Sophos introduces solution to protect remote and hybrid workers.

Sophos has introduced Sophos Workspace Protection, a solution designed to protect remote and hybrid workers, contractors and guests – and the networks and data they access – from threats, breaches, and shadow IT, and provide consistent policy enforcement on and off the network. 

Sophos Workspace Protection includes Sophos Protected Browser, a new, secure Chromium web browser powered by Island.io that provides several security features, including control over app usage, local data controls, and web filtering, that is hardened against exploits and attacks.

It also integrates Sophos ZTNA for access to web apps and rich SSH and RDP support.

Sophos ZTNA is now integrated into Sophos Protected Browser and can still be used agentless or with a thin agent as before.

It also works with Sophos Endpoint to provide device posture assessment and Synchronized Security Heartbeat for defining device health as part of access policies. Existing Sophos ZTNA customers will automatically get access to the full Sophos Workspace Protection bundle.

Sophos DNS Protection for Endpoints provides an additional layer of web protection across all apps, ports, and protocols on remote Windows devices, with added visibility and security, and privacy with DNS over HTTPS.

Email Monitoring System is a Sophos email solution that deploys alongside Google or Microsoft email solutions to monitor email traffic and provide additional insights, analysis, and detections of unwanted or malicious email, including phishing attacks.

For partners, Sophos claims that Workspace Protection provides an "excellent new revenue opportunity", ideal for existing Sophos Firewall or Endpoint customers.

Sophos Workspace Protection will be available in late February.