Product Lifecycle Update – May 2021

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

May 11 2021 By

What’s New

Sophos Firewall/XGS Series hardware

We released the first models of our new dual processor XGS Series hardware on April 21, 2021, with further models due for release from the end of May. 

  • All XGS Desktop and XGS 2xxx and 3xxx 1U models are already shipping (ex. Sophos warehouse) 
  • High-end 1U models (XGS 4xxx) and 2U models (5xxx, 6xxx) are expected to be available from the end of May. 
  • XGS Series hardware models support a new licensing scheme 

See this Partner News post for further information. 

 

Sophos Intercept X Advanced for Server and Sophos Cloud Optix

Customers with Intercept X Advanced for Server term licenses now benefit from Cloud Optix Standard, the Sophos Cloud Security Posture management service included in their license at no extra cost. Extending protection beyond server workloads to critical cloud services, Cloud Optix Standard includes seamless integration with Sophos server agents. Learn more. 

 

Coming Soon

Sophos Mobile 9.7

The latest version of Sophos Mobile adds greater support for bring-your-own-device (BYOD) environments, through support for Apple ‘User Enrolment’. This management mode is designed for employee-owned iPhone and iPad devices. Please the Sophos Mobile Admin Guide for more details.  

Migration to Sophos Central is now even easier. Existing on-premise Sophos Mobile customers no longer need to enter a migration token before migrating into Sophos Central. More details on migration are available in the Sophos Mobile Migration Guide. 

 

Going Soon

Important Changes to the Sophos Firewall OS (SFOS) Lifecycle Policy

We are making some changes to the lifecycle policy for Sophos Firewall OS (SFOS). For any maintained SFOS version, Sophos aims to support only the last two maintenance releases. 

As part of this, we are announcing an End-of-Life date of July 31, 2021, for the following software versions: 

  • V17.5 MR13 and older 
  • V18.0 MR3 and older 

See this Partner News post for further information. 

 

Product End of Life (EoL) Migration Path
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
Legacy SATC Client July 31st 2021 XG Firewall and Intercept X for Server
PureMessage for Exchange June 30th 2023 There is no migration path.
PureMessage for Unix June 30th 2023 Sophos Email
Sophos Email Appliance June 30th 2023 Sophos Email
Reflexion Total Control  March 31st 2023  Sophos Email
Reflexion Archiving Lite  March 31st 2023  Sophos Email
RTC Encrypt  March 31st 2023  Sophos Email
SFOS v17.5 and older
SFOS b18.0 MR3 and older		 July 31st, 2021 Latest SFOS MR

Abbreviation index: EoS = End of Sale, EoL = End of Life

About the Author

Sophos is a global leader and innovator of advanced security solutions that defeat 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.