Sophos Product Lifecycle Update – December 2020

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

Dec 08 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

  • Sophos Email Advanced – this now helps to block sophisticated business email compromise phishing scams by analyzing message content and subject lines to identify and block conversations with suspicious content and requests.  Learn more.
  • Cloud Security Professional Services – Sophos Professional Services is now available direct from AWS Marketplace. This provides customers with the fastest way to deploy and securely configure the complete range of Sophos cybersecurity products run on AWS.  Learn more 
  • Sophos Mobile Migration Tool – Move devices, users and policies to Sophos Central without re-enrolment. Learn more

Coming Soon

  • Sophos Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) – Sophos Zero Trust Network Access is an exciting new product category coming early next year to Sophos and it promises to transform the way organizations secure their networked applications. Learn more
  • Sophos Cloud Optix – See which of your Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure hosts are protected by Sophos – and check their security health – in Cloud Optix.  Also, see XG Firewalls on AWS in the Cloud Optix network visualization. Sophos Cloud Optix is launching late December 2020.  

Going Soon

  • Last Time Buy for Previous Generation (Rev.2) SG/XG Desktop Appliances – This announcement refers to the last remaining stock of the previous generation of Desktop appliances which are still in our SKU list but are not the primary products being sold today. The final order date for these products will be December 11, 2020. Learn 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

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.