Why Microsoft 365 Protection Matters More Than Ever

Microsoft 365 runs the show for modern business – email, identity, collaboration, you name it. Hundreds of millions of users rely on it every day. But that huge scale also makes it a juicy target. Attackers grab compromised identities to get into data, move sideways through environments, and mess with operations, often before anyone notices something’s wrong.

Now that Sophos Backup and Recovery Powered by Rubrik Cyber Resilience is available, organizations can stop juggling fragmented workflows. You can handle threat response and data recovery from one platform. Bring recovery into the same console you use for detecting and responding to threats, and you’ll quickly see what got hit and restore clean, trusted data without leaving Sophos Central.

“Staying operational in a world of constant digital disruption requires confidence in your ability to quickly recover,” said Tom Foucha, VP of Product Management at Sophos. “By bringing recovery directly into the same platform where security teams detect and respond to threats, we’re making cyber resilience practical. This gives organizations a faster, more direct way to withstand attacks and keep their business running.“

What the Solution Actually Does

Available as an add-on for Sophos customers, the solution sticks Rubrik’s SaaS-based Microsoft 365 protection right into Sophos Central. It covers Exchange Online, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams. Security teams get one unified experience for threat response and data recovery, so you don’t need separate tools. You also get stronger resilience with air-gapped, immutable backups and fast, granular recovery that works at scale.

What You Get

Backups that attackers can’t touch – Microsoft 365 backups run on an air-gapped architecture with WORM-locked immutability and customer-controlled encryption. Even if attackers steal credentials, they cannot mess with your protected data.

Recovery that works fast and flexibly – Security teams can search and restore emails, files, mailboxes, OneDrive accounts, SharePoint sites, and Teams data. Go granular or restore at scale. Send data back to the original user or to someone else, even if that account is inactive.

Protection that runs itself – The platform automatically finds new users, sites, and workloads. Policy-driven protection kicks in through Entra ID-based controls, cutting down manual work and keeping coverage continuous.

One console for everything – Backup and recovery live right alongside detection and response in Sophos Central. Teams see the full picture of threats and recovery actions without switching screens.

What Rubrik Brings to the Partnership

“For organizations where Microsoft 365 anchors everything from email to collaboration to critical file storage, its resilience isn’t optional,” said Mallika Swaminathan, Product Management Lead at Rubrik. “Effective cyber resilience means ensuring recovery is reliable and rapid when organizations need it most. By embedding recovery into Sophos Central, we’re simplifying how organizations protect and restore their Microsoft 365 data in critical moments.“

Why This Integration Works at Scale

Sophos defends more than 600,000 customers worldwide. Sophos Central pulls in more than 350 telemetry sources across endpoint, cloud, network, identity, email, and business applications. That gives the Rubrik integration immediate access to a rich security context, helping teams recover faster and with better precision.

For security teams already running Sophos Central for threat detection and response, this integration takes the friction out of managing separate backup tools. When ransomware hits or an account gets compromised, you see what happened and restore data from the same console. No context switching. No delayed recovery. No guessing about what got hit. That’s cyber resilience that actually works when you need it most.

Research and Intelligence Sources: Sophos, Rubrik

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