{"id":7447,"date":"2025-10-09T03:02:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T03:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/09\/sophos-launches-security-advisory-services-in-australia-523393216\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T03:02:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T03:02:39","slug":"sophos-launches-security-advisory-services-in-australia-523393216","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/09\/sophos-launches-security-advisory-services-in-australia-523393216\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophos launches security advisory services in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    Sophos launches security advisory services in Australia<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    <!-- no image --><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><\/p>\n<div>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/d1v1e13ebw3o15.cloudfront.net\/data\/90626\/pool_and_spa_logo\/..jpg?ssl=1\"> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sophos.com\/en-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sophos<\/a> has announced the Australian launch of Advisory Services, the company\u2019s set of security services designed to help organisations spot and fix weaknesses before they can be exploited.<\/p>\n<p>The service offerings include External Penetration Testing, which simulates an attacker trying to breach an organisation\u2019s perimeter from the outside.\u00a0The Internal Penetration Testing service meanwhile simulates insider threats or the actions of attackers who have already breached an organisation\u2019s perimeter, with a focus on systems, applications and data.<\/p>\n<p>Wireless Network Penetration Testing specifically assesses the security of an organisation\u2019s Wi-Fi networks and infrastructure, while Web Application Security Assessment tests an organisation\u2019s web applications for security and design vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n<p>These services are provided by dedicated testers with security expertise panning security research, threat intelligence, law enforcement, military and other backgrounds. These capabilities were acquired by Sophos with the recent acquisition of SecureWorks.<\/p>\n<p>Sophos Senior Director for Advisory Services Jake Dorval said today\u2019s threat actors are increasingly skilled at exploiting even small cracks in an organisation\u2019s defences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Sophos Advisory Services, we give customers a proactive advantage \u2014\u00a0helping them find and fix weaknesses before attackers can exploit them,\u201d he said.\u00a0\u201cBacked by real-time insights from Sophos X-Ops threat intelligence, our experts enable organisations to strengthen resilience, meet compliance requirements and build lasting trust with stakeholders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During Sophos\u2019s recent State of Ransomware research, 41% of organisations said gaps in their defences left them exposed to attack.<\/p>\n<p><h9>Image credit: iStock.com\/gorodenkoff<\/h9><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><\/p>\n<p> \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologydecisions.com.au\/content\/security\/news\/sophos-launches-security-advisory-services-in-australia-523393216?utm_source=rss\">Go to Technology Decisions<\/a><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sophos launches security advisory services in Australia Sophos has announced the Australian launch of Advisory Services, the company\u2019s set of security services designed to help organisations spot and fix weaknesses before they can be exploited. The service offerings include External Penetration Testing, which simulates an attacker trying to breach an organisation\u2019s perimeter from the outside.\u00a0The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[48],"class_list":["post-7447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology-decisions","tag-technology-decisions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7447"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7447\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}