Sophos Announces Plans for a New Datacentre in India

 Sophos has announced plans for a new datacentre in Mumbai, India in March. The new datacentre is planned to enable organizations across the country to meet strict data sovereignty laws and regulations, which are increasingly required for those in banking, government and other tightly regulated market sectors. The new datacentre would expand Sophos’ existing base of datacentres around the world in the U.S., Canada, Ireland, Germany, Japan and Australia.

“The datacentre in Mumbai would help Indian organisations accelerate digital transformation and cloud migration,” said Sunil Sharma, MD, Sales for India and SAARC, Sophos. “India is one of the most important markets for us and we have heavily invested in the country. We already have a large base of our research and development in India, and the data center would enable Sophos to further build its leadership presence in the region by providing local data sovereignty and security solutions.”

The new Sophos datacentre in India would also provide organisations across all industries with the ability to store, manage and access data locally from Sophos Central, the cloud management platform that supports Sophos’ portfolio of advanced, next-generation cybersecurity solutions and services. Products and services with access to the new datacentre would initially include Sophos Extended Detection and Response (XDR), Sophos Intercept X, Intercept X for Server, Sophos Encryption and Sophos Managed Threat Response services. Other offerings within the Sophos portfolio are planned to be enabled over time.

“As a global cybersecurity leader, Sophos has been at the forefront of helping businesses of all sizes meet regulatory requirements to store data in-country as they rapidly adopt software-as-a-service (SaaS), cloud and hosted services. It can be very costly for businesses if they don’t have the proper data controls and compliances in place, and Sophos recognizes the need to accommodate the fast-moving changes in how the world is accessing and storing data,” said Raja Patel, senior vice president of products at Sophos. “As organizations advance technically with cybersecurity, they should know their vendor and solutions provider take regulations in their region seriously.”