Rook Security

The Rook Security company offers servants of management of detection of cyberthreats and reaction (Managed Detection and Response, MDR), helping the organizations to carry out monitoring of cybersecurity incidents, to look for them, to analyze and take measures for avoidance of negative effects.

History

2019: Sophos purchased Rook Security

At the beginning of June, 2019 Sophos announced Rook Security acquisition. The cost of the transaction of the company did not begin to be disclosed.

The buyer is going to integrate the Rook Security technologies used for identification and reaction on cyberthreats with the service DarkBytes Security Operations Center (SOC) platform which Sophos absorbed in January, 2019.

As a result of Rook Security acquisition MDR services will be provided through the Sophos channel numbering by the beginning of June, 2019 about 47 thousand partners worldwide.

Partners who want to offer own opportunities of detection, investigations and responses to threats should employ implementation engineers and open the centers of monitoring and reaction. However this task can become impracticable for the small companies.

Rook Security is capable to help to improve search of cyberthreats and to work effectively round the clock to providers of the managed services of security (MSSP) even if they have own services for response to cybersecurity incidents, the vice president of global partner business of Sophos Kendra Krause reported the CRN edition.

According to him, partners will be able to expect the same margin from MDR services, as well as from products, or even more. Clients and partners will receive benefit from Rook Security MDR opportunities, including security of endpoints and function of firewalls.

Sophos is going to integrate the product portfolio with developments of Rook Security that will allow experts of Rook Security to analyze security status of clients and to provide an optimal configuration the politician for the products Sophos in different regions.^[1]

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