Sophos Cloud UTM 9 (Auto Scaling PAYG)
Sophos | 9.718Linux/Unix, Other 9.717 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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It improved bandwidth utilization and provided link load balancing features for internet and intranet lease lines
We were looking for a solution which provided a single view for both a wired and wireless network. We were previously using the Cyberoam 200ia firewall appliance and wanted an appliance which could support 1500 to 3000 corporate users. The solution also required a wireless access controller scalable to at least a 125 second wave 802.11 ac wireless access point. We purchased a Sophos XG 450 appliance with Sophos wireless access points.
How has it helped my organization?
It improved bandwidth utilization and provided link load balancing features for internet and intranet lease lines. It also provided good security for internal users.
What is most valuable?
* A good package overall
* A nice UTM appliance with a good GUI and reports.
* Configuring web access controls in the appliance is a bit typical and requires debarring and listing separately. Once configured, the solution works beautifully.
What needs improvement?
Initially, there were problems of wireless access points not getting detected and lease lines were getting disconnected after one hour. Sophos replaced the appliance, but the issue was not resolved . The matter got escalated to their international support and the issue was identified as a bug where long distance fiber connections are used over single mode fiber. The patch was shipped by Sophos with a promise to fix the issue in the next release.
Now, the appliance is working fine. The issue of wireless access points was due to some compatibility issues with the D-Link switch. I provided the Cisco 2900 series switches to connect to the wireless access points by creating a separate wireless LAN port on the firewall.
For how long have I used the solution?
Less than one year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Initially, there were issues with the wireless network as wireless access points were disappearing from the dashboard after some time. Later issues were resolved by connecting the wireless access points through Cisco switches.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
No scalability issues.
How is customer service and technical support?
Support is very good.
Which solutions did we use previously?
We used to use Cyberoam 200ia. It required to an upgrade due to end of life and the changed requirement of its organisation.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was complex as different VLANs had to be created for the business network, wireless network for corporate users, wireless network for guest users, and a separate VLAN for the communications network and the VC. QoS had to be enabled for different type of services. In addition, link load balancing was also configured and tested for internet lease lines and intranet MPLS lease lines.
What about the implementation team?
We implemented through a vendor team, and their expertise level was good.
What was our ROI?
ROI has yet to be calculated.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We purchased the appliance with five years onsite support and licenses.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
FortiGate 1000D.
What other advice do I have?
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Sandstorm protects against crypto viruses in real-time
We replace customers' old and expensive devices such as firewalls, anti-spam, etc. with Sophos, as it has all these features. You don't need four boxes if you can have all these features in one box.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable features are
* Web Protection - Protects you against problems originating from the internet.
* Advanced protection (Sophos Sandstorm) - Protects against crypto viruses in real-time.
* Email Protection - Really strong anti-spam.
* REDs (Remote Ethernet Device) - Connects you from a remote workplace to your source network.
What needs improvement?
There is still room for improvement in wireless protection. I don't mean their WiFi device is bad, but there are still things to improve on, such as WiFi roaming.
For how long have I used the solution?
Three to five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
No issues with stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
No, everything works perfectly.
How is customer service and technical support?
They have consultants who can help you quickly.
How was the initial setup?
You can use the wizard which will guide you through all the initial settings.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Sometimes more is less, meaning if you want more than three features, take the FullGuard licence.
What other advice do I have?
We do not use this on AWS.
It can identify threats quickly, then find the affected devices and quarantine them
I am using it for security, antivirus, and malware detection.
How has it helped my organization?
It has helped by identifying threats within the company. If there are computers or servers that are compromised, then we are able to identify them right away in the system.
What is most valuable?
It can identify threats quickly, then find the affected devices and quarantine them.
It ease of use: The GUI is easy to maneuver through; it is not complicated.
What needs improvement?
The support needs improvement.
For how long have I used the solution?
One to three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It has been stable. We haven't had issues. It does what it is supposed to do.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Since it is cloud-based, scalability works great. We have around 300 users in our environment.
How is customer service and technical support?
The technical support only communicates via email. I would prefer to communicate directly with someone.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We also considered Symantec and McAfee. We did not chose them because we had experience with both of them and were not happy with their platforms.
We chose Sophos for its ease of use and it detects malware and viruses that other companies can't detect.
What other advice do I have?
The product works. It helps you identify threats within the environment.
We were able to integrate it with different devices and the installation is straightforward.
We like the ease of deployment and the dashboards are good
It is used as an antivirus.
What is most valuable?
* Ease of deployment
* Licensing
* The dashboards are good.
What needs improvement?
They could reduce the price.
For how long have I used the solution?
One to three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability is good.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability is good for us. We are only a company of about 400, so it is perfect.
How is customer service and technical support?
I have not used the technical support.
How was the initial setup?
The implementation with the AWS environment was good.
We haven't had any issues with deployment.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing and licensing are both good and better than Sophos's competitors. This is why we went with the product.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We looked at Symantec, but liked Sophos's licensing better.
What other advice do I have?
Consider the product, as it seems to be one of the top four.
It works well without any maintenance
* Firewalls
* Developer access
* VPN traffic
* Rerouting and routing.
I am using it to route traffic for developer access or regular traffic for my instances. I have a web application, and I control access to and from it in one of my environments.
How has it helped my organization?
All my needs are met at the moment.
What is most valuable?
Our policy is launch and forget. It works well without any maintenance. So far, it has worked pretty well regardless of the traffic.
What needs improvement?
The product could be simplified and made more self-explanatory.
For how long have I used the solution?
