Sophos UTM – 2026
There have been many signs that Sophos will discontinue the UTM this year. Now the time has come, there is a date. The great thing about this news is that we can use the header image that we already used…
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Latest Sophos Central Email features
In the last few months there have been quite a few new features in Cental Email. I have listed some here and for most of them there is a video explaining everything. Message History – Advanced search and improvements With…
More than 4,000 Sophos firewalls are still affected by the vulnerability
VulnCheck security researchers have found that many network admins worldwide have not yet updated their Sophos Firewall. They found around 88,000 firewalls accessible via the internet, thousands of which are vulnerable via a critical vulnerability. The user portal of about…
Sophos – 450 employees made redundant
Security provider Sophos, like many other ICT companies, is set to cut costs due to the uncertain global economic situation and has announced that it will lay off around 10% of its global workforce. As‘TechCrunch‘ reports, 450 employees are affected.…
Sophos MDR integrates third-party telemetry data
Sophos MTR Standard and Advanced has disappeared from our website. The empty seat is taken by the new Sophos MDR Service, a worthy successor with a decisive advantage. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at what this is,…
Sophos Network Protection for RED management soon to be mandatory
It is the case that you would need a Network Protection license for the REDs or SD-REDs on the Sophos Firewall. We also write this on the Sophos SD-RED product page. The fact is, however, that although Sophos intended this…
Sophos increases prices by nearly double
Sophos’s latest price increase hits some products extremely hard and some prices are increased by up to 40%. In this article, we’ll take a look at all the changes that will apply from January 5, 2023. You still have some…
Sophos Firewall v19.5 – All new features in this update
It’s been a few months since I last had time to write an SFOS update article. In the future it will be better again. That’s why I’m even more excited to present the new features and improvements in SFOS 19.5.…
Sophos MTR becomes MDR and gets new features
Sophos Managed Threat Response Service from Sophos will get a new name at the end of November – formerly Sophos MTR will become Sophos MDR. Find out what this name change means for existing customers and what new features will…
Sophos Compromise Assessment – Have I been breached?
Today I would like to introduce you to a new service from Sophos called “Sophos Compromise Assessment”. In doing so, we’ll look at exactly what the service entails, who it’s for, and where the differences are with Rapid Response and…
Sophos Firewall updates no longer free of charge
The time when you could get Sophos Firewall firmware updates for free will soon be over. Only customers with a valid support license will receive SFOS updates. Sophos itself states that 80% of customers are not affected, because they already…
Price increases now also at Sophos Central
After the price increases of the Sophos firewall appliances including accessories, the SD-RED and APX access points, the Central platform is now also affected. Due to changing market conditions, Sophos is revising prices upward for the following products effective August…
End of Life extension of the Sophos AP Series
Those who still have access points from the older Sophos AP series in use can rejoice. Actually, Sophos is scheduled to pull the plug on the devices no later than March 31, 2023. We have already informed about this in…