Sophos Firewall v21 has been our quickest adopted launch up to now, however a lot of you continue to haven’t upgraded.
Upgrading your firewall is free and must be a prime precedence because it not solely improves your efficiency, administration expertise, and have set, however it additionally consists of necessary safety enhancements to maintain your group shielded from cyberattacks.
Sophos Firewall v21 is a free improve for all licensed Sophos Firewall clients – together with XGS Sequence, cloud, digital, and software program firewalls. (Be aware: XG Sequence gadgets that are quickly to be end-of-life and have to be upgraded to XGS Sequence gadgets instantly will not be supported by v21.)
You will see that the replace accessible to your firewall by both logging into Sophos Central or through the on-box administration console. It’s a fast few-click course of to improve and you should use Sophos Central to schedule the update for a handy time. Sophos Firewall v21 is a completely supported improve from any beforehand supported firmware model.
Watch the video beneath for an outline of what’s new, obtain the What’s New Guide, or learn on for the complete particulars.
Lively Menace Response with third-party menace feeds:
- Lively Menace Response has been prolonged with help for third-party menace feeds to allow simpler integration with SoC suppliers, MSPs, and numerous vertical or regional centered menace intelligence sources
- Synchronized Safety’s automated response to energetic threats can be prolonged to third-party menace feeds to isolate compromised gadgets and forestall lateral motion
Enhanced scalability:
- Excessive-availability (HA) deployments acquire added resilience and extra seamless transitions for decreased down time
- IPsec VPN positive aspects improved manageability, configuration, and efficiency with as much as a 3X enchancment with the brand new 2nd Gen XGS Desktop fashions
- Authentication and internet enhancements additionally enhance efficiency and scalability
Seamless upgrades:
- Any-to-any backup and restore for added flexibility when upgrading to the newest XGS Sequence home equipment – together with our new Gen 2 desktop fashions
- Port mapping help to make it simple to improve to an equipment with a distinct port configuration
- True zero-touch deployment and configuration from Sophos Central
Streamlined administration:
- A number of user-experience enhancements, together with the general appear and feel, Management Middle playing cards, in addition to VPN and static route configuration optimization
- Let’s Encrypt certificates help throughout many areas of the firewall
- Expanded community object visibility to see the place objects are getting used
- Dramatically improved SSO (single sign-on) time for Sophos Central on-box administration
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Yet one more factor – Ansible Assortment:
I’d like to say yet one more factor: earlier this week Sophos introduced our new Ansible Collection for Sophos Firewall.
When you’re not acquainted with Ansible, it’s an open-source IT automation engine that allows provisioning, configuration administration, software deployment, orchestration, and plenty of different IT processes.
It’s free to make use of, and the mission advantages from the expertise and intelligence of its 1000’s of contributors – now together with Sophos Firewall.
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