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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.

37.4/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 23/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
2 APIs
CybersecurityEndpoint ProtectionSecuritySIEMThreat DetectionIncident Response

Kin Score

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0
Composite quality — 37.4/100 · thin
Contract Quality 15.3 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 6.7 / 20
Access Clarity 5.3 / 20
Operational Transparency 1.7 / 13
Contract Governance 1.6 / 12
Discoverability 6.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 23/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
Documented Reversibility 6 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 9 / 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 4 / 4
Delegated User Identity 0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5
Registration Without a Human 0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5
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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 4

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

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

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.

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.

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

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 4

The organization behind the API

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: '0.23'
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:
  - Event
  tags_raw:
  - 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

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