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Sophos

Sophos is a global cybersecurity leader delivering advanced endpoint protection, network security, cloud security, and SIEM integration through the Sophos Central platform. The Sophos Central API enables partners, organizations, and tenants to automate security operations including alert management, event retrieval, endpoint policy enforcement, and threat response.

Sophos publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: Alerts API and Events API. Tagged areas include Cybersecurity, Endpoint Protection, Security, SIEM, and Threat Detection.

The Sophos catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Sophos’ developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, documentation, support, engineering blog, pricing, and 9 more developer resources.

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53.9/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
2 APIs
CybersecurityEndpoint ProtectionSecuritySIEMThreat DetectionIncident Response

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
Composite quality — 53.9/100 · developing
Contract Quality 17.5 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 7.8 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Sophos Alerts API

Security alerts from Sophos Central

Sophos Events API

Security events from Sophos Central

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Sophos Central SIEM API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Sophos Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Sophos Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Sophos Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Sophos Context

4 classes · 11 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Sophos API Rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Sophos API Rules

10 rules · 3 errors 6 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Sophos Alert

12 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Sophos Event

12 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Sophos Alerts Response Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 1

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Sophos List Alerts Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Sophos Authentication

apiKey/http · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Sophos Domain Security

TLSv1.2 · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Sophos Agentic Access

2 operations

2 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal
Portal

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess
 LlmsText
LlmsText

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrg
GitHubOrg
 PostmanCollection
PostmanCollection

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Community
Community
 Support
Support

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing

Company 4

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog
 Partners
Partners

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: sophos
name: Sophos
description: Sophos is a global cybersecurity leader delivering advanced endpoint protection, network security, cloud security,
  and SIEM integration through the Sophos Central platform. The Sophos Central API enables partners, organizations, and tenants
  to automate security operations including alert management, event retrieval, endpoint policy enforcement, and threat response.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/sophos.png
tags:
- Cybersecurity
- Endpoint Protection
- Security
- SIEM
- Threat Detection
- Incident Response
created: '2025-02-08'
modified: '2026-05-19'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/sophos/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: sophos:sophos-alerts-api
  name: Sophos Alerts API
  description: Security alerts from Sophos Central
  humanURL: https://developer.sophos.com/
  baseURL: https://api1.central.sophos.com/gateway
  tags:
  - Alerts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sophos-alerts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.sophos.com/intro
  - type: Reference
    url: https://developer.sophos.com/apis
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.sophos.com/getting-started
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://developer.sophos.com/whatsnew
- aid: sophos:sophos-events-api
  name: Sophos Events API
  description: Security events from Sophos Central
  humanURL: https://developer.sophos.com/
  baseURL: https://api1.central.sophos.com/gateway
  tags:
  - Events
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sophos-events-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.sophos.com/intro
  - type: Reference
    url: https://developer.sophos.com/apis
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.sophos.com/getting-started
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://developer.sophos.com/whatsnew
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/sophos-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/sophos-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/sophos-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sophos
- type: Portal
  url: https://developer.sophos.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.sophos.com/intro
- type: Website
  url: https://www.sophos.com/
- type: Community
  url: https://community.sophos.com/sophos-central-api
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/sophos
- type: PostmanCollection
  url: https://github.com/sophos/sophos-central-apis-postman
- type: Integrations
  url: https://www.sophos.com/en-us/integrations
- type: Support
  url: https://support.sophos.com/
- type: Blog
  url: https://news.sophos.com/
- type: UseCases
  url: https://www.sophos.com/en-us/use-cases
- type: Partners
  url: https://www.sophos.com/en-us/partners
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.sophos.com/en-us/products
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://developer.sophos.com/llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com