Sophos Solution Update – December 2021

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Dec 16 2021 By

We’re pleased to provide you with your December 2021 Sophos Solution Update. We’re sharing the news below via email with Sophos users – i.e. your customers – on December 17, 2021.

It’s a great opportunity for you to reiterate the updates and stay in touch with your customers. Pick from the list below and provide them with tips, tricks and the latest news on the products they are using. Feel free to share the relevant updates via email, newsletter or social media.

 

YOUR ENDPOINT PROTECTION: SOPHOS ENDPOINT - INTERCEPT X

YOUR ENDPOINT PROTECTION:
SOPHOS ENDPOINT – INTERCEPT X

Intercept X Named Best Enterprise Endpoint Protection by SE Labs
We are honored by this recognition and believe it’s due to our combination of prevention, detection, and response that blocks threats before they impact your environment.
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Using Sophos XDR to Discover Unsupported Software
Watch this short video to learn how to identify unsupported software in your environment using Sophos XDR.
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Gartner® Market Guide for Extended Detection and Response (XDR)
The Gartner Market Guide includes Sophos among a shortlist of 12 Representative Vendors offering an XDR solution.
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Sophos Firewall Wins Business Hardware of the Year 2021
The hardware series of our next-generation firewall stood head and shoulders above the hundreds of other products reviewed by the PC PRO team and their sister brands.
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Sophos

YOUR MANAGED SERVICE:
SOPHOS MTR – MANAGED THREAT RESONSE

MTR Notifications
Get an overview of how to use the MTR notifications page to review the notifications we’ve sent to your contacts.
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YOUR NEXT-GEN FIREWALL – SOPHOS XG FIREWALL

YOUR FIREWALL:
SOPHOS FIREWALL

Sophos Firewall OS v18.5 MR2 Now Available
The update includes several great features enhancements, security, and performance optimizations, and field reported fixes.
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Configure High Availability Mode Part 1 ­– HA Modes and Setup Prerequisites
In this short video, Jay from Sophos Support goes over the fundamentals and prerequisites you need to know before diving into configuring High Availability.
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Using Device Management
Learn how you can use device management to reset the firewall configuration to factory default, check firmware versions, access the advanced shell, and flush reports stored on the appliance.
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Intercept X Named Best Enterprise Endpoint Protection by SE Labs
Our endpoint protection solution has been recognized for its combination of prevention, detection ,and response, blocking threats before they impact your environment.
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Sophos

YOUR CYBERSECURITY PLATFORM:
SOPHOS CENTRAL

Sophos Mobile: Create Compliance Policy
Get a refresher on creating and configuring compliance policies.
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Sophos Central: Importing Users Using a Directory Service
This article provides an overview on how to import users and user groups to Sophos Central using a directory service.
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Sophos Email: Report False Positive or False Negative Spam E-mails
This article explains how to submit spam samples and false positives to Sophos for further analysis when using Sophos Central Email.
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Sophos

YOUR ENDPOINT PROTECTION:
SOPHOS ENDPOINT – SEC ENDPOINT

Setting Up a Firewall Policy
Get a refresher on how to set up a firewall policy.
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Migrating from Enterprise Console to Sophos Central
With our Enterprise console nearing the end of support stage, this short video explains how to migrate to Sophos Central.
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Intercept X Named Best Enterprise Endpoint Protection by SE Labs
Our next-generation endpoint protection solution was reocognized for its combination of prevention, detection, and response, blocking threats before they impact your environment.
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Sophos

YOUR NETWORK PROTECTION:
SG UTM

How to Enable Root Access to UTM Instances in AWS
walk through the steps to enable SSH access for root on Sophos UTM instances in AWS.
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Install and Configure Sophos Connect for Remote Access SSL VPN
The End-of-Life date for the Sophos SSL VPN client is looming. Get a step-by-step guide on how to make the switch to Sophos Connect.
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Intercept X Named Best Enterprise Endpoint Protection by SE Labs
Our next-generation endpoint protection solution has been recognized for its combination of prevention, detection, and response that blocks threats before they impact your environment.
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A ROUNDUP OF THE LATEST SOPHOS CYBERSECURITY UPDATES
A ROUNDUP OF THE LATEST SOPHOS CYBERSECURITY UPDATES

Apache Log4Shell Explained
In this video, we dissect the recent Apache log4j vulnerability. We demonstrate how you can determine if you are impacted and what to do next.
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Sophos ZTNA Early Access Program Now Available
The highly anticipated early access program for the release candidate of Sophos ZTNA is now available to everyone via Sophos Central.
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How Four Real-World Truths About Cybersecurity Shaped Our Approach to XDR
Read about how Sophos’ model for detection and response reflects the way users really work and addresses the challenge of the ‘gray zones’ in cybersecurity.
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What’s Next for Cyber Insurance?
Our new report by Dr. Jason Nurse of the University of Kent explores three ways the changing market could influence cybersecurity practice.
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SELF-HELP MATERIALS AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO USE AT YOUR OWN PACE

Sophos TechVids
Discover our extensive library of how-to, product configuration, and product troubleshooting videos.
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Product Documentation
Find all the technical documents for your Sophos products to get your protection up and running right away.
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Sophos Community
Connect. Engage. Earn rewards. The Sophos Community is a platform for users to connect and engage on everything Sophos-related from product questions to best practices.
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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.