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Sophos, a major cybersecurity company, has deployed built on OpenAI's Daybreak platform to accelerate its managed detection and response (MDR) team. The agents combine OpenAI's AI capabilities with Sophos's threat expertise to investigate and respond to security incidents faster.
According to Sophos CTO John Peterson, the agents have cut average response time by 96%, dropping from 38 minutes to 89 seconds for cases using the AI-assisted workflow. The system maintains human oversight of investigations and decisions.
The deployment shows how enterprise teams are moving beyond to deploy AI agents for specialized, high-stakes work in real customer environments.
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