Firm profile
Sophos
Sophos was named in 1 of the 16 managed IT service providers questions measured by The Shortlist Report, appearing in 94 of the 269 AI responses sampled across those questions (34.9%).
Sophos is strongest on “Which managed service providers are strongest on cybersecurity?”, where it was named in 94 of 269 responses (34.9%), placing it in tier 2 of that report.
What Sophos is surfaced for in managed IT service providers
Based on the measured answers, Sophos is most likely to be surfaced when buyers ask about “Which managed service providers are strongest on cybersecurity?”.
How the answers describe the firmOffers managed detection and response with 24/7 threat monitoring and response capabilities for SMBs and mid-market organizations already using Sophos security products.
In this sample, Sophos was named on 1 of the 15 managed IT service providers ranking questions measured. These are the buyer questions where it appeared most often:
- MSP cybersecurity — named in 94 of 269 responses (34.9%), tier 2.
This describes when the firm is surfaced, not whether it is the right firm to hire. The sample measures recommendation visibility, not client outcomes.
Every question in managed IT service providers
Sophos was named on 1 of these 15 ranking questions. The rest are questions buyers ask that it did not come up for — with whoever did.
Who leads managed IT service providers overall: Accenture tops 2 of 15 · Integris tops 2 of 15 · Arctic Wolf tops 1 of 15 · Buchanan Technologies tops 1 of 15 · Click One MSP tops 1 of 15 · Dataprise tops 1 of 15. See all reports.
Where Sophos was named
| Question | Tier | Responses | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Which managed service providers are strongest on cybersecurity? | 2 | 94 of 269 | 34.9% |
What Sophos gets named for
Across the 16 managed IT service providers questions measured, Sophos is named most often on “Which managed service providers are strongest on cybersecurity?” — it appears in 94 of the 269 ChatGPT responses to that question, or 34.9% of them.
That is the only question in this set where Sophos cleared the reporting threshold, so its visibility is concentrated in one kind of buyer question rather than spread across the category.
What Sophos’s tier placings mean
On “Which managed service providers are strongest on cybersecurity?”, Sophos sits in tier 2 of 4, named in 94 of 269 responses (34.9%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 45.0% of responses against Sophos’s 34.9%. It shares tier 2 with eSentire, which the sample cannot separate from it. 7 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Sophos from them.
What this page is, and is not
- It is a count of how often AI assistants named Sophos when asked buyer questions about managed IT service providers. Nothing here is a review, a rating, or an assessment of the firm’s work.
- Sophos did not submit this listing, was not contacted about it, and cannot pay to change it, move up, or be removed.
- A firm named in few responses may still be excellent. Share follows what has been published about a firm online, which is what an AI assistant reads.
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