Sophos MDR vs. Field Effect MDR

Sophos Managed Detection and Response (MDR) is a fully managed service delivered by experts who detect and respond to cyberattacks targeting your computers, servers, networks, cloud workloads, email accounts, backups, and more. Our highly skilled security analysts stop advanced human-led attacks and take immediate action to neutralize threats before they can disrupt your business operations or compromise your sensitive data.

Field Effect delivers intelligence-grade managed detection and response for the AI era. Built on Federated Smart Compute™ and nation-state tradecraft, our holistic MDR platform uncovers weaknesses early, blocks attacks in real time, and reduces risk across the entire threat surface—endpoint, network, cloud, and more. With an 18-second median time to detect, Field Effect helps MSPs and overwhelmed IT teams outpace agentic attacks and achieve premium protection with the team they have.