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Chris Bell, Senior Vice President of Global Channel, Alliances and Corporate Development, at Sophos, to Lead Next Evolution of Global Channel Strategy. * Accueil * Business News Sophos Names Chris Bell as Senior Vice President of Global Channel, Alliances and Corporate Development to Lead Next Evolution of Global Channel Strategy. Industry Veteran to Spearhead Channel Leadership, Focused on Empowering Partners and Driving Business Growth Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, announced it has named Chris Bell as senior vice president of global channel, alliances and corporate development, where he will lead the evolution of Sophos' global channel strategy. This key appointment reinforces Sophos' channel-first commitment to deliver a world-class partner experience. Bell joined Sophos following its acquisition of Secureworks, where he served as chief strategy officer, responsible for long-term vision, strategic partnerships, corporate development and strategy. Building on his career of more than two decades working in the technology industry, including nearly a decade in cybersecurity and channel; Bell's leadership will focus on developing and executing a channel strategy that prioritizes expanding reach, empowering partners and driving growth. Key priorities for Bell at Sophos will include: - Enhancing Sophos Partner Experience to make it seamless for partners to do business with Sophos at high velocity, while streamlining operations. - Continued Innovation for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) with Sophos' industry-leading cybersecurity platform, enabling superior cybersecurity outcomes for customers, enhancing operational efficiency for security analysts, and boosting profitability for partners. - Fueling Partner Growth with service delivery competencies, expanded partner enablement programs including persona-based training and fast-track training to expand partners cybersecurity expertise. - Increasing Sophos' Market Reach by leveraging the unified portfolio of Sophos and Secureworks to deliver best-in-class security technologies and services, empowering partners to enhance cybersecurity and strengthen the security posture of organizations, from commercial to enterprise. - Expanding Routes to Market by bolstering Sophos' presence across technology alliances, marketplaces and the cyber insurance ecosystem. Sophos will also continue to maintain its focus across resellers, service providers, and OEM channels. "Partners need adaptable strategies that prioritize flexibility to stay ahead of the increasingly complex threat landscape," said Bell. "Unifying Sophos' and Secureworks' portfolios presents a unique opportunity to accelerate a future-ready channel program that arms partners with the technology, services, insights, and enablement needed to protect customers and fuel long-term growth." A core piece of Sophos' channel strategy is to better equip partners in addressing the evolving security challenges faced by businesses of all sizes. By aligning more closely with partner needs and prioritizing an open ecosystem, Sophos aims to create a stronger partner network that supports customers from strategy to technology and deployment. "Evolving our channel business to consistently deliver excellent customer outcomes is at the core of our partner go-to-market approach," said Torjus Gylstorff, chief revenue officer at Sophos. "We are thrilled to have Chris' strategic vision and deep channel and cybersecurity expertise to shape Sophos' channel strategy and build programs to empower partners to scale their security business." Sophos consistently expands its service delivery capabilities and is recognized for its leadership in implementing partner feedback into its products and enablement offerings. Following the acquisition of Secureworks, Sophos is the leading pure-play cybersecurity vendor of managed detection and response services, protecting more than 28,000 global customers. Sophos also strives to streamline partner operations through initiatives like Sophos Partner Care, a 24x7 team dedicated to providing quoting, licensing and general partner account support, and Sophos Customer Success, a single point of contact for maximizing customer onboarding, retention and growth throughout the post-sales experience. Sophos Channel Recognition Sophos has been recognized as a Champion in the Canalys Global Cybersecurity Leadership Matrix 2025, underscoring its excellence in channel management and market performance. Additionally, Sophos received a 5-Star Award in the 2025 CRN Partner Program Guide and has been a recipient of the 5-Star Award for the past 12 years. The CRN Partner Program Guide is a key resource that helps solution providers identify vendor programs aligned with their business goals and committed to delivering high partner value. About Sophos Sophos is a global leader and innovator of advanced security solutions for defeating cyberattacks. The company acquired Secureworks in February 2025, bringing together two pioneers that have redefined the cybersecurity industry with their innovative, native AI-optimized services, technologies and products. Sophos is now the largest pure-play Managed Detection and Response (MDR) provider, supporting more than 28,000 organizations. In addition to MDR and other services, Sophos' complete portfolio includes industry-leading endpoint, network, email, and cloud security that interoperate and adapt to defend through the Sophos Central platform. Secureworks provides the innovative, market-leading Taegis XDR/MDR, identity threat detection and response (ITDR), next-gen SIEM capabilities, managed risk, and a comprehensive set of advisory services. Sophos sells all these solutions through reseller partners, Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) worldwide, defending more than 600,000 organizations worldwide from phishing, ransomware, data theft, other every day and state-sponsored cybercrimes. The solutions are powered by historical and real-time threat intelligence from Sophos X-Ops and the newly added Counter Threat Unit (CTU). Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com. Articles similaires. Business News 19 March 2026 Cobalt, the pioneer of penetration testing as a service (PTaaS) and a leading provider of (...) Business News 19 March 2026 Former CISA CIO Bob Costello Joins Merlin Group, a network of affiliates that invests in, (...) Business News 11 March 2026 Worldstream, a Dutch cloud infrastructure provider operating its own European data centres and (...) Your podcast here. New, you can have your Podcast here. 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Cohesity has launched next-generation malware scanning powered by Sophos, integrated natively into its Cohesity Data Cloud platform. The feature enables organisations to detect malware in backup data that bypasses primary defences and validate clean recoveries after cyberattacks. The Sophos-powered engine uses signature-based detection, heuristic analysis and file emulation to inspect backups during routine operations, before restoration and after threat indicators are detected. It identifies zero-day, polymorphic and fileless threats that evade traditional signature-based tools. The scanning capability is included with Cohesity Data Cloud Enterprise Edition and does not require a separate Sophos licence. Sophos X-Ops draws on threat intelligence from tens of millions of endpoints and hundreds of thousands of firewalls globally, using AI-powered classification to detect emerging malware families.

