Sophos Appoints Kevin Isaac Senior Vice President of Sales for EMEA

Sophos has announced the appointment of Kevin Isaac as senior vice president of sales for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA).

“Kevin is a strategic addition to the Sophos senior leadership team, and his decades of expertise will be pivotal in helping partners evolve their security strategies to defend against today’s persistent attackers,” said Michael Valentine, chief revenue officer at Sophos.

“There is a tremendous opportunity for partners worldwide to leverage our strong portfolio of next-generation cybersecurity solutions and managed threat hunting and response services to protect their customers as they adapt to the constantly changing threat landscape and needs of remote and onsite workers. Kevin recognizes this and is dedicated to supporting partners in their respective regions.”

Isaac brings more than 25 years of cybersecurity sales leadership to Sophos and most recently served as chief revenue officer at Forcepoint. He is known for inspiring and managing high-performing teams and has considerable experience in driving business growth, operational excellence, and year-over-year results in EMEA results.

“We are thrilled Kevin has joined Sophos to expand our already strong growth path in the EMEA market. He is a well-respected international sales executive within cybersecurity, and his wealth of experience will benefit partners and customers as Sophos continues to innovate and lead the industry,” said Valentine.

Sophos protects more than 400,000 organizations of all sizes in more than 150 countries from today’s most advanced cyber threats.

Sophos Central, a cloud-native management platform, integrates Sophos’ entire portfolio of next-generation products, including the Intercept X endpoint solution and the XG next-generation firewall, into a single “synchronized security” system accessible through a set of APIs.

Sophos has been driving a transition to next-generation cybersecurity, leveraging advanced capabilities in cloud, machine learning, APIs, automation, managed threat response, and more, to deliver enterprise-grade protection to any size organization.

Sophos sells its products and services exclusively through a global channel of more than 53,000 partners and managed service providers (MSPs). Sophos also makes its innovative commercial technologies available to consumers via Sophos Home.