Case Study: Major Irish public sector organisation achieves 24/7 cloud-based protection across 5,500 endpoints with Sophos Managed Detection and Response (MDR)

Sophos MDR protects a major public sector organisation in Ireland

Major Public Sector Organisation, a large Irish public-sector body with over 5,500 users and endpoints across 300 sites, needed to replace an ageing on‑premise endpoint protection and move to a cloud-based solution to protect highly sensitive data and a mobile workforce. They selected Sophos and chose Sophos Managed Detection and Response (MDR) to deliver reliable, industry-leading protection they could depend on.

Sophos implemented its cloud-based MDR, integrating with the organisation’s Azure environment, benchmarking configurations, monitoring Azure logs in real time, and providing 24/7 expert monitoring and a dedicated support team—an implementation that took minutes. The result: continuous ransomware protection and round‑the‑clock threat detection across 5,500 endpoints at 300 sites, a reduced in‑house resource burden, and Sophos MDR acting as an extension of the IT team so staff can focus on other business priorities.