Sophos Cloud Firewall (PAYG)
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An single point solution for end to end security control for enterprises
What do you like best about the product?
I like the integration of sophos firewall with access points for full control over network n security
What do you dislike about the product?
Vpn service i feel like not upto the mark.sees some connectivity issues while using with employees
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
A complete solution for security in enterprises.
Single solution with endpoint solution with AP
Single solution with endpoint solution with AP
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Its a while in one solution.. better then hard integration of seperate products
provides great VPN connectivity
What do you like best about the product?
1. Easily understandable graphical user interface.
2. Configuration of VPN is very simple in Sophos with configuration wizards.
3. Easy to set up IPSec VPN with Sophos and other vendor firewalls.
4. Managing firewall using API is simple and easy.
2. Configuration of VPN is very simple in Sophos with configuration wizards.
3. Easy to set up IPSec VPN with Sophos and other vendor firewalls.
4. Managing firewall using API is simple and easy.
What do you dislike about the product?
1. Configuration using the command line is not very simple and user-friendly.
2. No email security.
2. No email security.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
1. Changing the configuration of the firewall with the API is helping us the most.
2. Providing user-level access for the internet and other servers in the DMZ zones.
3. Accessing internal servers using port forwarding through a public IP address.
4. Control and restrict bandwidth-consuming applications.
2. Providing user-level access for the internet and other servers in the DMZ zones.
3. Accessing internal servers using port forwarding through a public IP address.
4. Control and restrict bandwidth-consuming applications.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Budget-friendly and easy to use, recommended for others.
Best Protection in simple way
What do you like best about the product?
Protect from all the internal and external attack.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sophos doesn't support active multiple vpn.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Sophos is helping by filtering the unproductive website while helps in bandwidth consume
XG firewall - AI Powered Firewall for your Organization Security
What do you like best about the product?
Risk management and help to reduce the risk of the organization being hit by a cyber incident from threat actors and stay ahead of emerging threats.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nil. Sophos XG firewall has helped analyze logs for proactive monitoring. I will do well to come back and update if anything chnages.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Firewall, Ransomeware Attack, Log Monitoring, VPN Solution, Email Security, Routing to mention just a few
best mid range firewall
What do you like best about the product?
1. Initial configuration doesn't require many technical requirements; we can configure it quickly.
2. Compact size and less weight.
3. when it comes to performance, even in heavy traffic, it works well and is normal.
4. Configuration wizard for configuring DNAT rule, which guides how to configure port forwarding.
5. Supports IPsec connection with multiple vendor firewalls.
2. Compact size and less weight.
3. when it comes to performance, even in heavy traffic, it works well and is normal.
4. Configuration wizard for configuring DNAT rule, which guides how to configure port forwarding.
5. Supports IPsec connection with multiple vendor firewalls.
What do you dislike about the product?
1. CLI is not that much useful.
2. No option to import bulk address objects.
3. firewall default rule 0 block rule matches to allowed traffic, even though allow rule written.
2. No option to import bulk address objects.
3. firewall default rule 0 block rule matches to allowed traffic, even though allow rule written.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
1. Deployed Sophos on one of the branch offices and configured the site-to-site VPN to the primary office for providing internal server access.
2. Using it as NetFlow and Syslog exporter to analyze the logs from the LAN for any threats.
3. Configured captive portal access for the guest users to provide limited access.
4. Using Sophos as the central DHCP server and providing the DHCP options for the access points and the other devices
2. Using it as NetFlow and Syslog exporter to analyze the logs from the LAN for any threats.
3. Configured captive portal access for the guest users to provide limited access.
4. Using Sophos as the central DHCP server and providing the DHCP options for the access points and the other devices
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Best recommended for small and medium business organizations, and Sophos is very easy to manage.
Advanced protection
What do you like best about the product?
1. The initial box configuration is very simple; even a person with some technical knowledge can configure this.
2. Simple and user-friendly web dashboard.
3. Log viewer is very responsive and has many filtering options for sorting packets.
4. Easy to know which user is accessing what application and website.
5. SSL VPN can be configured with fewer steps.
6. Throughput is decent even after applying all security profiles and inspections.
2. Simple and user-friendly web dashboard.
3. Log viewer is very responsive and has many filtering options for sorting packets.
4. Easy to know which user is accessing what application and website.
5. SSL VPN can be configured with fewer steps.
6. Throughput is decent even after applying all security profiles and inspections.
What do you dislike about the product?
