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Sophos Cloud Firewall (BYOL)

Sophos | 20.0 MR2

Linux/Unix, Other 20.0 MR2 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

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    Kareem K.

Unmatched Security and Performance for Modern Networks

  • November 21, 2024
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Advanced Threat Protection (ATP):Deep Packet Inspection and Intrusion Prevention System (IPS):User-Friendly Interface:Centralized Management with Sophos Central:SSL VPN & Remote Access:Application Control and Web Filtering:Great Reporting and Visibility:Ease of Deployment and Scalability:
What do you dislike about the product?
Complexity for Beginners:Limited Integration with Third-Party Tools:Performance Impact with Deep Inspection:Licensing Complexity:Limited Advanced Customization:Reporting Limitations:
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Advanced Threat Protection and Malware Prevention,Comprehensive Network Visibility and Monitoring, Simplified Security Management Across Multiple Locations,Secure Remote Access for Users


    Angad S.

Sophos Firewall Review

  • October 22, 2024
  • Review verified by G2

What do you like best about the product?
It has easy to use interface when comapred to fortinet
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes the troubleshooting gets a bit difficult.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is helping in maintaining the security posture of the company


    Kavindu A.

User friendly but tight in security

  • October 18, 2024
  • Review verified by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Sophos Firewall is a robust and user-friendly security solution that provides comprehensive protection through advanced threat detection, deep packet inspection, and synchronized security with other Sophos products. Its intuitive interface simplifies management, while features like granular control, real-time insights, and cloud integration make it flexible for businesses of all sizes. With continuous updates from SophosLabs and cost-effective pricing, it offers excellent value for organizations looking for reliable network protection against a wide range of cyber threats
What do you dislike about the product?
While Sophos Firewall offers strong security, it has some drawbacks, including potential performance slowdowns when advanced features like deep packet inspection are enabled. Configuring complex settings can be challenging for less experienced users, and its integration with third-party security tools is somewhat limited. The reporting features could also be more detailed for advanced analysis, and while the firewall is competitively priced, some advanced features come with additional costs, which can increase the overall price for full functionality.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Sophos Firewall helps solve key cybersecurity challenges by protecting against a wide range of threats, including malware, ransomware, phishing, and zero-day attacks, through advanced threat detection and deep packet inspection. It also simplifies network management with its user-friendly interface and synchronized security, ensuring seamless integration with other Sophos products for automated threat responses. By providing granular control over network traffic and real-time insights, it enhances security while reducing administrative complexity. This benefits organizations by improving overall security posture, minimizing risks, and streamlining IT operations, ultimately saving time and resources.


    Amar M.

Best Next generation firewall

  • September 19, 2024
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Sophos NGFW is the best firewall. It is easy to use, easy to integrate, easy to implement. It has number of others features and the customer support is always available to provide remote support. The frequency of use is very less once the firewall is configured in the network.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is nothing to dislike in Sophos NGFW Firewall. Ilike everything about Sophos NGFW
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Our organization was facing alot of cyber issue. After configuring Sophos NGFW in the network. Our organization never faced any cyber issue.


    chandramohan K.

Evaluating Sophos: Comprehensive Security Solutions for Modern Threats

  • September 17, 2024
  • Review verified by G2

What do you like best about the product?
The unified management platform allows for streamlined oversight of security policies, advanced threat intelligence, and consistent updates across the network. Additionally, Sophos Firewall's advanced threat protection, including features like deep packet inspection and web filtering, helps provide comprehensive security against a variety of cyber threats
What do you dislike about the product?
The extensive range of features and configuration options can be overwhelming, and there may be a steep learning curve involved for smaller organizations or those without dedicated IT staff
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
provides robust protection against cyber threats such as malware, ransomware, and phishing attacks through advanced features like deep packet inspection and real-time threat intelligence and provides granular control over user access and application usage, which helps in enforcing organizational policies and preventing unauthorized activities.


    Vivek Y.

One of the best Firewall

  • August 23, 2024
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Sophos is one of the best firewall recommended by one of our It consultant. What i like about sophos firewall is its easy to use features, Ease of implementation, The customer support & its easy to integrate. The frequency of using firewall is leass. As its does not required special technical ITR team to handle the firewall.
What do you dislike about the product?
What i dislike about sophos firewall is its some time support. We have to wait 1-2 days to get the support from sophos support team.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We were facing ransomware attack at regural basis. We have tried various cyber security tools to get rid of ransomware attack. One day our IT consultant suggested us to try Sophos firewall. Today is the day we have never face any cyber threat or any ransomware attack.


    anju y.

Best Firewall

  • July 31, 2024
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Sophos firewall is stoping treats before they can spread, Sophos Firewalls: Automatically identify and block active threat, Prevent the lateral movement of attacks, Deliver immediate insights into compromised devices, users and application. Sophos firewall is easy to use & easy to implement. The frequency of use of sophos firewall is very high. The customer support is 24*7. Sophos firewall is easy to integrate.
What do you dislike about the product?
Theres is nothing to dislike in sophos firewall. i like everything about sophos firewall.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Sophos firewall solve our cyberthreat problems. Before sophos firewall our organization was facing lot of issues with the cyberthreats. There was ransomware attacks in our organization. Our IT team was not able to resolve the issue. Our Cybersecurity consultant has suggested us to shift our network into sophos. It has been one year since we are using sophos firewall and our network is safe now.


    Verified User in Computer & Network Security

Engineer Review

  • June 23, 2024
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
The management interface is very simple and thorough and offer the best dashboard and reporting, cloud management solution, Very simple when trying to implement, Synchronized Security and cross—product integration between Firewall and Endpoint, Support team are very friendly and informative, suitable for SMB businesses
What do you dislike about the product?
It lacks the concept of SD-WAN but sd-red solves this problem
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
All-in-one (Email Filtering, Web App Firewall, NGFW), Connect multiple sites using the sd-red device and one firewall


    Walid M.

Sophos Firewall

  • June 13, 2024
  • Review verified by G2

What do you like best about the product?
easy to install and manage with lots of features, Heartbeat between XGS and Intercept X which enables firewall to isolate infected device
What do you dislike about the product?
I have not encountered any issues with Sophos, except that the SD-WAN could benefit from further development
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We required a centralized solution to manage and collect logs from various firewalls located in different areas. Sophos Central, being completely free, eliminated the need for a separate management solution. It also analyzes threats and provides root cause analysis of any attacks


    Hospitality

Smooth Experience

  • May 30, 2024
  • Review verified by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Specifically the xgs3100 model, the gui interface is very simple and thorough. Setting up policies is a breeze. Alerts and statistics are very informative. Never had any issues.

Support, as well as migration team are very friendly and informative. MDR team responds quick to any anomalies in our network. and follows up until case is closed and we are satisfied.
What do you dislike about the product?
We havent found anything negative about using Sophos as our primary firewall solution.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Email filtering. Web filtering. VPN access. all points checked when using Sophos Firewall