Sophos Product Lifecycle Update – November 2020

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

Nov 10 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

  • Rapid Response
    The Sophos Rapid Response was publicly announced on October 28th – Rapid Response service provides lightning-fast incident response to active threats. It is currently available in pilot mode. Learn more
  • Cloud Optix
    Sophos is now helping organizations to optimize Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure cloud costs with 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 MR3 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. Learn more
    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.

 

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
Endpoint Protection, Server Protection and Enterprise Console products (standalone or managed on premises) July 20, 2023 Intercept X Advanced or Intercept X Advanced for Server
Sophos Mobile as a Service September 30, 2021 Sophos Mobile managed in Sophos Central
Sophos Mobile (managed on premises) July 20, 2023 Sophos mobile managed in Sophos Central
SafeGuard Enterprise July 20, 2023 Sophos Central Device Encryption
Cyberoam Network Security Appliances March 31, 2022 XG Firewall
Cyberoam Central Console (CCC) March 31, 2022 Firewall Management in Sophos Central
Cyberoam Central Management Console (CCMS) December 31, 2020 Firewall Management in Sophos Central
Cyberoam iView NR December 31, 2020 Central Firewall Reporting
Cloud Firewall Manager December 31, 2020 Firewall Management in Sophos Central
iView December 31, 2020 Central Firewall Reporting
Legacy SATC Client December 31, 2020 XG Firewall and Intercept X For Server
PureMessage for Exchange June 30, 2023 There is no migration path
PureMessage for Unix June 30, 2023 Sophos Email
Sophos Email Appliance June 30, 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.