Sophos puts 6% of the workforce following the acquisition of SecureWorks

The cybersecurity company whose headquarters are in the United Kingdom Sophos dismissals 6% of its workforce, confirmed the company in Techcrunch on Thursday.

Layoffs, reported for the first time by The registerCome less than two weeks after Sophos has completed his acquisition of $ 859 million from the American cybersecurity company SecureWorks.

In a declaration sent by email to Techcrunch, Sophos spokesperson Sara Eberle said that layoffs will affect “around 6% of our combined companies”. Sophos refused to confirm the exact number of employees who had been affected and would not disclose the current company’s workforce.

Sophos said that the reduction in the workforce is due to “positions that are no longer necessary when SecureWorks has been canceled as a public company and rationalized the roles of duplication as a result of the acquisition” .

In 2023, Sophos dismissed 10% of his workforce – About 450 employees – which, according to the company, was at the time to achieve “the optimal balance of growth and profitability”.