat Exposure Management Platform, powered by Interpres, operationalizes TTP-based cyber threat intelligence. The CyberProof Threat Exposure Management Platform continuously scans an organization's entire digital ecosystem including assets, to ensure defensive controls align to the threats targeting the organization. The CyberProof Threat Exposure Management Platform evaluates the risk associated with each vulnerability or exposure, considering the likelihood of exploitation and the potential impact on the organization. Interpres collector integrations are light-weight, agentless and connected by read-only APIs. Collector integrations allow Interpres to ingest data from security tooling to understand current coverage and to identify and prioritize recommended defensive actions. CyberProof has partnered with Interpres Security to offer a custom Defense Readiness Self-Assessment that provides a continuous threat and exposure management (CTEM) view into organizations. CyberProof covers Cloud Security, Data Security, AI Security, Vuln Management, Pen Testing and IAM Security.[1][2][8][9][11]

CDC Reveal360 is where people interact with CyberProof platform and service data. CDC Reveal360 has a widget based customizable user interface layer and caters for different personas who have different needs. CDC Reveal360 shows what CyberProof is doing: incidents handled, SLAs met, security posture trends and service metrics. CDC Reveal360 visualizes analysis from Interpres: threat-defense coverage gaps, exposure prioritization and estate visibility. The CyberProof Defense Center (CDC) platform supports collaborative, real-time security operations for all stakeholders through orchestration and smart automation.[10][11]

CyberProof worked with Microsoft to provision and deploy Microsoft XDR and integrate it with a client's current Managed Detection & Response service with CyberProof. CyberProof addresses the cybersecurity challenges in the Retail industry through its managed services, tools and methodologies.[1][2][5][7][11][12]

CyberProof on the record

Sources

CyberProof full record

  1. [1]cyberproof.comcyberproof.com · undated page, accessed November 12, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Threat-Led Defense | Asset, Exposure and Defense ManagementCyberProof · undated page, accessed November 12, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Cybersecurity Innovation – CyberProofCyberProof · undated page, accessed November 12, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]About Us | CyberProofCyberProof · undated page, accessed November 12, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Agentic MXDRCyberProof · undated page, accessed November 12, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Agentic AI for Modern Security OperationsCyberProof · undated page, accessed November 12, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Cybersecurity Estate ManagementCyberProof · undated page, accessed November 12, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Threat Exposure Management Platform TourCyberProof · undated page, accessed November 12, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]CyberProof Technology Integrations | Seamless Security PlatformCyberProof · undated page, accessed November 12, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]CDC Reveal360CyberProof · undated page, accessed November 12, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Solutions – CyberProofCyberProof · undated page, accessed November 12, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Retail Cybersecurity: Challenges and SolutionsCyberProof · undated page, accessed November 12, 2026 · Tier A

Sophos full record

  1. [1]ProductsSophos · sophos.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Sophos completes secureworks acquisitionSophos · sophos.com · published February 3, 2025 · Tier A
  3. [3]Sophos announces completion of take private acquisition by thoma bravoSophos · sophos.com · published March 2, 2020 · Tier A
  4. [4]Case studiesSophos · sophos.com · undated page, accessed October 10, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Sophos launches ciso advantage bringing ciso level security strategy within reach of every organizationSophos · sophos.com · published October 1, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Sophos fusion ai native cybersecurity defense systemSophos · sophos.com · published July 15, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Sophos: Cyber Resilience for the Agentic AI EraSophos · undated page, accessed October 28, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Sophos Firewall Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2G2 · undated page, accessed October 28, 2026 · Tier C
  9. [9]Sophos Reviews, Ratings & Features 2026 | Gartner Peer InsightsGartner Peer Insights · undated page, accessed October 28, 2026 · Tier C
  10. [10]School Protection | SophosSophos · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]XGS Series Firewalls - Distributed Edge - Enterprise & Campus - 2U ModelsSophos · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Compare 200 and 1000 Series Sophos Switches - Multi-gigabit ModelsSophos · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]Free Quote: Sophos MDR for Microsoft DefenderSophos · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A

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