Sophos Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) is an advanced endpoint security solution designed to help organizations detect, investigate and respond to suspicious activities and sophisticated cyber threats across endpoints and servers. Combining the prevention-first protection of Sophos Endpoint with AI-powered detection, threat hunting and automated response capabilities, Sophos EDR provides security teams with deeper visibility into endpoint activities and potential attack indicators. The solution enables IT administrators and security analysts to identify evasive threats, investigate suspicious behavior, prioritize critical alerts and take immediate action to contain security incidents. With real-time endpoint telemetry, AI-driven insights and integration with the Sophos Fusion cybersecurity defense system, Sophos EDR helps organizations strengthen endpoint security, accelerate incident response and reduce the impact of advanced cyberattacks.

Key Features

AI-Powered Threat Detection

Identify suspicious activities and potentially malicious behavior across endpoints and servers using AI-powered detection and behavioral analysis to uncover threats that may bypass traditional security controls.

AI-Prioritized Detections

Automatically prioritize security detections based on risk and provide relevant context, helping security teams focus on critical threats instead of spending time reviewing large volumes of alerts.

AI-Powered Investigation

Accelerate security investigations with AI Case Summary, which provides understandable explanations of detected threats, relevant findings and recommended next steps.

Natural Language AI Search

Search endpoint activity and security telemetry using natural language queries and predefined prompts without requiring complex SQL knowledge.

Automated Threat Response

Automate response actions such as process termination, network isolation, ransomware rollback and Adaptive Attack Protection to contain threats and minimize potential damage.

Live Response & Remote Investigation

Enable security analysts to access endpoints through secure and audited remote shell sessions to investigate suspicious activity, execute commands, run scripts and perform remediation.

Real-Time Endpoint Insights

Access rich endpoint telemetry for real-time investigation and historical event analysis through the Sophos Data Lake, including data from devices that may currently be offline.

Device Exposure Assessment

Identify vulnerable, outdated and high-risk devices across the organization to help IT teams address security weaknesses before attackers can exploit them.

MITRE ATT&CK Framework Mapping

Automatically map detected threats to MITRE ATT&CK tactics, providing security teams with better visibility into attacker techniques and potential gaps in their defenses.

Multi-Platform Support

Protect and monitor endpoints and servers across Windows, macOS and Linux environments, including on-premises and cloud-based infrastructure.

Third-Party Endpoint Compatibility

Support existing third-party endpoint protection solutions, such as Microsoft Defender, giving organizations flexibility to use Sophos EDR alongside their existing security investments.

Benefits

Detect Advanced Cyber Threats
Identify suspicious activities, evasive attacks and malicious behavior that may bypass traditional endpoint protection technologies.

Accelerate Threat Investigation
Use AI-powered insights, real-time endpoint telemetry and historical data to investigate security incidents more efficiently.

Reduce Alert Fatigue
Prioritize high-risk detections and provide actionable context so security teams can focus on threats that require immediate attention.

Respond to Threats Faster
Contain suspicious activities through automated response actions and direct intervention from security analysts.

Improve Endpoint Visibility
Gain deeper insights into endpoint activities, device exposure and potential security weaknesses across the IT environment.

Strengthen Ransomware Protection
Combine prevention-first endpoint security with ransomware detection, automated response and file rollback capabilities.

Optimize Security Operations
Simplify threat hunting, investigation and remediation through AI-powered tools and centralized security management.

Common Use Cases

Advanced Threat Detection
Identify suspicious processes, malicious activities and evasive threats across endpoints and servers.

Ransomware Detection & Response
Detect malicious encryption behavior, contain ransomware activity and restore affected files through available rollback capabilities.

Threat Hunting
Search endpoint telemetry and investigate potential indicators of compromise to uncover threats that may not have triggered conventional security alerts.

Incident Investigation
Analyze suspicious activities, trace attack behavior and understand the potential impact of security incidents.

Lateral Movement Detection
Investigate suspicious activities that may indicate attackers are moving between compromised devices within the network.

Endpoint Remediation
Isolate compromised devices, terminate malicious processes and execute remediation activities through automated or analyst-led response actions.

IT Security Operations
Perform remote troubleshooting, manage endpoint processes, execute scripts and address device security issues through audited remote access.

Sophos EDR within Sophos Fusion

Sophos EDR is part of Sophos Fusion, the AI-native cybersecurity defense system that coordinates security capabilities across endpoints, networks, identities, email and cloud environments.

Through Sophos Fusion, Sophos EDR contributes detailed endpoint detection and response insights to the broader security ecosystem, enabling security control points to share threat intelligence and coordinate responses. This allows organizations to move beyond isolated endpoint protection toward a more unified cybersecurity defense strategy.

Sophos EDR also serves as a foundation for Sophos Extended Detection and Response (XDR), which expands detection and investigation capabilities beyond endpoints by integrating security data from network, identity, email, cloud and third-party technologies.

Why Sophos EDR?

Modern cyberattacks increasingly use sophisticated techniques to evade traditional security controls, making prevention alone insufficient to protect organizational environments. Security teams need continuous endpoint visibility, intelligent threat detection and the ability to investigate and respond to suspicious activities before they escalate into major security incidents.

Sophos EDR addresses these challenges by combining prevention-first endpoint protection with AI-powered detection, investigation and response capabilities in a unified solution. Its automated response actions, AI-assisted investigations and real-time endpoint insights help security teams reduce investigation time, prioritize critical threats and respond more effectively.

By integrating with Sophos Fusion, Sophos EDR also contributes endpoint intelligence to a coordinated cybersecurity defense system, helping organizations strengthen their security posture and improve resilience against increasingly sophisticated cyber threats.

Ideal For

• Banks and financial institutions
• Government institutions
• Healthcare organizations
• Insurance companies
• Telecommunications companies
• Large and medium-sized enterprises
• IT and security operations teams
• Organizations with dedicated security analysts
• Organizations managing multiple endpoints and servers
• Organizations seeking advanced threat detection and response capabilities

Sophos EDR at a Glance