Sophos Doubles Down on Identity Threat Detection for SMBs

Joe Levy Highlights Taegis Integration, Pen Testing and AI-Focused Defense Strategy Michael Novinson (MichaelNovinson) • December 31, 2025

Identity hygiene has become a first line of defense as the frontline of cybersecurity shifts from the network perimeter to user identity.

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Sophos CEO Joe Levy said his approach is centered on helping organizations understand their identity hygiene posture, prioritizing remediations and reducing attack surface with the goal of making effective identity protection accessible to organizations of all sizes. Rather than developing from scratch, Sophos accelerated its entrance into this market by integrating its endpoint telemetry with Secureworks Taegis through an $859 million acquisition (see: CEOs Levy, Thomas on Perks of $859M Sophos-Secureworks Deal).

"Secureworks had just recently launched an identity threat detection response service based on a lot of the security advisory engagements that they had had with their customers and ...