As we speak, we’re saying the launch of two extremely anticipated Sophos Firewall releases.
Accessible now:
Our new XGS Sequence desktop fashions unlock best-in-class efficiency, energy effectivity, and value per protected megabit per second (PPPMbps), or in different phrases, unbeatable worth for SMB and department workplace environments.
Accessible in EAP – anticipated GA October 17:
Sophos Firewall OS v21 introduces assist for third-party risk feeds to bolster Energetic Risk Response, provides a number of scalability and excessive availability enhancements for the distributed edge, and delivers some top-requested options, together with Let’s Encrypt certificates assist.
What’s new
Second-gen XGS Sequence desktop home equipment
As we speak, we’re launching 9 new desktop firewalls with a extremely environment friendly structure to ship industry-leading efficiency and energy effectivity.
Finest-in-class efficiency and effectivity
All new fashions provide an as much as 2x enchancment in total efficiency.
By leveraging the improved acceleration capabilities of the digital FastPath in SFOS v21, together with the streamlined structure in eight of the 9 new fashions, Sophos achieves an enchancment of as much as 3X in IPsec VPN throughput in comparison with the earlier technology.
This enhanced efficiency ensures your networks are protected against the newest encrypted and zero-day threats.
For improved complete price of possession (TCO), these new firewalls present this added efficiency and safety whereas consuming half the ability of our earlier fashions – which have been already very environment friendly. Moreover, an improved thermal design and the introduction of 4 fanless fashions enable whisper-quiet operation in extremely noise-sensitive environments.
Risk safety improved by as much as 4X
Along with the efficiency enhancements for our new {hardware} fashions, all Sophos XGS Sequence firewalls have been by means of thorough testing utilizing the newest industry-standard take a look at methodology to make sure a good comparability with our opponents. This leads to a 2.7X to 4X enchancment in risk safety throughput versus our beforehand revealed information and firmly locations us as a frontrunner within the aggressive panorama.
Excessive-speed connectivity
Empowering prospects to reap the total potential of multi-gig speeds throughout their wired and wi-fi networks, all fashions include a variety of high-speed interfaces and connectivity choices, together with:
- 2.5 GE interfaces on each mannequin
- Wi-Fi 6 on all w-models with assist for concurrent 2.4/5 GHz
- Twin 10G SFP+ fiber interfaces on the XGS 138*
- An elective 5G module* for fashions with a modular bay gives an economical redundancy or failover answer for SD-WAN
Additional info is out there on our web site.
Watch this quick video for an summary of the brand new {hardware}:
Sophos Firewall OS v21
Sophos Firewall OS v21 can also be launching right now and is out there for all companions and prospects as a part of our early entry program earlier than common availability later this month.
Sophos Firewall OS v21 contains:
- Energetic Risk Response with third-party risk feeds, extending our automated response capabilities to incorporate risk intelligence from specialised third-party feeds for particular areas or verticals similar to healthcare, training, and operational expertise
- Enhanced scalability, efficiency, and resiliency for IPsec VPN, high-availability deployments, authentication, and internet safety
- Seamless improve assist out of your present XG or XGS Sequence gadget to the newest {hardware} with any-to-any backup and restore and port-mapping assist
Streamlined administration and high quality of life enhancements to many areas, together with a refreshed and extra responsive administration interface, community object administration, and Let’s Encrypt certificates assist
- Zero-touch deployment was additionally added in v20 MR1 and is now transport on the brand new second-gen XGS Sequence desktop fashions. It allows simple setup in Sophos Central and drop-ship deployments of latest firewalls to your department workplace areas.
XG Sequence not supported
Clients operating SFOS on an XG or SG Sequence equipment might want to improve to the XGS Sequence to learn from this launch. The brand new any-to-any backup/restore performance makes upgrading from XG to XGS a easy and seamless course of utilizing our port mapping assistant.
Learn the What’s New Information for a whole overview of all the good new capabilities, and take a look at our weblog sequence that takes a deep dive into lots of the nice new enhancements in Sophos Firewall OS v21 with demo movies overlaying lots of the new options.
Abstract
Whether or not you’re an present Sophos buyer on the cusp of your subsequent firewall improve or at present utilizing a aggressive firewall and taking a look at your renewal choices, Sophos Firewall constantly achieves top-rated standing in buyer critiques and continues so as to add worth by means of the total product lifecycle.
For additional info, please attain out to your native Sophos accomplice or consultant or get in contact by way of Sophos.com/Firewall.
Footnotes:
* Not obtainable in Japan
