Sophos has partnered with OpenAI to bring frontier AI models to managed service provider partners for building solutions. Under the agreement, Sophos will introduce OpenAI frontier models into its AI-native cybersecurity defence system, Sophos Fusion, which connects native and third-party control points. The partnership aims to enable OpenAI frontier models to operate within a cyber defence system covering endpoint, network, email, cloud, identity and security operations, allowing MSPs to integrate frontier AI into their existing defence systems. Later this month, Sophos plans to bring into early access Sophos AI Defense, a tool for providing organisations with visibility into how AI and shadow AI are used across the enterprise environment and enforcing policy on that AI usage. Sophos also plans to expand this protection with OpenAI to secure AI workloads, data and usage. The companies had already been partnering through the OpenAI Daybreak Cyber Partner Program. Sophos CTO John Peterson said frontier AI protects organisations at scale only when the architecture is in place to operationalise it, adding that Sophos Fusion will give OpenAI models a defence system with connected control points, shared context, and human accountability. He noted the channel reaches more than 25,000 partners, including over 7000 MSPs, opening a new class of AI security services. By pairing Sophos Fusion with OpenAI’s frontier capabilities, Sophos intends to help partners enhance detection, investigation, and response and develop new services tailored to customer needs.