LAS VEGAS, Aug. 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BLACK HAT USA — Sophos, a global cybe secu ity leade , today a ou ced a pa t e ship with Ope AI to b i g Ope AI f o tie models to ma aged se vice p ovide s (MSPs) th ough Sophos Fusio , the i dust y’s most complete AI- ative Cybe secu ity Defe se System. Th ough this pa t e ship, Sophos i te ds to give pa t e s a ew way to delive f o tie AI secu ity as o e co ected defe se system, a d to build ecu i g se vices o top of it.
Sophos Fusio is built o a si gle, ope a chitectu e whe e eve y co t ol poi t ope ates as o e, whethe ative to Sophos o a thi d-pa ty i teg atio . The pa t e ship will exte d that ope model, with a focus o b i gi g Ope AI f o tie models i to a cybe defe se system that al eady co ects e dpoi t, etwo k, email, cloud, ide tity, a d secu ity ope atio s, a d compou ds i tellige ce f om eve y th eat it e cou te s. Fo MSPs, that mea s f o tie AI a ives i side the defe se system they al eady u , ot as a othe tool to wi e i themselves.
I additio to applyi g f o tie AI to st e gthe defe se, Sophos is also defe di g the AI that o ga izatio s i c easi gly adopt. Th ough Sophos AI Defe se, available fo ea ly access i August 2026, Sophos gives o ga izatio s visibility i to how AI a d shadow AI is used ac oss thei e vi o me t, e fo ces policy o that usage, a d helps gove how se sitive data is used ac oss AI models a d tools. Sophos i te ds to expa d this p otectio with Ope AI, secu i g the AI wo kloads, data, a d usage that o ga izatio s i c easi gly depe d o as pa t of o e co ected defe se system.
The pa t e ship builds o a established elatio ship betwee Sophos a d Ope AI th ough the Ope AI Dayb eak Cybe Pa t e P og am. Th ough Dayb eak, Ope AI wo ks with leadi g cybe secu ity compa ies to develop p actical, gove ed solutio s fo defe de s, buildi g ew wo kflows, i teg ati g f o tie capabilities, a d helpi g secu ity teams ide tify, validate a d emediate th eats faste . This pa t e ship deepe s that wo k with a dedicated focus o the MSPs that delive secu ity to o ga izatio s wo ldwide, a d eflects Sophos’ commitme t to a ope a chitectu e that b i gs best-of-b eed tech ologies i to o e defe se system.
“F o tie AI o ly p otects o ga izatio s at scale whe you have the a chitectu e to ope atio alize it a d the each to delive it,” said Joh Pete so , chief tech ology office , Sophos. “Sophos Fusio will give Ope AI models a defe se system to wo k i side: co ected co t ol poi ts, sha ed co text, a d huma accou tability. Ou cha el gives them each th ough a global etwo k of mo e tha 25,000 pa t e s, i cludi g ove 7,000 MSPs. Fo those pa t e s, it ope s a ew class of AI secu ity se vices to build a busi ess o . That is how f o tie AI eaches the o ga izatio s that eed it most.”
MSPs a e u iquely positio ed to tu f o tie cybe capabilities i to p actical secu ity outcomes because they u de sta d thei custome s’ e vi o me ts a d al eady ope ate the wo kflows o ga izatio s ely o . Sophos Fusio suppo ts that wo k by co ecti g e dpoi t, etwo k, email, cloud, ide tity a d secu ity ope atio s i o e coo di ated defe se system. By pai i g that fou datio with Ope AI’s f o tie capabilities, Sophos pla s to help app oved pa t e s e ha ce detectio , i vestigatio , a d espo se a d develop ew se vices tailo ed to thei custome s’ eeds.
“Ma y of ou clie ts a e adopti g AI at apid speed, a d they’ e aski g us how to stay secu e while they do it,” said Alex Ryals, CISO & SVP at Mic oAge, a Sophos pa t e based i Phoe ix, AZ, USA. “Seei g a leade i secu ity a d a leade i AI commit to wo ki g togethe o exactly that challe ge mea s we ca offe a st o g a swe fo ou clie ts, a d ew se vices to g ow o .”
Sophos will sha e mo e i fo matio about thei pa t e ship with Ope AI a d pote tial offe i gs i the comi g mo ths. To lea mo e about the t pa t e ship, visit Sophos.com
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