Sophos MDR Onboarding: Case workflow

Sep 15, 2026

Detections that generate a new MDR Case trigger the Sophos MDR Operations Team to investigate and respond to identified threats in your environment. This workflow is examined, along with the importance of adding your MDR authorized contacts, and choosing the appropriate Threat Response Mode. The detection triage process is covered in a linked video.

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  • Video Chapters*

00:00 Intro

00:18 Detections and Cases

00:51 Analyst investigation

01:12 Authorized contacts

02:00 Threat response mode

03:09 Communication methods

03:34 Threat response example

04:37 Outro

📖 Product documentation - MDR setup
https://docs.sophos.com/central/customer/help/en-us/index.html

📖 Product documentation - Allow Sophos sender addresses
https://docs.sophos.com/central/customer/help/en-us/GettingStarted/onboarding/mdr/index.html#set-up-the-mdr-service

📖 Product documentation - Cases
https://docs.sophos.com/central/customer/eap/4.1/en-us/index.html

🔗 Sophos MDR onboarding guide
https://soph.so/mdr_onboarding

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