The Community Safety Product Crew has a number of necessary Sophos Firewall associated information objects to share with you.
Sophos Firewall v20
As you already know, we launched Sophos Firewall v20 late final yr, with a number of thrilling new enhancements. Lots of you’ve already upgraded your firewalls, however for people who haven’t, now’s the time!
You will note the replace ready for you in Sophos Central, or within the internet admin console as quickly as you log in. Be sure you replace your firewalls quickly, not simply to benefit from the various new options, but additionally to make sure you have the newest safety, efficiency, and reliability fixes which might be in each launch.
Try what’s new on this quick 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 straight into the firewall, making ZTNA deployments simpler than ever.
It’s a easy resolution to change from distant entry VPN to ZTNA. ZTNA gives 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, clients don’t must deploy something further on web site to allow safe distant entry to techniques and purposes hosted behind the firewall.
To study extra about ZTNA and the way it might help you safe your purposes and distant entry, try Sophos.com/ZTNA. It’s straightforward to strive without spending a dime.
Sophos Central administration updates
The January replace for Sophos Central firewall administration is now reside, which incorporates a number of new options and fixes:
SD-WAN enhancements enable “*” wildcard characters in any IP handle for the distant finish of route-based VPN tunnels. Excellent to be used with distant websites that ceaselessly or quickly change dynamic IP addresses.
Configurable suppression of repetitive alerts modifications alert priorities and units limits on how ceaselessly repetitive alerts ought to be raised. Use this to suppress usually noisy alerts, preserving them from cluttering your inbox and alert counts in Sophos Central.
Automated rollback of firmware detection. SFOS v20 and up now helps computerized firmware rollback when it detects that an replace was not fully profitable. Sophos Central will now detect and alert on firmware rollback occasions, ought to they happen.
Plus: different beauty modifications to match ATP function naming modifications in SFOS v20. Evaluation 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.
In case you haven’t already joined, now is a superb time to get began utilizing it as we’ve just lately added new reporting, dashboarding, and secure search options. Evaluation the complete particulars and get began at the moment!
New Sophos Firewall safety posture evaluation report
The crew 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 gives a management-level overview of firewall safety exercise that makes a superb instrument for displaying the worth and safety Sophos Firewall delivers. An all-new stock report can also be included that gives a snapshot of your firewall stock, well being standing, and license particulars.
Look ahead to a separate announcement after we launch this new report within the coming days.
