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Endpoint Protection

The most-tested endpoint protection on the market.

Sophos Endpoint Protection combines deep-learning AI, CryptoGuard anti-ransomware, exploit prevention, and active-adversary mitigation in a single lightweight agent. It protects more than 500,000 organizations and consistently leads independent testing by AV-Comparatives, MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations, and SE Labs.

Key Capabilities

Six defenses, one lightweight agent

Sophos Endpoint Protection layers signature-less, behavioural, and AI-driven techniques so attackers have to defeat all of them - not just one - to land on your endpoint.

Deep-learning AI

A neural network trained on hundreds of millions of malicious and benign files detects never-seen-before malware without signatures or rules.

CryptoGuard anti-ransomware

Monitors file activity in real time and reverses unauthorized encryption, rolling back affected files from a hidden local cache.

Exploit prevention

Blocks 60+ exploit techniques (heap spray, stack pivot, DLL injection, etc.) used to weaponize software vulnerabilities, including zero-days.

Active adversary mitigation

Detects hands-on-keyboard attacker behaviour: credential theft, lateral movement, privilege escalation, and persistence techniques.

Web & application control

Blocks phishing and malicious URLs, restricts risky application categories, and prevents data exfiltration through unauthorized apps.

Cloud-managed from Sophos Central

One web console for policy, alerts, reporting, and incident response across every endpoint - no on-premises management server to maintain.

Deep Dive

How CryptoGuard stops ransomware in its tracks

Traditional antivirus relies on signatures and blacklists. By the time a new ransomware strain has a signature, your files are already encrypted. CryptoGuard takes a different approach: it watches for the behaviour of ransomware - rapid, unauthorized encryption of user files - and stops it the moment it starts.

  • Real-time behavioural detection. CryptoGuard monitors file I/O for the encryption patterns ransomware uses, signature-free.
  • Automatic rollback. When an attack is detected, CryptoGuard restores affected files from a protected local cache. No off-site backup required.
  • Works on unknown strains. Because it’s behaviour-based, CryptoGuard catches ransomware no one has seen yet, including the targeted strains used in human-operated attacks.
  • Stops remote ransomware too. If a compromised host elsewhere on the network tries to encrypt files on a CryptoGuard-protected machine, the encryption is blocked at the file system layer.
Original Restored Files rolled back automatically
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Endpoint Security Buyer’s Guide

A practical guide to evaluating modern endpoint security platforms - the capabilities that actually matter, the questions to ask in vendor demos, and the deployment pitfalls that derail rollouts. Free PDF download.

Who Deploys It

Built for IT teams who can’t babysit endpoint security

Whether you have a 24/7 SOC or an IT-team-of-one, Sophos Endpoint Protection is designed to do the work for you - and only call when there’s something genuinely worth your attention.

1

SMBs without a SOC

Install, enrol, and let it run. Default policies catch the vast majority of threats with no tuning. Optional Sophos MDR adds 24/7 expert oversight when you don’t have analysts of your own.

Production in under a week
2

Enterprises replacing legacy AV

Measurable detection improvement and lower CPU overhead than incumbent signature-based AVs. We coordinate the migration so users don’t end up running two engines fighting over the kernel.

Better detection, lower overhead
3

Regulated industries

Healthcare, finance, and public-sector teams use Sophos Endpoint Protection for HIPAA / PCI / SOC 2 endpoint controls. Built-in audit logs and tamper protection satisfy auditor requirements.

Audit-ready out of the box
Pairs Well With

Add depth when you’re ready

Sophos Endpoint Protection stands alone, but most organizations grow into a fuller endpoint program over time. These are the natural next steps.

Sophos EDR
Endpoint

Sophos EDR

Adds continuous endpoint telemetry, threat hunting, and live response on top of Sophos Endpoint Protection. The next step for teams ready to investigate.

Sophos MDR
Managed Service

Sophos MDR

24/7 expert-led threat hunting and response built on the same Sophos endpoint agent. We run it; you sleep at night.

Sophos Server Protection
Servers

Server Protection

The same Sophos endpoint engine plus server-specific controls: file integrity monitoring, application lockdown, and cloud-workload optimisation.

Ready to deploy Sophos Endpoint Protection?

Start a free, fully-featured trial in your environment, request volume pricing for your endpoint count, or talk to our team about migrating off your existing antivirus.