Sophos Cloud Firewall (PAYG)
Sophos | 20.0 MR1Linux/Unix, Other 20.0 MR1 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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I have three years of experience in Sophos.
What do you like best about the product?
VPN tunneling
Sandstorm
Application gateway
Sandstorm
Application gateway
What do you dislike about the product?
Slow response of Web user interface.
Slow routing convergence.
Slow routing convergence.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
working on email protection, we were stuck to stop spam. but using XG firewall as a MX server providing us the best email protection.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
The best product of Firewall in terms of protection from unknown threats and cloud governance.
Easy to configure.
Easy to configure.
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Very easy to manage rules
What do you like best about the product?
Everything is automatically integrated into the portal and rules, networks and settings can be fully managed
What do you dislike about the product?
Need a detail training session when purchasing it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Our need when discussing a new security solution was to achieve a three-point integration: edge security, endpoint protection, and an integrated VPN. The only brand that met these three goals according to our needs and possibilities was Sophos, and it did so with great success.
Sophos XG Review
What do you like best about the product?
Sophos Virtual Appliance is best for the company having a Virtualized environment.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sophos XG with the previous version is not segregated as other firewalls. Like DNAT, Signature-based enhanced web filtering is not in the previous version.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
SPAM filtering of our exchange server.
Click and Go appliance, easy to manage for common administrator
What do you like best about the product?
Simple and easy to manage, even first time user can understand the menu and option quickly. On the other hand, this firewall got major update release recently which has rich additional features and surprisingly the old configuration can be carried out automatically.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes the configuration are lost when you switch the firmware (it has 2 firmware partition by the way, active and previous) . So make sure you have the backup for both firmware version.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Internet failover. With just several click i can setup failover and restore internet connectivity using 2-4 ISP quickly.
Works well, needs some improvement
We have been using the XG Firewall in AWS since April 2020 and found the Firewall was easy to deploy and works well. The Web Content filter works very well. We did use Heartbeat but the Firewall started blocking a server even though the Sophos Server agent reported ok. I reinstalled the agent and this resolved the issue. We also have this issue with on-premise Firewalls so this could be a issue with the XG overall and/or the Sophos Agent. Heartbeat is a great feature but Sophos needs to perfect false positives. I would have rated 5 stars if I was able to use Heartbeat.
I have used Sophos XG firewalls, APs, and REDs for 5 years
What do you like best about the product?
I like the ease of setup and ease of use that comes with Sophos XG Firewalls. From setting up business rules, Access Points, and Remote Ethernet Devices they all offer an ease of use that is unmatched by a competitor.
Also I love the Phishing emails. I have the ability to schedule Mock attacks on email users. If they click the link the email sends them to training. If not, they have the option to forward it. I make a contest out of this every month of users. I also like that Sophos seems to be transparent when things are awry.
Setting up new networks and Access Points are a breeze! Also Remote Ethernet Devices enable our multi-site facility to communicate with security and speed. I was able to get a new site up and running in not time last month with a new RED15.
I also have the ability to run many reports for our senior management. Reports that enable them to see what I do and break it down for them to understand how important the firewall is to our organization. This enables me to better serve our organization.
Also I love the Phishing emails. I have the ability to schedule Mock attacks on email users. If they click the link the email sends them to training. If not, they have the option to forward it. I make a contest out of this every month of users. I also like that Sophos seems to be transparent when things are awry.
Setting up new networks and Access Points are a breeze! Also Remote Ethernet Devices enable our multi-site facility to communicate with security and speed. I was able to get a new site up and running in not time last month with a new RED15.
I also have the ability to run many reports for our senior management. Reports that enable them to see what I do and break it down for them to understand how important the firewall is to our organization. This enables me to better serve our organization.
What do you dislike about the product?
There are some items on my wish list for the XG firewalls.
I would like the ability to reboot an AP that is having issues. Also to reboot Remote Ethernet Devices if needed.
Some other issues are training or learning new things about the firewall. Some of the training is behind paywalls the last time I looked. I would love for there to be more training for us.
I would like the ability to reboot an AP that is having issues. Also to reboot Remote Ethernet Devices if needed.
Some other issues are training or learning new things about the firewall. Some of the training is behind paywalls the last time I looked. I would love for there to be more training for us.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Since COVID hit we needed the ability to work from home. Sophos XG Firewall offers a SSL VPN with our subscription. I was able to set that up to enable users to work remotely. They were able to get to the data they needed and most importantly the data was secure!
I also have the ability to block websites and apps as I see fit. Or i can block categories.
I setup a network at a new site in a matter of moments with the XG firewall and a Remote Ethernet Device. This was a simple setup and give me the ability to push all traffic through our main site with the REDs. We also have the ability to monitor traffic at remote sites.
I also have the ability to block websites and apps as I see fit. Or i can block categories.
I setup a network at a new site in a matter of moments with the XG firewall and a Remote Ethernet Device. This was a simple setup and give me the ability to push all traffic through our main site with the REDs. We also have the ability to monitor traffic at remote sites.
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Setup is a breeze. The rules are easy to setup for the firewall and setting up exteranl sites and users are easy to setup as well.
Sophos XG straight up
What do you like best about the product?
The layout and ease of navigation is very good.
What do you dislike about the product?
There are some policies and features that need to be addressed on the command line especially for VOIP phones to work. The clustering can be a bit of a pain and you don't really know what's going on from the onscreen messages.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I was trying to increase my customers security posture by having point solutions that talk to each other.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Great for small to medium organisation with comprehensive security features but has the capabilities for large enterprises
Buen equipo para pequeña y mediana empresa
What do you like best about the product?
Tiene una interfaz muy intuitiva y mejorada en comparacion con Sophos UTM.
What do you dislike about the product?
Deberia mejorar el soporte para mas usuarios con menos consumo de recursos.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
La creación de reglas para el filtrado de navegacion web con la capacidad de sincronizar con el directorio activo ha sido un punto bueno.
Web and Application controlling should be very easy
What do you like best about the product?
Rules controlling is very good.And also it's configuration level is very good
What do you dislike about the product?
Web URL creation is very complicated.Need to easy more for configuration
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Protected from outside.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Need to improve and easy for web and application control
Good product but not the best
What do you like best about the product?
Powerfull, elastic and scalable, high availability its a must have
What do you dislike about the product?
sometime not so easy to use, bit difficulties to troubleshoot
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
firewalling, routing, internet control gateway
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