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Sophos Intercept X

Overview

What is Sophos Intercept X?

Sophos Endpoint Protection (Sophos EPP) with Intercept X is an endpoint security product providing an antivirus / antimalware solution that when upgraded with Intercept X or Intercept X Advanced provides advanced threat detection and EDR capabilities.

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Sophos Endpoint Protection has become a widely-used and highly regarded solution for safeguarding machines in various environments. Users …
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Popular Features

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  • Centralized Management (19)
    10.0
    100%
  • Infection Remediation (19)
    9.8
    98%
  • Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (19)
    9.6
    96%
  • Anti-Exploit Technology (19)
    8.6
    86%

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Pricing

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Intercept X Advanced

$28

On Premise
per year per user

Intercept X Advanced with XDR

$48

On Premise
per year per user

Sophos Managed Threat Response

$79

On Premise
per year per user

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
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Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $28 per year per user
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Product Demos

CVE-2017-11826 0day exploit vs months old Sophos Intercept X

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How WannaCry ransomware works

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Features

Endpoint Security

Endpoint security software protects enterprise connected devices from malware and cyber attacks.

9.2
Avg 8.5
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Product Details

What is Sophos Intercept X?

Built to stop the widest range of attacks, Sophos Intercept X has been proven to prevent even the most advanced ransomware and malware by leveraging a unique combination of next-generation techniques. This includes the ability to detect never-before-seen malware with deep learning, stop ransomware with Sophos anti-ransomware technology, and deny attacker tools with signatureless exploit prevention. Intercept X also includes root cause analysis to provide insight into threats, and instant malware removal to ensure no attack remnants remain.

Sophos Intercept X Features

Endpoint Security Features

  • Supported: Anti-Exploit Technology
  • Supported: Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
  • Supported: Centralized Management
  • Supported: Infection Remediation
  • Supported: Malware Detection

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Sophos Intercept X Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsWindows, Mac
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry

Frequently Asked Questions

Sophos Endpoint Protection (Sophos EPP) with Intercept X is an endpoint security product providing an antivirus / antimalware solution that when upgraded with Intercept X or Intercept X Advanced provides advanced threat detection and EDR capabilities.

Sophos Intercept X starts at $28.

Symantec Endpoint Security and Kaspersky Endpoint Security are common alternatives for Sophos Intercept X.

Reviewers rate Centralized Management highest, with a score of 10.

The most common users of Sophos Intercept X are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Community Insights

TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!

Sophos Endpoint Protection has become a widely-used and highly regarded solution for safeguarding machines in various environments. Users rely on this product to ensure that their systems are protected and receive regular updates from the Sophos Database. With its ability to send alerts when a system hasn't been updated in a while, it helps users identify computers that are not frequently used. This feature proves to be invaluable in maintaining the security of an organization's network.

One long-time user praises Sophos Intercept X as the most secure endpoint product on the market. Its ease of deployment and management, combined with its ability to catch everything, make it the preferred choice for both home and business use. By dramatically reducing instances of malware and ransomware, Sophos Intercept X has proven itself as a reliable defense against cyber threats. It also offers powerful administrative capabilities through the Sophos Central web console, allowing users to identify and address security issues effectively.

Sophos Endpoint Protection is widely used across industries for robust protection against virus infections, web and mail downloads, and real-time threats. The product adapts to the rapidly changing digital era by offering advanced features like Anti Exploit Prevention, which safeguards users against ransomware attacks. Whether deployed in the healthcare industry or small businesses, Sophos Intercept X provides peace of mind by effectively preventing malicious software issues. Furthermore, its non-invasive nature and quick response to potential threats make it an ideal choice for organizations seeking a reliable and user-friendly endpoint security solution.

Intercept X's comprehensive protection extends beyond traditional malware detection, with features such as content filtering, application management, and cloud management with MFA authentication. It ensures security compliance, preventing ransomware attacks on devices ranging from workstations to servers. Real-time protection against various forms of malware, including web and mail protection, contributes to Sophos Endpoint Protection's reputation as an industry leader in providing information security services for enterprises.

In addition to protecting against potential attacks, Sophos Endpoint Protection requires minimal user interaction, making it a hassle-free solution for organizations. Its cloud-based architecture simplifies deployment, management, and remediation across distributed locations. Users have reported successfully defending against CryptoLocker and significantly reducing monthly infections, resulting in a more secure environment. With its advanced features like malware identification and automatic quarantine, Intercept X enhances security measures and provides excellent protection against cyber threats.

Overall, Sophos has gained praise from users as a reliable, easy-to-use, and effective endpoint solution. Whether deployed globally across entire companies or implemented organization-wide, the product delivers top-notch system behavior and manageability. It seamlessly integrates with desktops, laptops, and servers, running silently in the background without causing disruptions.

One standout feature of Sophos is its ability to send email reports that alert users of various events, allowing them to proactively address any issues before they become major problems. Users have successfully deployed Sophos across their entire infrastructure, including Windows, Linux, and Apple products. While deployment on Windows machines is easy through the enterprise console, Linux and Mac installation may require manual setup. Once installed, Sophos automatically updates all machines and runs smoothly without consuming excessive computer resources.

