Sophos Product Lifecycle Update – October 2020

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Find out the latest product updates and technical alerts in our product life cycle report.

Oct 12 2020 By

Find out what’s new, what’s coming, and what’s going in our latest product life cycle report. Additionally, check out our Sophos Product Lifecycle page and Upcoming Training Courses.

What’s New

  • Cloud Optix: Sophos is now helping organizations to optimize Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure cloud costs with Cloud Optix. Learn more
  • Cloud Optix: Free cloud security tool now available. Sophos now provides customers with the ability to monitor cloud security posture across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud with Cloud Optix for free. Learn more
  • XG Firewall: XG Firewall is now validated for Nutanix AHV and Flow. Join the robust and growing Nutanix ecosystem that is enabling global enterprises to converge and virtualize their IT infrastructure. Learn more
  • Managed Threat Response (MTR): MTR Authorized Contacts are now linked to Sophos Central Admins and a new phone number field has been added for extensions.

Coming Soon

  • Rapid Response: The Sophos Rapid Response service will be publicly announced soon. Rapid Response provides lightning-fast incident response to active threats. It is currently available in pilot mode.
  • XG Firewall MR3 – XG Firewall MR3 will begin rolling out soon and contains a number of security, performance, and feature enhancements. We strongly encourage everyone to upgrade to MR3 as soon as it becomes available on your system – and always keep your system up to date with the latest firmware.

Going Soon

Sophos Mobile – In November we’ll be stopping support Device Admin management on Android 10 and above. Find out more.

Product End of Life (EOL) Migration Path
Device Admin Management November 2020 Sophos Mobile – Find out more
Endpoint Protection, Server Protection and Enterprise Console products (standalone or managed on premises) July 20th 2023 Intercept X Advanced or Intercept X Advanced for Server.
Sophos Mobile as a Service September 30th 2021 Sophos Mobile managed in Sophos Central.
Sophos Mobile (managed on premises) July 20th 2023 Sophos mobile managed in Sophos Central.
SafeGuard Enterprise July 20th 2023 Sophos Central Device Encryption.
Cyberoam Network Security Appliances March 31st 2022 XG Firewall
Cyberoam Central Console (CCC) March 31st 2022 Firewall Management in Sophos Central.
Cyberoam Central Management Console (CCMS) December 31st 2020
Cyberoam iView NR December 31st 2020 Central Firewall Reporting.
Cloud Firewall Manager December 31st 2020 Firewall Management in Sophos Central.
iView December 31st 2020 Central Firewall Reporting.
Legacy SATC Client December 31st 2020 XG Firewall and Intercept X For Server.
PureMessage for Exchange June 30th 2023 None
Sophos Email Appliance June 30th 2023 Sophos Email

 

Essential Info

XG Firewall Intercept X Cloud Optix
XG Firewall Migration Desk 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

About the Author

Sophos is a global leader and innovator of advanced security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, including Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and incident response services and a broad portfolio of endpoint, network, email, and cloud security technologies. As one of the largest pure-play cybersecurity providers, Sophos defends more than 600,000 organizations and more than 100 million users worldwide from active adversaries, ransomware, phishing, malware, and more. Sophos’ services and products connect through the Sophos Central management console and are powered by Sophos X-Ops, the company’s cross-domain threat intelligence unit. Sophos X-Ops intelligence optimizes the entire Sophos Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem, which includes a centralized data lake that leverages a rich set of open APIs available to customers, partners, developers, and other cybersecurity and information technology vendors. Sophos provides cybersecurity-as-a-service to organizations needing fully managed security solutions. Customers can also manage their cybersecurity directly with Sophos’ security operations platform or use a hybrid approach by supplementing their in-house teams with Sophos’ services, including threat hunting and remediation. Sophos sells through reseller partners and managed service providers (MSPs) worldwide. Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com.