Sophos Product Lifecycle Update – January

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Find out what’s new, what’s coming, and what’s going in our latest product life cycle report. Additionally, check out our Global Retirement Calendar and Upcoming Training Courses.

Find out what’s new, what’s coming, and what’s going in our latest product life cycle report. Additionally, check out our Global Retirement Calendar and Upcoming Training Courses.

What’s New
Product Details
XG Firewall v18 EAP3 Overview of new features:

  • SD-WAN application routing and synchronized SD-WAN
  • High Availability (HA) enhancements and QuickHA mode
  • Flow monitoring improvements with real time network activity monitoring via the live connections screen by user, host, or application

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Cloud Optix The latest releases for Cloud Optix are here, from licensing improvements and management upgrades to security enhancements for the public cloud.

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S3 Bucket support for EDR Forensic snapshots can now be uploaded to Amazon S3 Buckets. This functionality is currently available for EDR-enabled Windows endpoints. It will be available in an upcoming release for EDR-enabled Servers.

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Sophos Mobile v9.5 The latest version of Sophos Mobile is now available in Sophos Central. New capabilities include Chromebook security, extended Android and Windows management functionality, various usability improvements, and much more.

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Sophos Wireless The latest release from Sophos Central-managed Wireless introduces social login as a new authentication option for guest hotspots. Sophos Central customers can now also customize the captive portal for a hotspot with their logo and brand colors (just as they can in XG and SG UTM).

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Coming Soon
Product Details
XG Firewall v18  The latest firmware release for XG Firewall, v18 delivers an unparalleled feature set highlighted by our new Xstream packet processing architecture which provides extreme levels of visibility, protection, and performance. There’s also advanced threat intelligence powered by our industry-leading deep learning and SophosLabs plus enhancements to Synchronized Security – and much more.

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Central Firewall Reporting (CFR)  With the launch of XG Firewall v18, Sophos will introduce Central Firewall Reporting, our new cloud-based reporting service for XG Firewall. CFR provides deeper insight into network activity through analytics. Create custom reports that offer actionable intelligence on user behavior, application usage, security events, and more.
Cloud Optix If you’re managing public cloud environments, there’s plenty to get excited about over the next quarter.

  • Security-focused Spend Monitoring and Alerting for AWS, Azure and GCP
  • IAM topology visualization (easily view which users and roles have access to services and identify overprivileged users)
  • Support for Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
Sophos Email Email Impersonation Protection launches mid-January, providing protection from business email compromise attacks and other forms of targeted phishing.

 

Essential Info
XG Firewall Intercept X Cloud Optix
Recommended firmware version: SFOS v17.5.9 MR9 Intercept X Endpoint How-to library Hubspot customer case study
XG Firewall How-to Library Intercept X Server How-to Library Proof of Concept guide
XG Firewall Community Forum Intercept X Community Forum The latest setup and demo videos

Abbreviation index:

  • EOS = End of Sale
  • EOL = End of Life