Sophos Cloud Firewall (PAYG)
Sophos | 21.0 GALinux/Unix, Other 20.0 MR2 - 64-bit HAQM Machine Image (AMI)
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Security is a hot topic these days, prepare yourself with Sophos!
What do you like best about the product?
Our IT team has installed Sophos firewall on all of our company's workstations and laptops to keep our own data and our customer's data secure. This program runs in the background and I don't even notice it, but it keeps me secure at work.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sophos firewall can block many programs you try to install or websites you try to browse that may be required for your job. These needs are changing every day, and you may need to work with your IT team to allow certain permissions that may change every week.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use Sophos firewall on all of our company computers because data protection and privacy are a significant concern in the business and technology world these days. It is expected among clients and employees and not worth the risk of ignoring.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Sophos firewall will keep you and your company safe if implemented correctly. Security is a major concern these days.
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Complex but Easy to Utilize
What do you like best about the product?
Sophos XG and XGS firewall provides the most user friendly interface I have ever seen.
I've handled Palo Alto, Checkpoint and Juniper firewalls and none of these can top my experience with Sophos in regards with simplicity.
I've handled Palo Alto, Checkpoint and Juniper firewalls and none of these can top my experience with Sophos in regards with simplicity.
What do you dislike about the product?
- Not that complex with application control.
- NAT is also confusing to new users.
- Cyberoam users are having a hard time migrating to XG because of the linked NAT rule
- NAT is also confusing to new users.
- Cyberoam users are having a hard time migrating to XG because of the linked NAT rule
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
SNAT and DNAT are very easy once you're able to get the hands of it. Sophos firewall can be registered in Sophos central to connect Sophos products for lateral movement protection.
Strong Security Protection
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to use if you're familiar with the product and strong security-focused, best customer support & provide secure VPN access for end-users
What do you dislike about the product?
You need training when you purchase the product or hire Administrator
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Improve compliance, security & risk management
Secure our end users, server, and data
Provide secure remote VPN access
Secure our end users, server, and data
Provide secure remote VPN access
Excellent protection!
What do you like best about the product?
Multi factor authentication through the sophos Authenticator app. Robust level of options for all business situations.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing really. I guess my only issue is lack of clarity on versioning for firmware and compatibility with backups.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Security of our business network
Ok product with poor support
What do you like best about the product?
Intrusion prevention system works fine and do the job as expected.
What do you dislike about the product?
Support almost not exist. Support agents generally have no idea what they are doing and acting irresponsibly on the production environment and leaving so many mess behind. Response time is total joke for critical cases (eg; 2-3 days one email and even you reply immediately you get second response after another 2-3 days.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Content filtering and firewall, however not at desired level.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If support is important to you then look for a different product. You will feel alone when the things goes south.
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
Sophos is a very professional Firewall that you can rely on for either small or big companies.
What do you like best about the product?
Sophos XG Firewall simplifies your work, and at the same time, lets you do whatever you might think of concerning Firewall.
What do you dislike about the product?
The only disadvantage I can see in Sophos is that it is slightly slower than other similar software. But that is because it is far more detailed.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
As an ICT Supervisor in my company, Sophos helps me give specific permissions to our staff, each depending on his duties.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Sophos XG Firewall is the best firewall nowadays and incomparable to other software; very professional and user-friendly.
Sophos XG firewalls
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to manager, works well with Sophos wireless access points
What do you dislike about the product?
Long reboot time, rack ears are separate
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Network security for branches
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.
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