Sophos, which offers security solutions to defeat cyberattacks, has struck a strategic threat intelligence-sharing partnership with Halcyon, an anti-ransomware solution provider. The collaboration will exchange intelligence in real time, including indicators of compromise (IOCs), adversary behaviors and attack patterns, to enhance ransomware prevention and accelerate response time, the companies said.
Following Halcyon’s recent announcement of a community-focused Ransomware Research Center, this data-sharing initiative will inform defenses across both Sophos’ and Halcyon’s solutions and benefit customers using Sophos Endpoint powered by Intercept X, Sophos Managed Detection and Response (MDR), Sophos XDR, Halcyon’s Anti-Ransomware Platform, and other joint capabilities.
As part of the partnership, the companies will also implement mutual anti-tamper protections that allow each platform to monitor and safeguard the other’s agents in customer environments, officials said.
The collaboration is part of Sophos’ broader strategy to expand the reach and speed of its threat response via strategic relationships. Sophos X-Ops, the company’s cross-functional threat intelligence unit, will work with Halcyon’s research and engineering teams to share and operationalize ransomware-related insight across a wide array of attack surfaces.
“Ransomware tools and tactics are evolving constantly, and the best defense is timely, relevant intelligence that enables defenders to act quickly and with confidence,” said Simon Reed, chief research and scientific officer at Sophos. “By sharing insights with Halcyon, we’re improving signal fidelity and accelerating detection across our systems.”
“Halcyon is honored to partner with Sophos,” said Jon Miller, CEO and co-founder of Halcyon. “Their dedication to innovate and roll out industry-leading and unique features continues to put their customers at an everyday advantage over the most sophisticated attacks affecting enterprises today.”
