India, Feb. 11 -- Sophos has announced the acquisition of Arco Cyber, a UK cybersecurity assurance firm, in a move aimed at strengthening its governance and risk capabilities across India and global markets. The deal adds AI-driven security validation and compliance insight to the Sophos platform, with a focus on helping organisations that operate without a full-time Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).

The company plans to integrate Arco Cyber's technology and team into Sophos Central, its unified security platform.

Globally, there are an estimated 359 million organisations. Fewer than 32,000 have a CISO. That gap is not small. It leaves many firms running advanced security tools but without senior leadership to measure risk, val...