{"id":1261,"date":"2020-07-08T08:07:12","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T08:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cllsystems.com\/?p=1261"},"modified":"2020-07-08T08:11:45","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T08:11:45","slug":"new-options-for-your-xg-firewall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cllsystems.com\/staging\/2020\/07\/08\/new-options-for-your-xg-firewall\/","title":{"rendered":"New Options For Your Sophos XG Firewall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With Sophos XG Firewall v18, there are a variety of great upgrade options that you can take advantage of to significantly enhance your network protection, performance, and management capabilities.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Protection upgrades<\/h3>\n

Do you have Sophos Sandstorm Protection?\u00a0 It\u2019s a must-have.<\/p>\n

Sandstorm Protection is available as an add-on subscription and is also part of our \u201cPlus\u201d bundles: EnterpriseGuard Plus and FullGuard Plus. If you don\u2019t currently have Sandstorm as part of your license, reach out to us<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0for a quote \u2013 it costs a lot less than you might think. In fact, we\u2019ve made this ultra-important protection extremely affordable to ensure everyone can benefit from it.<\/p>\n

You can quickly check if you already have the Sandstorm license for your XG Firewall: in the console, go to the Administration > Licensing tab to be sure. If you don\u2019t have this protection, make sure you subscribe as soon as possible. It provides critically important threat protection against today\u2019s ransomware and other advanced threats.<\/p>\n

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If you already have Sophos Sandstorm Protection, you should upgrade to v18 as soon as possible to take advantage of the critical new protection technologies included in the enhanced Sandstorm subscription at no extra charge. The new AI-powered static threat intelligence analysis greatly expands on the zero-day threat protection that Sandstorm provides. It uses multiple machine-learning models to render a verdict in seconds and convict never-seen-before ransomware and other attacks BEFORE they get on the network. It also adds in-depth reporting on suspicious and malicious files entering the network that no one should be without.<\/p>\n

For new customers purchasing and deploying an XG Firewall for the first time, ensure that you can take advantage of this great multi-layer protection from the start by purchasing one of the Sophos Plus bundles (EnterpriseProtect Plus or TotalProtect Plus).<\/p>\n

XG series upgrades and TLS inspection<\/h2>\n

Last year, we introduced the new XG 86(w) and 106(w) models with added RAM to the XG series lineup to be ready for XG Firewall v18 and all the new capabilities it provides. If you have any locations running older XG 85\/105 models, now is the perfect time to refresh to a newer model and take advantage of all the great new capabilities in v18.<\/p>\n

With the new streamlined encrypted traffic inspection with TLS 1.3 support in the new Xstream architecture, now may also be a great time to refresh aging hardware to take full advantage of the new visibility and protection you can get with XG Firewall v18 by enabling TLS inspection on important traffic flows. TLS inspection is critically important to take full advantage of the Sandstorm Threat Intelligence features mentioned above, since many files are now downloaded over encrypted connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sophos Central<\/h3>\n

Sophos Central management and reporting for XG Firewall is free for all XG Firewall customers and partners. In addition to the free reporting capability, we recently announced the option for customers to extend their firewall reporting storage to dramatically increase their historical reporting options by housing up to a year\u2019s worth of firewall log data in the cloud for instant access via the flexible new reporting tools in Sophos Central.<\/p>\n

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Make sure you have all the storage you need by checking out our convenient storage calculator<\/a>. It\u2019s extremely affordable, and having all your network traffic data in Sophos Central is super convenient with all the flexible reporting options it provides.<\/p>\n

Working remotely<\/h3>\n

For customers and organizations working remotely, we have a couple of important reminders.  First, we are now approaching one million installations of our free Sophos Connect VPN client and recently announced the EAP for v2 with SSL VPN support on Windows platforms. Sophos is unique among firewall vendors, as we offer unlimited free remote access VPN connections that other vendors would most certainly charge you extra for.<\/p>\n

Next, we\u2019ve also recently announced XG Firewall support for Amazon Web Services<\/a> (AWS) for organizations that may be migrating to or utilizing additional infrastructure in the cloud.  Ensure any cloud infrastructure is properly secured with XG Firewall, which now supports both AWS and Azure.<\/p>\n

Working from home or remotely has never been easier with XG Firewall.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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For more information or to request a demo, contact us.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n