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Sophos Central Device Encryption

Sophos Central Device Encryption
Formerly SafeGuard

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What is Sophos Central Device Encryption?

Sophos Central Device Encryption (formerly SafeGuard) is a full disk encryption solution, based on the technology acquired with Utimaco by Sophos in 2008. It provides full disk encryption for Windows and macOS, and enables users to confidentially share sensitive files.…

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What is Sophos Central Device Encryption?

Sophos Central Device Encryption (formerly SafeGuard) is a full disk encryption solution, based on the technology acquired with Utimaco by Sophos in 2008. It provides full disk encryption for Windows and macOS, and enables users to confidentially share sensitive files. A password protected HTML…

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Product Details

What is Sophos Central Device Encryption?

Sophos Central Device Encryption (formerly SafeGuard) is a full disk encryption solution, based on the technology acquired with Utimaco by Sophos in 2008. It provides full disk encryption for Windows and macOS, and enables users to confidentially share sensitive files. A password protected HTML wrapper ensures only recipients with the correct password can access a document.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Sophos Central Device Encryption (formerly SafeGuard) is a full disk encryption solution, based on the technology acquired with Utimaco by Sophos in 2008. It provides full disk encryption for Windows and macOS, and enables users to confidentially share sensitive files. A password protected HTML wrapper ensures only recipients with the correct password can access a document.

Dell Data Protection Suite, Seclore, and BitLocker Drive Encryption are common alternatives for Sophos Central Device Encryption.

The most common users of Sophos Central Device Encryption are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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August 13, 2021

Sophos Central Anti Virus & Encryption Solution - Our Migration and Experience

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Administrator in Information Technology
Consumer Services Company, 201-500 employees
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We migrated from an on-premise Sophos SafeGuard solution. This was coupled with a separate on-premise Sophos Anti Virus. So the systems were on two separate on-premise servers. Also, this meant our users who were increasingly working away from the office, needed to be on the corporate VPN to be able to pick up new definitions and new policies. We migrated to Sophos Central. This is a single online, internet-facing portal that now contains both our Anti Virus and Encryption solutions. We are also a global business and can now have a single global system, with different 'region specific' policies that are applied by putting the endpoint into the region's group. This is much better for administering the systems and also for the users not having to connect to the VPN.
Pros and Cons
  • Centralised portal for both Anti Virus and Encryption
  • Internet-facing with the ability for global / multi region access for large organizations
  • Multi-level, built-in admin roles for different access levels for your Support Team. Also, you can define new roles to tailor to your organization
  • You will probably need to define some admin roles to suit your business unless you are a very large organization. The built-in roles are very siloed. For example, the Helpdesk role that your normal technician would probably be assigned cannot add nor move computers between groups.
Likelihood to Recommend
We found the incorporated system of both AV and Encryption to be an absolute breath of fresh air for us.
It is great for small and mid-sized companies. We rolled this out across our 4 global regions. We created region-specific groups for our endpoints and placed the appropriate endpoints into those groups. [Then] we defined policies for AV and Encryption that would be used inter-region and assigned roles to the different regions' support staff. Great stuff.
Most Important Features
  • Good for multi-region organization
  • Good for standardization across those regions
  • Internet-facing for users and support staff
  • Incorporates both AV and Encryption
Return on Investment
  • One bill for your AV and Encryption solutions
  • Central portal for your AV reporting
  • The ability to have Sophos assist you (for extra cost) to help you identify and react to threats in real time
Alternatives Considered
This was a natural progression for us, as we have multiple Sophos products. We did not look to any other product.
Other Software Used
SolarWinds Dameware Remote Everywhere (DRE)
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