Sophos Product Lifecycle Update – February

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Find out what’s new, what’s coming, and what’s going in our latest product life cycle report.

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 EAP 3 
  • 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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Virtual Firewall as a Service This new service offering enables MSPs, internet, and telecommunications service providers to offer virtual firewall services to their customers. XG Firewall virtual appliances are now available to partners as a monthly service. Partners can also add monthly subscriptions for EnterpriseGuard and FullGuard for further protection across virtual environments.
Intercept X for Server Intercept X for Server is now part of the AMSI (Anti-Malware Scanning Interface) EAP and is available on Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019. AMSI is a Microsoft interface that allows for scanning of script files, as well as .NET 4.8 assemblies.
Email Impersonation Protection 

 

Email Impersonation Protection launched mid-January, providing protection from business email compromise attacks and other forms of targeted phishing.

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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 (CFR), 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)

 

Going Soon

Product Details
Upcoming End-of-Sale (EOS) for AP Series Indoor Access Points

 

Our lifecycle schedule for the AP Series gives you time to plan the transition to APX for your customers to give them better, faster Wi-Fi.

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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