{"id":2319,"date":"2020-11-09T09:47:45","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T09:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/?p=2319"},"modified":"2020-11-13T14:15:20","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T14:15:20","slug":"switching-to-sophos-central-for-your-firewall-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/2020\/11\/products\/switching-to-sophos-central-for-your-firewall-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Switching to Sophos Central for your Firewall Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re one of our many XG Firewall partners already managing your customer\u2019s networks through Sophos Central, you\u2019re intimately familiar with the benefits it provides for easy management and reporting.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2320\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2320\" style=\"width: 642px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed-image wp-image-2320\" src=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/image1-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"423\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CFM, SFM and iView are nearing End-of-Life<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Urgent Notice: <\/strong>If you\u2019re still managing your XG Firewall customer networks through our legacy Cloud Firewall Manager (CFM), or have customer using Sophos Firewall Manager (SFM) or iView, you need to take action urgently.\u00a0 These legacy platforms are being retired with <a href=\"https:\/\/support.sophos.com\/support\/s\/article\/KB-000035279?language=en_US#xgfirewallsoftware\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">End-of-Life coming up soon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CFM is EOL and going dark at the end of this year which is coming up fast.<\/li>\n<li>iView is also EOL at the end of this year.<\/li>\n<li>SFM is EOL next July.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is actually good news because these legacy platforms are not scalable, do not meet our standards for security and are difficult and expensive to maintain.<\/p>\n<p>A much better solution exists that you can switch to for free with Sophos Central and most of our partners and customers have already made the switch and finding that Sophos Central has dramatically reduced their management time and overhead.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2321\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2321\" style=\"width: 1431px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed-image wp-image-2321 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/image2-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1431\" height=\"796\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2321\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sophos Central makes group firewall management and central reporting easy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sophos Central offers a completely modern platform for management and reporting with the ultimate in security, scalability, and performance all while enabling us to accelerate feature development to add tremendous time savers for you, your team, and your customers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why Sophos Central?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Have a quick look at all the great central management capabilities in this short video:<\/p>\n<p><strong>What you get:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Better usability \u2013 workflows are more intuitive, streamlined, efficient, and task oriented.<\/li>\n<li>Better security \u2013 there\u2019s no exposed services, no VPN, and no open ports and it\u2019s been built-from the ground up with security in mind.<\/li>\n<li>Better reliability \u2013 with a modern cloud architecture scaling to millions of users.<\/li>\n<li>Better features \u2013 with a modern development platform and architecture we can accelerate our roadmap to deliver more features \u2013 faster.<\/li>\n<li>Better integration \u2013 you can not only centrally manage your firewalls but all your other Sophos products from a common interface and this integration is essential for Synchronized Security, XDR, MTR, ZTNA and the future of cybersecurity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Features and capabilities you get today with Sophos Central:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Group Firewall Management \u2013 makes managing multiple firewalls easy including recently added support for HA pairs.<\/li>\n<li>Zero-touch deployment \u2013 saves time and money deploying new firewall devices<\/li>\n<li>Backup management \u2013 a central repository for all your firewall backups<\/li>\n<li>Central inventory \u2013 see all your firewall devices under management at a glance<\/li>\n<li>Central secure access \u2013 with full control over which admins can access which firewalls so you don\u2019t need to expose your webadmin access to the WAN<\/li>\n<li>Firmware updates and scheduling \u2013 with one-click ease and new scheduling options<\/li>\n<li>Audit logging and tracking \u2013 with a full change log history and synchronization status<\/li>\n<li>High-Availability management \u2013 supported as of v18 MR3 to manage HA pairs together<\/li>\n<li>Central Firewall Reporting \u2013 with useful built-in reports, flexible custom report building tools, and export\/scheduling options<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>What\u2019s Next? \u00a0&#8211; Before year end:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Firmware update scheduling<\/strong> \u2013 update scheduling is already included in Sophos Central, but you need v18 MR3 running on your firewalls to take advantage of it, making it helpful for the next firmware update.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Partner dashboard integration<\/strong> \u2013 We are bringing many of these features to the partner dashboard as well, allowing you to easily make changes to multiple customer firewalls at once with new firewall group templates.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Roadmap &#8211; What\u2019s coming in the first half of next year:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Partner Dashboard Inventory and Status<\/strong> \u2013 offers full inventory and status at-a-glance of your entire estate (see mockup below). You can also easily schedule firmware updates and store backups for all your customers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2322\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2322\" style=\"width: 1430px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed-image wp-image-2322 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/image3-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1430\" height=\"796\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2322\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new Partner Dashboard will provide at-a-glance inventory and status for all your customer firewalls with features like Firmware Update Scheduling and Backup Management.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SD-WAN Orchestration<\/strong> \u2013 giving you point-and-click options to establish multiple site-to-site VPN networks.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2330\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2330\" style=\"width: 1362px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed-image wp-image-2330 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/image4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1362\" height=\"767\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2330\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sophos Central will soon become your point-and-click control center for all things SD-WAN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can see a full list of features in Sophos Central below, what\u2019s coming soon, and compare that with the legacy CFM\/SFM platforms.\u00a0 Sophos Central already includes much requested features that that are missing today in the legacy platforms and more enhancements are coming soon.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2323\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2323\" style=\"width: 471px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2323 \" src=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/image5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"471\" height=\"615\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2323\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Central management platform comparison with green features being new or enhanced in the coming weeks and months.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Making the Switch:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t already, now is the time to make the switch.\u00a0 CFM is EOL and going dark at the end of the year which is coming up quickly.\u00a0 Fortunately, migrating management and reporting for your XG Firewalls to Sophos Central is as easy as 1-2-3\u2026<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Register the Firewall to Sophos Central<\/li>\n<li>Enable Management and Reporting<\/li>\n<li>Approve the management in Sophos Central<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.sophos.com\/nsg\/sophos-firewall\/18.0\/Help\/en-us\/webhelp\/onlinehelp\/common\/learningContent\/CentralManageXG.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Detailed Instructions<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2324\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2324\" style=\"width: 1589px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed-image wp-image-2324 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/image6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1589\" height=\"758\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2324\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Enabling Sophos Central Management is literally as easy as flipping a switch on your firewall, providing your credentials (if you haven\u2019t already), and approving the process in Sophos Central.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you have many firewalls to migrate, there is an <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/sophos\/XG-Management-Helper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">open-source tool<\/a> available to help automate the process.<\/p>\n<p>If you require assistance with migration, our Migration Helpdesk can provide guidance, assist with setting up a migration strategy and even guide you through the first few migrations. Log in to the Sophos Partner Portal to <a href=\"https:\/\/partners.sophos.com\/prm\/English\/c\/presales-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">get in touch with the team<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to learn more about Sophos Central and what it can do for you, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sophos.com\/en-us\/products\/next-gen-firewall\/ecosystem-central.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">check out our website for more information<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are using Sophos CFM you need to switch today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":3000001312,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[77,35,25],"coauthors":[44],"class_list":["post-2319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-products","tag-central-firewall-reporting","tag-sophos-central","tag-xg-firewall"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/featured-image-central-firewall-reporting-advanced-Partner-app-icon-1600x960-v2.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2319"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2389,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2319\/revisions\/2389"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2319"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}