BURLINGTON, Mass.  — Marzo 23, 2022 —

Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, today announced the appointment of Rob Lalumondier as vice president of its federal business. Lalumondier will leverage his extensive cybersecurity federal sales experience to expand growth of Sophos’ federal business, building on the company’s strong history of helping federal agencies secure their users, data, networks, and systems to protect against ransomware and other advanced cyberthreats.

“This is a pivotal year for Sophos’s public sector strategy, and Rob brings an unbeatable track record in generating federal business growth at incredible scale to lead this initiative,” said Erin Malone, senior vice president of Americas sales at Sophos. “As Sophos progresses toward FedRAMP authorization, Rob’s expertise will be essential in refining our federal distribution strategy and expanding our federal sales organization to offer invincible support for our federal customers and the channel partners that serve them.”

Lalumondier is an accomplished federal sales executive with more than two decades of experience. He previously served as the executive director of McAfee’s federal civilian business unit, and as the director of defense and intelligence at Intel Corporation. He also served as a captain in the U.S. Army during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. Lalumondier holds a Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and a Master of Business Administration from Cornell University, where he is a Roy H. Park Leadership Fellow.

“The United States and its allies are under tremendous pressure from cyber adversaries, and Sophos is arming federal agencies with innovative tools and frontline threat intelligence to defend mission critical systems,” said Lalumondier. “Sophos’ award-winning portfolio of next-generation cybersecurity solutions and incident response services delivers the best outcomes, bar none. There’s tremendous opportunity to expand the company’s existing footprint in the federal market, and I look forward to working closely with our myriad federal customers.”

Informazioni su Sophos

Sophos, leader mondiale e innovatore nelle soluzioni di sicurezza avanzate per neutralizzare i cyberattacchi, tra cui servizi MDR (Managed Detection and Response) e incident response, mette a disposizione delle aziende un’ampia gamma di soluzioni di sicurezza per endpoint, network, email e cloud al fine di supportarle nella lotta ai cyber attacchi. In quanto uno dei principali provider di cybersecurity, Sophos protegge oltre 600.000 realtà e più di 100 milioni di utenti a livello globale da potenziali minacce, ransomware, phishing, malware e altro. I servizi e le soluzioni di Sophos vengono gestiti attraverso la console Sophos Central, basata su cloud, e si incentra su Sophos X-Ops, l'unità di threat intelligence cross-domain dell'azienda. Sophos X-Ops ottimizza l’intero ecosistema adattivo di cybersecurity di Sophos, che include un data lake centralizzato, che si avvale di una ricca serie di API aperti, resi disponibili ai clienti, ai partner, agli sviluppatori e ad altri fornitori di cyber security e information technology. Sophos fornisce cybersecurity as a service alle aziende che necessitano di soluzioni chiavi in mano interamente gestite. I clienti possono scegliere di gestire la propria cybersecurity direttamente con la piattaforma di Sophos per le operazioni di sicurezza o di adottare un approccio ibrido, integrando i propri servizi con quelli di Sophos, come il threat hunting e la remediation. Sophos distribuisce i propri prodotti attraverso partner e fornitori di servizi gestiti (MSP) in tutto il mondo. Sophos ha sede a Oxford, nel Regno Unito. Ulteriori informazioni sono disponibili su www.sophos.it.