Sophos Cloud Firewall (PAYG)
Sophos | 20.0 MR1Linux/Unix, Other 20.0 MR1 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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An single point solution for end to end security control for enterprises
What do you like best about the product?
I like the integration of sophos firewall with access points for full control over network n security
What do you dislike about the product?
Vpn service i feel like not upto the mark.sees some connectivity issues while using with employees
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
A complete solution for security in enterprises.
Single solution with endpoint solution with AP
Single solution with endpoint solution with AP
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Its a while in one solution.. better then hard integration of seperate products
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Cost Effective next generation firewall for Small / Medium size organizations.
What do you like best about the product?
Following are the most beneficial features for the Sophos XG firewall:
1. Nice interactive dashboard covering all the information on a single screen.
2. Reports and log monitoring to analyze traffic and threat mapping.
3. Features such as Web and application protection helps to make the network secure.
4. Sophos Central Synchronization helps to synchronize Sophos XG Firewall with all the endpoints and helps in the automatic device isolation in case if a device is infected.
1. Nice interactive dashboard covering all the information on a single screen.
2. Reports and log monitoring to analyze traffic and threat mapping.
3. Features such as Web and application protection helps to make the network secure.
4. Sophos Central Synchronization helps to synchronize Sophos XG Firewall with all the endpoints and helps in the automatic device isolation in case if a device is infected.
What do you dislike about the product?
Device configuration needs to be more user-friendly.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Following tasks has performed by Sophos XG Firewall:
1. Network and Web protection of all devices in the network.
2. Intrusion Prevention and Application Filtering.
3. Routing and VPN for office network.
1. Network and Web protection of all devices in the network.
2. Intrusion Prevention and Application Filtering.
3. Routing and VPN for office network.
Easy to deploy and work
What do you like best about the product?
1. Initial setup of the device is very easy.
2. Easily understandable graphical user Interface
3. Easy to configure Dynamic NAT and Static NAT policies
4. Configuration of remote access and site-to-site VPN is very easy.
5. Provides excellent log visibility in the log viewer tab.
2. Easily understandable graphical user Interface
3. Easy to configure Dynamic NAT and Static NAT policies
4. Configuration of remote access and site-to-site VPN is very easy.
5. Provides excellent log visibility in the log viewer tab.
What do you dislike about the product?
1. Technical documents are not very much available.
2.Poor customer support.
3. GUI loads slowly when initially connecting to it.
2.Poor customer support.
3. GUI loads slowly when initially connecting to it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
1. Blocking adult content, shopping, social networking access for the users to increase productivity.
2. Securing endpoints with strict security policies
3. Providing DHCP to the clients connected.
4. Accessing internal servers using remote access SSL VPN service.
2. Securing endpoints with strict security policies
3. Providing DHCP to the clients connected.
4. Accessing internal servers using remote access SSL VPN service.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Reasonable price recommended to others which concerns about cost.
Good Security "Sophos"
What do you like best about the product?
One of the significant features is we can integrate other products of Sophos into this. Easy to use and the training provided by them is very useful for the people who is new to this product. They do have a trial version for noncommercial usage. We can easily manage our organization's peripherals and users under one dashboard.It is also cost efficient.
What do you dislike about the product?
Technical Support could have been better with their support. Turnaround time they take to reply back to our issues takes longer.
It also failed to generate logs at times.
It also failed to generate logs at times.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We were using Sophos earlier to maintain our organization's security standards and data security. We have also integrated a VPN service to work from home users to connect organization networks.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
People looking to enhance their network security can give out a try to this firewall. It does have multiple security features which come cost-effectively.
Value for money Firewall for the SMB segments
What do you like best about the product?
GUI is user friendly. Easy deployment for any requirement.
What do you dislike about the product?
response from support still needs improvement. Better communication and better support engineers needed.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Better ROI for clients looking for entry level firewall. As well as stopping numerous ransomware attacks
Appliance, Features, Endpoint Integration Very Good, Direction and Support Lacking Since Acquisition
What do you like best about the product?
The appliance itself is rock solid and I've not had any issues with it. They issue regular firmware updates and add features over time. The functionality is what you expect from a firewall, but it also has additional features including Wi-Fi, basic e-mail filtering, VPN functionality, and integration with the endpoint software. Overall, I've found it to work well consistently. I like the direction, added features, and the stability.
What do you dislike about the product?
