“Sophos and Rubrik’s partnership does not change the incident response workflow – but rather coordinates detection and recovery into a single workflow,” Raja Patel, Chief Product Officer at Sophos told MSSP Alert.
“Imagine a situation where a customer’s SharePoint folders were compromised. An organization using this service ahead of the incident would be able to safely restore content without concern for data loss or corruption. Detection and prevention are still paramount, and correlation of events from start to recovery are necessary in providing a comprehensive analysis of any incident.”
Making Recovery Operational, Not a Silo
Sophos Central already acts as the nerve center for threat telemetry across endpoints, cloud workloads, identity, and email. Now, it can also serve as the control point for recovering Microsoft 365 data - restoring Exchange mailboxes, OneDrives, SharePoint sites, Teams channels, and more.“Defenders gain the ability to quickly restore clean data after security incidents without switching platforms, and in some cases, automate recovery processes triggered by MDR threat detections,” Patel added. “Security teams maintain visibility into backup security posture alongside threat detection, and verify backup integrity against potential compromise across Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams.”
Built for Real Threats, Not Just Checklists
Backup is often the last line of defense. But as attackers increasingly target backup infrastructure itself—especially in Microsoft 365 environments - resilience depends on more than just snapshots. It requires strong isolation and layered controls to ensure backups stay untouchable.“Rubrik’s isolated, air-gapped architecture ensures that even if an attacker compromises a customer's Microsoft 365 or Entra ID tenant, their data backups remain secure,” said Anneka Gupta, Chief Product Officer at Rubrik. “We provide WORM locks, customer-held encryption keys, and fine-grained access controls. With these measures in place, we can help organizations recover quickly and confidently, even when faced with the worst-case scenario.”
