The Network Security Product Team has a number of vital Sophos Firewall associated information gadgets to share with you.
Sophos Firewall v20
As , we launched Sophos Firewall v20 late final 12 months, with a number of thrilling new enhancements. Many of you will have already upgraded your firewalls, however for people who haven’t, now’s the time!
You will see the replace ready for you in Sophos Central, or within the internet admin console as quickly as you log in. Make positive you replace your firewalls quickly, not simply to make the most of the various new options, but additionally to make sure you have the most recent safety, efficiency, and reliability fixes which are in each launch.
Check out what’s new on this brief video overview:
Sophos ZTNA is now on Sophos Firewall
That’s proper! In case you didn’t know, Sophos Firewall v20 integrates a ZTNA gateway immediately into the firewall, making ZTNA deployments simpler than ever.
It’s a easy choice to modify from distant entry VPN to ZTNA. ZTNA offers higher safety, simpler administration, and a a lot smoother and extra dependable end-user expertise. And with a ZTNA gateway built-in into Sophos Firewall, prospects don’t must deploy something additional on website to allow safe distant entry to methods and functions hosted behind the firewall.
To be taught extra about ZTNA and the way it may also help you safe your functions and distant entry, try Sophos.com/ZTNA. It’s straightforward to attempt totally free.
Sophos Central administration updates
The January replace for Sophos Central firewall administration is now reside, which comprises a number of new options and fixes:
SD-WAN enhancements permit “*” wildcard characters in any IP handle for the distant finish of route-based VPN tunnels. Ideal to be used with distant websites that steadily or quickly change dynamic IP addresses.
Configurable suppression of repetitive alerts adjustments alert priorities and units limits on how steadily repetitive alerts needs to be raised. Use this to suppress usually noisy alerts, maintaining them from cluttering your inbox and alert counts in Sophos Central.
Automatic rollback of firmware detection. SFOS v20 and up now helps automated firmware rollback when it detects that an replace was not utterly profitable. Sophos Central will now detect and alert on firmware rollback occasions, ought to they happen.
Plus: different beauty adjustments to match ATP characteristic naming adjustments in SFOS v20. Review the full launch notes.
Sophos DNS safety early entry
The Sophos DNS safety early entry program (EAP) kicked off in December and has been one in all our hottest early entry packages ever, with over 3 billion queries served throughout a number of hundred buyer websites world-wide.
If you haven’t already joined, now is a good time to get began utilizing it as we’ve not too long ago added new reporting, dashboarding, and protected search options. Review the total particulars and get began immediately!
New Sophos Firewall safety posture evaluation report
The workforce is happy to announce {that a} new safety posture evaluation (SPA) report is being added to Sophos Central firewall reporting later this week. This customizable report offers a management-level overview of firewall safety exercise that makes a superb software for exhibiting the worth and safety Sophos Firewall delivers. An all-new stock report can be included that gives a snapshot of your firewall stock, well being standing, and license particulars.
Watch for a separate announcement after we launch this new report within the coming days.