Since Sophos was acquired, the quality of support has tanked. They farmed support out for cheaper labor without much knowledge transfer, apparently, so it's sort of a mess to get consistently good help without needing to constantly escalate cases. In my cases, I have found that first response consistently takes too long, and
I also feel that the company direction is unclear for users. There was, at least at one point in time, a perception that the firewall should be the ultimate gatekeeper that stops all threats before it goes further into an organization. There's certainly value in that approach, but it orients the thinking toward making the appliance as robust as it can be in terms of firewall rules, filtering, etc. There seems to be a push to move some of that functionality toward the endpoint software, however. A good example of this is web-filtering, where policies within Sophos Central/Cloud would define what users have access to and perform the blocking. In my mind, that means that a potential threat is getting PAST the firewall and the software on the endpoint is what's stopping the threat. The two should obviously work together, but as a user, it's not really clear how they want this to integrate and play off each other for best practices, protection, and performance.
I also feel that the company direction is unclear for users. There was, at least at one point in time, a perception that the firewall should be the ultimate gatekeeper that stops all threats before it goes further into an organization. There's certainly value in that approach, but it orients the thinking toward making the appliance as robust as it can be in terms of firewall rules, filtering, etc. There seems to be a push to move some of that functionality toward the endpoint software, however. A good example of this is web-filtering, where policies within Sophos Central/Cloud would define what users have access to and perform the blocking. In my mind, that means that a potential threat is getting PAST the firewall and the software on the endpoint is what's stopping the threat. The two should obviously work together, but as a user, it's not really clear how they want this to integrate and play off each other for best practices, protection, and performance.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I find the XG to be a good overall security appliance that does firewall tasks well. In my use case, it has also worked well for VPN functionality.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I feel the value of the product is greatly improved with the integrations with Sophos Endpoint software, through Sophos Cloud/Cendtral.
XG 210 - Decent firewall for Small Business
What do you like best about the product?
I think that the base firewall features are able to be established by just about any user. More complex tools are available, as is a CLI for those who want to script a deployment. There are additional licensed features that help increase security for things like email scanning and web filtering as needed.
One feature that was useful was exporting partial configurations. This allowed us to upgrade models from smaller units by simply taking the configs to a different Sophos XG device through a relative simple process. It was less than 15 minutes to replace the smaller unit with a newer one.
An added bonus is the Sophos Community. The knowledge-base and discussions are deep which means being able to look up just about any configuration question or concern.
One feature that was useful was exporting partial configurations. This allowed us to upgrade models from smaller units by simply taking the configs to a different Sophos XG device through a relative simple process. It was less than 15 minutes to replace the smaller unit with a newer one.
An added bonus is the Sophos Community. The knowledge-base and discussions are deep which means being able to look up just about any configuration question or concern.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some features are buried a few layers deeper than needed in the web interface. This results in having to drill down a couple of levels to make changes, then going back to the base layer to enact them. Sophos should develop linked actions, like a wizard, to help complete tasks such as enabling VPN. This would help more basic users through setup faster.
Another problem is licensing and ownership change. After purchasing a firewall through secondary markets to test with, it was discovered the previous owner had to sign and file a release with Sophos. It took us over a month to get ownership changed and and another month to finally get a proper license assigned to the unit.
Another problem is licensing and ownership change. After purchasing a firewall through secondary markets to test with, it was discovered the previous owner had to sign and file a release with Sophos. It took us over a month to get ownership changed and and another month to finally get a proper license assigned to the unit.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The Sophos provides secure VPN access, something the business was doing by exposing a remote desktop server. Much tighter security has also prevented users through licensed web site filtering has reduced bandwidth overhead, allowing the business to hold off on ordering a larger circuit.
Great SMB NGFW at an affordable price.
What do you like best about the product?
The thing I like the best about the XG firewall is the integration with their endpoint. I have yet to see a vendor that has this capability yet. You get more insight into your network especially with application control. Knowing exactly what devices are talking to what is crucial in securing your business. Plus they don't sock you for VPN licenses.
What do you dislike about the product?
The only thing I dislike is the lack of 3rd party integration. I know Sophos is making their API more accessible to 3rd party (SOAR, SIEM, etc), but I'd really like to see integration into Aruba's Clear Pass.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Being able to stop lateral movement with the integration from Sophos Security Heartbeat. This also includes Synchronized Application Control. Lastly, you g t advanced IPS capabilities at the perimeter level as well.
A powerful firewall with advanced features
What do you like best about the product?
A powerful firewall
Synchronization with Sophos Endpoint solutions
Synchronization with Sophos Endpoint solutions
What do you dislike about the product?
Difficult to troubleshoot some scenarios as parameters are mostly invisible from the troubleshooting interfaces
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Protecting internal network, servers and endpoints
Sophos XG Firewall
What do you like best about the product?
VNP Tunneling, Web Filtering and especially they can create end user deployment for group policy.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some firmware upgrade didn't accurate their some bugs and need to fix.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Looks like a easy for me to implement.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
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