1. Technical support is not that much responsive.
2. When device gets heat or device temperature is high, firewall will not respond properly.
2. When device gets heat or device temperature is high, firewall will not respond properly.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
1. Blocking unwanted traffic for users on LAN.
2. Accessing internal server from outside internet by configuring DNAT on Sophos.
3. Taking reports of the user data consumption.
4. Protecting servers on DMZ from outside attacks like brute force and port scannings.
2. Accessing internal server from outside internet by configuring DNAT on Sophos.
3. Taking reports of the user data consumption.
4. Protecting servers on DMZ from outside attacks like brute force and port scannings.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
It has a good dashboard, and options are user-friendly; it is suitable for those who are less experienced with firewalls.
Cost Effective next generation firewall for Small / Medium size organizations.
What do you like best about the product?
Following are the most beneficial features for the Sophos XG firewall:
1. Nice interactive dashboard covering all the information on a single screen.
2. Reports and log monitoring to analyze traffic and threat mapping.
3. Features such as Web and application protection helps to make the network secure.
4. Sophos Central Synchronization helps to synchronize Sophos XG Firewall with all the endpoints and helps in the automatic device isolation in case if a device is infected.
1. Nice interactive dashboard covering all the information on a single screen.
2. Reports and log monitoring to analyze traffic and threat mapping.
3. Features such as Web and application protection helps to make the network secure.
4. Sophos Central Synchronization helps to synchronize Sophos XG Firewall with all the endpoints and helps in the automatic device isolation in case if a device is infected.
What do you dislike about the product?
Device configuration needs to be more user-friendly.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Following tasks has performed by Sophos XG Firewall:
1. Network and Web protection of all devices in the network.
2. Intrusion Prevention and Application Filtering.
3. Routing and VPN for office network.
1. Network and Web protection of all devices in the network.
2. Intrusion Prevention and Application Filtering.
3. Routing and VPN for office network.
Easy to deploy and work
What do you like best about the product?
1. Initial setup of the device is very easy.
2. Easily understandable graphical user Interface
3. Easy to configure Dynamic NAT and Static NAT policies
4. Configuration of remote access and site-to-site VPN is very easy.
5. Provides excellent log visibility in the log viewer tab.
2. Easily understandable graphical user Interface
3. Easy to configure Dynamic NAT and Static NAT policies
4. Configuration of remote access and site-to-site VPN is very easy.
5. Provides excellent log visibility in the log viewer tab.
What do you dislike about the product?
1. Technical documents are not very much available.
2.Poor customer support.
3. GUI loads slowly when initially connecting to it.
2.Poor customer support.
3. GUI loads slowly when initially connecting to it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
1. Blocking adult content, shopping, social networking access for the users to increase productivity.
2. Securing endpoints with strict security policies
3. Providing DHCP to the clients connected.
4. Accessing internal servers using remote access SSL VPN service.
2. Securing endpoints with strict security policies
3. Providing DHCP to the clients connected.
4. Accessing internal servers using remote access SSL VPN service.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Reasonable price recommended to others which concerns about cost.
Good Security "Sophos"
What do you like best about the product?
One of the significant features is we can integrate other products of Sophos into this. Easy to use and the training provided by them is very useful for the people who is new to this product. They do have a trial version for noncommercial usage. We can easily manage our organization's peripherals and users under one dashboard.It is also cost efficient.
What do you dislike about the product?
Technical Support could have been better with their support. Turnaround time they take to reply back to our issues takes longer.
It also failed to generate logs at times.
It also failed to generate logs at times.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We were using Sophos earlier to maintain our organization's security standards and data security. We have also integrated a VPN service to work from home users to connect organization networks.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
People looking to enhance their network security can give out a try to this firewall. It does have multiple security features which come cost-effectively.
Value for money Firewall for the SMB segments
What do you like best about the product?
GUI is user friendly. Easy deployment for any requirement.
What do you dislike about the product?
response from support still needs improvement. Better communication and better support engineers needed.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Better ROI for clients looking for entry level firewall. As well as stopping numerous ransomware attacks
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