One to three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I am stressing it quite a bit, and the stability is great. I haven't performed any maintenance on the instances in quite a while now. It works. I am happy because everything works well.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
My throughput is moderate versus high throughput applications.
I am always holding a predefined number of instances, so I haven't had any issues.
How is customer service and technical support?
I have not used the technical support.
How was the initial setup?
The configuration was pretty complex on my side compared to OpenVPN. However, this might imply that Sophos has more use cases and capabilities. It depends.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I am also using OpenVPN.
Partially, for historic reasons, things were built prior to me being able to evaluate stuff. At the moment, we are using both solutions. In terms of pricing, when I need to spin up anything small with smaller requirements, I am using the free OpenVPN instead of Sophos UTM.
What other advice do I have?
Do your homework. Compare products. Use what you need depending on your needs.
It has allowed us to have a solution that we can maintain and not have to babysit all the time
Our Sophos UTM provides a secure VPN solution. It allows us to have a VPN solution that limits access to certain sensitive areas in our environment.
How has it helped my organization?
It has made our organization more secure, because we are using a VPN. We are not accessing services directly. It allows us to segregate some of the traffic for individuals which may be more of a developer role rather than an operational role needing access to developer resources, but not necessarily production operational resources.
Previously, it was all intermixed, and access was kept under control by other means. This makes it easier and more streamlined.
What is most valuable?
* The VPN side of it.
* The ease of configuration of the VPN.
* Some of the end user self-serviceability of it without having to have a whole lot of touch from our operational group
What needs improvement?
The UI on it could stand a little improvement. In some areas, it is a little slow and clunky. It is sometimes not easy to find something. However, once you get used to it, it is pretty normal to use.
For how long have I used the solution?
One to three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We haven't had an issue with it yet.
Any given day, we have easily ten to 15 users on it constantly, plus some other ancillary services which go across the VPN to access resources in our environment.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It works for what we have, as we only need a couple of them. Scalability-wise, we don't need a whole lot.
How is customer service and technical support?
We have used technical support one time for a weird upgrade issue. Their response was good.
How was the initial setup?
It integrated well with AWS. The documentation was a little fuzzy on getting it to work with how the whole public exposure versus private exposure, then routing some of the traffic. However, once you read the documentation carefully, it comes out well. This goes back to the UI issue.
What was our ROI?
It makes it a lot easier for us to maintain things. Prior to it, things were more difficult. This means less time on us. We can focus on other things. The recovery is more in man-hours for us than anything else.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Purchasing through the AWS Marketplace is pretty straightforward. Because were entirely on AWS and don't have anything anywhere else. It made the most sense for us as a one stop shop.
The pricing is pretty reasonable. I don't think that it is overly expensive.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We looked at a couple other products. However, overall, Sophos UTM seemed to fit the bill. It has allowed us to have a solution that we can maintain and not have to babysit all the time.
What other advice do I have?
It is definitely worth looking at. It is a pretty good product.
It is integrated with our LDAP solution, and that integration is okay. Any LDAP integration can be hit or miss. It doesn't matter what it is, because it's LDAP. Since we use LDAP as a service, it's a little different, but it does work well.
Sophos UTm review
What do you like best about the product?
Solid security, ease of setup, great looking GUI and customer support is helpful
What do you dislike about the product?
The fact that port forwards have to be done with werid source ports.
Also don't like how network ports can't be bridged and Vlan'd .
Also don't like how network ports can't be bridged and Vlan'd .
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Security, endpoint protection. Very easy deployment and central is awesome
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Solid UTM but do your homework. Port forwarding has caveats like source port has to be 1:63365 or something like that.
Very nice entry level / SMB firewall appliance
What do you like best about the product?
The ease of setup and the feature provided with this little appliance is absolutely amazing. I was quite impressed by the feature for price. I like the fact that it runs Linux in the background.
What do you dislike about the product?
Support is not reachable easily and eventually, you get somebody over the phone.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The lack of security in a SMB (a customer of mine) who wanted to have more visibility and enforce some security rules inside the teams
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Sophos UTM is a great entry level firewall who provided access to enterprise features/protections and the entry ticket is low. I really think it worth the investment for SMBs or branch offices.
excellent computer security
What do you like best about the product?
Very easy platform to use, easy to run updates on any operating system and provides security for all applications in use where confidential information is used.
What do you dislike about the product?
No problems with this software. It does its job, and there have been no outstanding complaints in my department (IT) on campus or any other.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Able to ensure security over all computers/laptops at the university I am employed with (Southwestern University). There are no issues with security at this institution, (meaning no viruses or scam-like entities have been encountered) because of our use of Sophos UTM.
Great perimetral solution
What do you like best about the product?
-It offers great possibilities
-Vpn site to site
-Openssl vpn
-Restriction perimeter
-Protect your business network in many areas
-Web filter and email filter
-High redundancy
-Vpn site to site
-Openssl vpn
-Restriction perimeter
-Protect your business network in many areas
-Web filter and email filter
-High redundancy
What do you dislike about the product?
-The configuration is not saved in plain text, making it impossible to configure X configuration lines
-Does not allow the configuration of different ranges in OpenVPN for clients, all clients fall within the same range
-Does not allow the configuration of different ranges in OpenVPN for clients, all clients fall within the same range
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
-Safety in the network
-Perimeter security
-Remote access
-Conexion with other venues
-Routing
-Many other things
-Perimeter security
-Remote access
-Conexion with other venues
-Routing
-Many other things
Recommendations to others considering the product:
It's more stable
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