Sophos Cloud Firewall (PAYG)
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Amazing for the small it departments
What do you like best about the product?
Amazing for the small it departments. Very easy to deploy and manage while providing great protection. To do not need a whole SOC to manage and monitor these.
What do you dislike about the product?
Not much, very good option. I do wish that the web admin exceptions supported FQDN's like their UTM to make remote support easy and secure from a dynamic remote IP address.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Really reduced the total cost of ownership without lowering our level of protection.
All the features the CTO asks for while keeping the CFO happy also (great value!)
What do you like best about the product?
The Sophos XG is easy to manage. The user interface is simple and intuitive. If you need to step into the CLI, there is plenty of documentation for that as well. The built-in support for the easy-to-interface REDs tunnels is great.
What do you dislike about the product?
We have not had any problems with the Sophos XG series. Dollar for feature, the Sophos XG line is a fantastic value. We previously had used Cyberoam products, and the Sophos acquisition and enhanced development of the product have been a blessing.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
With working from home becoming a "new normal", I am able to easily segregate traffic and control Internet bandwidth in my home/office, allocating the resource as needed without needing a separate connection from my ISP. Filtering content for the "non-employee" individuals at my workplace is a huge benefit.
I have had great success with Sophos XG firewalls.
What do you like best about the product?
The ease of working with the content filtering for controlling user access.
What do you dislike about the product?
It took a little bit of practice to get used to the interface.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The main problem solved was for secure access from remote users and security controls for Internet access. In the past year we realized the power of the platform with an additional load of remote users.
Great Firewall, Great Ecosystem
What do you like best about the product?
Sophos XG Firewall is easy to configure and use, but extremely flexible and powerful. Sophos provides excellent training on their products (including the XG firewall), and their support is very helpful. You can download a free trial at any point and setup a test virtual firewall on spare hardware (or as a VM) to become familiar with the firewall and features without any type of commitment or limitation. They also provide a free version of their virtual firewall for home use.
What do you dislike about the product?
There have been some bugs in the XG / SFOS firewall versions, and some feature parity discrepancies between the older firewall OS (UTM) and the XG firewall OS (SFOS), but Sophos has made excellent strides in resolving those issues. The latest major release (SFOS v18) has added an impressive level of flexibility and customization to adapt to modern requirements for firewalls.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Sophos XG firewalls work excellently as a one stop solution for routing, firewalling, webserver protection, email gateway, VPN appliance, and more. Sized properly, the firewalls provide more than adequate capacity and throughput. The reporting and Sophos Central integration are excellent, and allow for secure remote administration and great scheduled reporting. The Synchronized Security with Sophos InterceptX for servers and workstations is fantastic, and lets you easily view the applications running in your environment, as well as enforce greater levels of security when an endpoint is compromised.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Sophos XG firewall is an excellent choice for a cost effective, feature packed, and security focused firewall. Their training is top notch, and easily accessible on demand. I have seen the Sophos XG firewall operating system and appliance features grow and mature over the years, and they are one of the best firewalls that I have had the pleasure of using.
Superior Firewall
What do you like best about the product?
I'd have to say the comprehensive security features and Sophos Central.
What do you dislike about the product?
No complaints at this time. Wish we chose Sophos earlier.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Cybersecurity needs
Easy to use and understand, with the features you want and a minimal amount of clutter.
What do you like best about the product?
The layout and description of items in the XG firewall interface make it easy to understand and navigate saving time and reducing the headache factor of trying to figure out how to get the system to do things. The time it takes to implement a new function, website, network, etc... is greatly reduced by the ease of operation and understanding of the system.
What do you dislike about the product?
Major firmware changes have released some very big changes in the way the device operates. In one case going from one version to another completely broke some of the functionality we had implemented and took a lot of sorting out as the new firmware had auto populated many rules that didn't work. The patch notes said that the upgrade would take into account the current state and migrate it to the new method of operation which it clearly did not do properly.
The ssl vpn product could also be improved for usability in scenarios where multiple profiles are needed.
The ssl vpn product could also be improved for usability in scenarios where multiple profiles are needed.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The XG firewall easily allowed us to implement VLAN's in our environment. For smaller sites we have been able to improve reliability over VPN and with RED functionality. The SSL VPN allows us an easy on demand way to remote in to branch office and external networks. Reports and diagnostics available in the system help us keep track of any threats. All of the features have led to a general increase in our security posture.
Best customer service
What do you like best about the product?
We have been a Sophos user for over 8 years, any time that we have had any type of problem or concern they are there to help quickly and they know how to support their products without getting bounced from person to person.
anyone will sell you a product, Sophos really cares and supports there customers1 that's money in the bank
anyone will sell you a product, Sophos really cares and supports there customers1 that's money in the bank
What do you dislike about the product?
nothing at this time, why do i have to dislike something?
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Safer more stable network, that says it all
No issues - does the job we need!
What do you like best about the product?
Reliable performance and peace of mind that our network is secure.
What do you dislike about the product?
Taking back account access from our managed service provider was difficult, as the MSP had changed names and Sophos insisted on having documentation from the original company name that signed up on our behalf.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Secure office network
Everything is easy
What do you like best about the product?
The ease with which any process is carried out
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes with version changes, releases, things that worked well stop working.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Security has never been so easy, unifying security in a single device is the best.
With the Current Climate the Sophos XG Firewall is Great
What do you like best about the product?
With the current world turning virtual, we were no longer able to have our employees in the office. With Sophos XG Firewall, we have secure remote connectivity. This is very beneficial because our transition from in office to online went very smoothly. We had minimal pains when going through this transition.
What do you dislike about the product?
Cannot thing of any downsides towards the Sophos XG Firewall.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
With Sophos XG Firewall we are able to focus on what matters to us most. We do not need to worry about attacks and we know that the network that we are operating in is secure. We are able to focus more time on speaking with clients as opposed to worrying about cyber attacks.
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