Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, has announced its plans to provide Sophos Intercept X endpoint protection for 5G PCs powered by Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ compute platforms from Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
As a worldwide leader in next-generation cybersecurity, Sophos protects more than 400,000 organizations of all sizes in more than 150 countries from today’s most advanced cyber threats.
The combination of Sophos Intercept X with Snapdragon compute platforms will provide users with next-generation security through an always-on, always-connected PC environment.
Snapdragon compute platforms enabling 5G connectivity build on smartphone technology to deliver premium performance and efficiency to 4G and 5G cellular-connected thin and light fanless laptops.
Sophos Intercept X is designed to protect advanced computing systems and endpoints, stopping the latest cybersecurity threats with deep learning AI and anti-ransomware capabilities.
Sophos expects Intercept X for Snapdragon compute platforms to be available in the second half of 2021.
Joe Levy, chief technology officer, Sophos said, “An always-on, always-connected, interactive computing environment that combines smartphone and PC technology delivers unique security capabilities and opportunities.
“Mobile devices historically have experienced far fewer security incidents than PCs powered by traditional architectures. It’s certainly not because they aren’t ubiquitous, but rather because of their modern architecture that offers overall predictability relative to PCs, enabling application vendors to design high-performance and secure software.
“Snapdragon compute platforms mark a major step forward because they provide all the utility and performance of a PC, but with many of the benefits associated with modern mobile computing devices. Security loves predictability, and Sophos is excited to be a part of securing this next-generation computing platform.”
DigitalTimesNG understands that Sophos Intercept X will also Leverage Connected Standby for continuous communication with a fleet of Snapdragon-powered PCs so that security investigations have fewer unknowns as data won’t be missed due to devices being offline.
It will also use AI acceleration through the Qualcomm® AI Engine to compile increasingly AI-dependent software real-time on a device with optimizations to run faster and more power-efficient, which is important when devices are running on a battery.
It will harness the hardware-level root of trust to ascertain device and cryptographic integrity in order to create strong identity bindings.
Miguel Nunes, senior director, Product Management at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc said, “Now, in addition to enabling always on, always connected PC experiences, our 5G-enabled Snapdragon compute platforms bring next-generation security innovation rooted in our advanced AI and 5G connectivity capabilities.
“By working with Sophos, we are taking on-device security to a new level by enhancing their industry-leading endpoint protection with AI accelerated threat detection on our solutions.
“We’re excited for Sophos to transform computing with next-generation enterprise-grade security on 5G powered Snapdragon compute platforms.”
Powered by SophosLabs and SophosAI – a global threat intelligence and data science team – Sophos’ cloud-native and AI-powered solutions secure endpoints (laptops, servers and mobile devices) and networks against evolving cyberattack techniques, including ransomware, malware, exploits, data exfiltration, active-adversary breaches, phishing, and more.
Sophos Central, a cloud-native management platform, integrates Sophos’ entire portfolio of next-generation products, including the Intercept X endpoint solution and the XG next-generation firewall, into a single “synchronized security” system accessible through a set of APIs.
Sophos has been driving a transition to next-generation cybersecurity, leveraging advanced capabilities in cloud, machine learning, APIs, automation, managed threat response, and more, to deliver enterprise-grade protection to any size organization.
Qualcomm on the other hand is the world’s leading wireless technology innovator and the driving force behind the development, launch, and expansion of 5G.
