Update February 2021: The information in this blogpost is unfortunately no longer correct. Sophos has reversed its original decision to exclude older firewall revisions from current firmware updates nearly a year later. All SG Firewalls with SFOS or XG Firewalls…
Sophos is retiring its AP series indoor access points. This news comes as no surprise, at least to us. We already speculated about this in the eleventh episode of our podcast. At the latest, when UTM version 9.7 with support…
Sophos has introduced a few interesting innovations over the last few weeks, of which I would like to briefly summarize the most important from my point of view. Email Impersonation Protection Sophos Central Email Advanced gets a new feature to…
The first connection between the firewall and Central has already been established by implementing Synchronized Security. This was followed somewhat later by Sophos Central Firewall Manager. However, the functionality of this early version was very limited, which made the product…
The Sophos firewalls (with SFOS) will soon receive a major update with SFOS v18. We have already installed the beta and in this article I will show you what features the new version brings with it. Tests in live operation…
Sophos has unveiled the new version 9.5 of Sophos Mobile, with Chrome OS supported as a new platform for the first time. In addition, device management for Android Enterprise has been further enhanced and the name Intercept X is making…
On October 1, Sophos launched a promising service that I’d like to introduce to you in a little more detail. We are talking about MTR, or Managed Threat Response. This new product is the result of the two acquisitions Rook…
Sophos has completed UTM version 9.700. This version will be available in small stages. In the first step you can download it from the FTP server. Later, the update will also be distributed via the Up2Date server. Important: Those who…
As of August 20, 2019, Sophos Sandstorm now analyzes your files in a data center in Frankfurt, Germany. This will certainly please customers who have concerns about compliance with the GDPR or further Brexit developments. On the XG Firewall, the…
Sophos has released version 17.5 MR8 for Sophos Firewall OS (SFOS). Note: For more information on upgrading, check out this post: Upgrading SFOS firmware to Sophos Firewall. FQDN in Quarantine Digest Sophos has very sneakily listed a new feature under…
For over two years, we have only used XG Firewalls with the SFOS in operation or installed the SFOS on SG appliances. Admittedly, the XG Firewall was an absolute horror in the first versions and only usable in a few…
In April, the new XG 86 and XG 106 models were introduced and at the same time the XG 85 and XG 105 were discontinued in the middle of the year. Meanwhile, it is known that Sophos has done this…
It’s time again to summarize a few innovations in the further development of our website for you. The first point concerns an important change in the purchasing process, which we had to adapt because of Sophos. The other innovations, in…