Cohesity enhances cyber resilience with next-generation malware scanning powered by Sophos. New integrated capability helps organizations detect advanced threats in backup data and restore with confidence SANTA CLARA, Calif. - March 19, 2026 - Cohesity, the leader in AI-powered data security, today announced the availability of next-generation malware scanning powered by Sophos, integrated natively into Cohesity Data Cloud. Cohesity Data Cloud is the first and only data security platform to embed next-generation antivirus malware detection alongside advanced threat intelligence feeds, enabling organizations to detect malware that bypasses primary defenses and validate clean recoveries after cyberattacks. As ransomware and supply-chain attacks grow more sophisticated, malware is increasingly present in backup data, creating the risk of reinfection during recovery. Cohesity's Sophos-powered scanning detects zero-day, polymorphic, and fileless threats that evade signature-based tools. The feature is included with Cohesity Data Cloud Enterprise Edition and does not require a separate Sophos license. "Cyber resilience is a team sport, and our focus is on delivering the best outcomes for customers by bringing together the strongest technologies regardless of who developed them," said Vasu Murthy, chief product officer, Cohesity. "By deeply integrating market-leading Sophos next-generation malware detection into Cohesity Data Cloud, we're giving customers a single, seamless experience that helps them uncover hidden threats in backup data and recover with confidence." The Sophos-powered engine uses signature-based detection, heuristic analysis, and file emulation techniques to inspect backups in three scenarios: during routine backups, before restoration, and after indicators of compromise (IOCs) or YARA-based matches are detected. Incremental scanning of newly ingested data minimizes operational overhead while maintaining visibility into backup integrity. Triggered and pre-restore scans validate trusted recovery points when risk is identified. The result is deep, snapshot-level inspection far beyond approaches that rely solely on metadata. Sophos X-Ops draws on one of the industry's most extensive threat intelligence networks, spanning tens of millions of endpoints and hundreds of thousands of firewalls globally, using AI-powered classification to continuously sharpen detection of known and emerging malware families. "Attackers are sophisticated. They have proven time and again that no environment is off limits, including what was once considered the safe haven of backup and recovery systems," said Simon Reed, chief security officer, Sophos. "By embedding Sophos' deterministic and machine learning-based detection into Cohesity's platform, Sophos is helping customers reduce reinfection risk and recover with confidence." Key benefits of the new Sophos-powered malware scanning include: * Advanced threat detection: Identifies known, unknown, and zero-day threats through heuristic and behavioral analysis * Operational efficiency: Always-on incremental scanning, with automated scans triggered by IOC or YARA-based detections * Clean recovery assurance: Pre-restore inspection to prevent reinfection and reduce recovery risk * SOC integration: Shares scan results with SIEM and SOAR tools for centralized visibility and response The addition of Sophos next-generation malware scanning further differentiates Cohesity as a leader in incident response and recovery, delivering one of the industry's most comprehensive data security platforms. Visit Cohesity at RSAC 2026, March 23-26, in booth #N-6271 and Sophos in booth #6477. About Cohesity. Cohesity protects, secures, and provides insights into the world's data. As the leader in AI-powered data security, Cohesity helps organizations strengthen resilience, accelerate recovery, and reduce IT costs. With Zero Trust security and advanced AI/ML, Cohesity Data Cloud is trusted by customers in more than 140 countries, including 70% of the Global 500. Cohesity is also backed by industry leaders such as NVIDIA, Amazon, Google, IBM, Cisco, and HPE. Cohesity is certified as a Great Place to Work in multiple countries. Follow Cohesity on LinkedInopens in a new tab and visit www.cohesity.com to learn more. Media contacts. Michael Thacker