1. Intercept X Install alongside competitive AV
Karl Ackerman
Endpoint Product Management
Set up value
Impact – of value
Customer perspective
Motivation , why do we end up in front of a customer
Frustrated with complexity
Poor results
Cost?
Upgrade cycle
Vendor questions typically at renewal time
Next gen vendor creating oppty…
Also, getting attack, esp in North America, esp. Cylance
Who are key competitors from field perspective?
Offensive NOT defensive…why we solve more, NOT why we are so much better…smart, simple and synchronized

2. Step 1 – Create a Sophos Central Trial Account
To participate in the Intercept X beta where Sophos Intercept X will be deployed alongside a 3rd party AV you will need a Sophos Central Trial Account first. 1 - Register for a Sophos Central Trial Account: Fill in registration information If participating in the spiceworks beta invitation be sure to use the same address

3. Step 2 – Logon to Sophos Central
1 - Log onto your new Sophos Central Trial Account

4. Step 3 – Early Access Program
Sophos Central
Sophos Central provides the single management point for endpoint protection, Intercept X, , mobile and other products.
You will need to activate the beta program for Intercept X, by selecting the early access program “Sophos Ultiamte”
Early Access Programs
Early Access Programs are the new way of managing beta program participation

5. Step 4 – Join Sophos Ultimate
Click Join and proceed through the EULA and acceptance screens.
Sophos Ultimate is the code name for the Intercept X Project and includes:
Anti-Ransomware – Behavior based ransomware prevention and file rollback (Cryptoguard)
Anti-Exploit – comprehensive anti-exploit protection
Threat Analysis- Incident response reports for detected malicious activity
Sophos Clean – Forensic malware removal

6. Step 5 – Protect Devices 1 – Protect Devices
This enables you to select deployment components
2 – Choose Windows Installer Components 2 1

7. Step 6 – Intercept X component
1 – Endpoint Intercept
We only want to deploy Intercept X on the windows device
NOTE: Installing the Endpoint Advanced will replace your existing AV with Sophos
2 – Download the Installer
When the download completes, run the EXE on computers that you want to have Intercept X on
NOTE: Do not run with Sophos On-Prem managed computers 1 2

8. Step 7 – Confirm Deployment
Confirming Deployment
To confirm deployment, go to a device that you assigned to the beta and log in
In the system tray, double click on the Sophos Agent Icon (a shield)
Click on About
Product will list the components installed
Once deployed we protect against Ransomware and Exploits that the existing AV misses.