Intercept X, a module of Sophos Central, is widely used as an anti-malware and anti-virus agent on endpoint machines and servers. Its policy-setting capabilities for web and application access provide an additional layer of security. Small businesses rely on Sophos Intercept X not only for protection but also for timely notifications of potential threats. The product's effectiveness in preventing malicious software issues and providing a safety net against ransomware has made it the go-to solution for organizations seeking peace of mind.

Sophos Endpoint Protection has established itself as an industry leader in providing information security services for enterprises worldwide. Its real-time protection against various forms of malware, including web and mail protection, ensures a secure environment for users. Those who use Sophos Endpoint Protection have experienced successful protection against CryptoLocker, saving significant time and effort in recovery.

Overall, Sophos delivers excellent endpoint security with minimal user interaction required. Its cloud-based management simplifies deployment and remediation across distributed locations. With its reputation for robust protection and ease of use, Sophos Endpoint Protection continues to be highly regarded by organizations seeking top-notch security solutions.

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Reviews

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Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
As of now, we have no issues with viruses or malware or something like that. Such a good review. The product is very easy to use; we configure some groups of pcs with different scenarios. We can break the HTTP to protect the navigation and surf safely with content protection.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
To be frank, this product is fairly expensive. So I would recommend this to companies that are mid-sized or larger to condone the cost of the purchase. It does save me a significant amount of time in my day - being able to glance at the dashboard and see if there are any outstanding issues that require my attention, as not much digging must be done to accomplish this. So for our company, with a short-staffed IT department, it's incredibly helpful to us. We also qualify for Educational pricing which brings the cost down - which helps tremendously.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
If you are looking to get an easy to manage end point protection software, this is for you. You can deploy the software directly or send emails to the specified users to get them set up with the software. It also helps that the software notifies you if something goes wrong on someone machine, say if the software stops running or is out of date.
William Scott Coates | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Sophos Intercept-X is well suited for any environment big or small. There is even a home version that is free that I highly recommend for anyone at home. If you are looking for endpoint protection that is centrally managed, catches everything, and has many features this is the product for you.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Sophos Intercept X is well suited for ensuring endpoints are secure from viruses, ransomeware, exploites and data loss prevention. Our Post COVID world requires many of our users to still work remotely. Some work in public spaces and unsecure networks. Having Sophos Intercept X helps ensure our company resources are safe and our users are not exposed to malicious software.
December 31, 2020

It does the job!

Nicholas Cawein | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Sophos Intercept X is great for any organization to have a standard level of security applied to the end users' machines. We have remote employees, and they often attempt to download software to better accomplish their daily task; there has been a time when Sophos Intercept X has notified me or the IT director and offered to auto-remediate the issue by removing the software.
Beau Sorensen | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Sophos Intercept X is what I would consider the premier antivirus, anti-malware, anti-ransomware software on the market today. It is easy to stand up and deploy thanks to the management side being in the cloud - there's just a small download that can be deployed via script to any computer on your domain. It scales easily from small businesses all the way up to large enterprises and comes in at a cost-effective price point for anyone along that spectrum.
Ramon Vazquez | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I believe it is the best-integrated solution for ransomware protection for the price point. This makes it suitable for small, medium, or large businesses. The endpoint bundle, including the intercept x, has a very competitive price, and may be cheaper than solutions that offer less. Security is a very important aspect of running a business today, and having something you can count on brings peace of mind.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Small/Medium businesses that are email heavy can rest easy knowing they're getting great value product with extremely good protection. It catches a wide range of ransomware variants.

Large businesses with a large number of devices may struggle, as there's a lot of detail captured with individual threats and troubleshooting is often time consuming.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
If a company has compliancy requirements for reporting security breaches, Sophos Intercept-X has some nice reporting capabilities. It's usually easy to find the root cause and it shows the process for cleaning up the threat.
Jane Updegraff | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It works just as well as any other modern antivirus and it has a really nice web console that I find easy to use. I like the fact that the built-in OOTB stuff that you start with is really secure and pretty much complete right OOTB, so it's easy to get going fast. But I do not like that the sales and implementation staff did not make it clear that end users would no longer be able to write to USB or floppy (even when the operation that they want to do does not violate the DLP policy or the peripheral device policy in Sophos Intercept X) unless we turn off secure boot in the UEFI of each PC. That's something that has to be done manually on each PC and it's a pain. It makes sense that users can't drag data from a network share to a USB to write, that is not a secure operation, and I like that, but users should be able to copy and paste documents (that they own) from a folder on their own local PC to a USB stick without having to have someone from IT change their boot settings in their UEFI/BIOS. It's only doable for us because we have very few people that need to be able to transport files on physical media.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Sophos works well in smaller organizations where the number of assets to be protected can be managed. If assets are not higher-end technology/memory, Sophos will "slow down" the asset with its scanning and detecting. There are, however, global settings to "tune" the product and disable scanning from files, folders, and processes that are known to be good. This does greatly alleviate utilization problems.
Thayer Ramahi | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We have been using Sophos AV for the past 5 years, we love it and it is light on the work stations. Once Intercept X launched we purchased only for our workstation a week later we got hit twice with 2 different users and it was fantastic, no data was lost, the laptops got disconnected from the network, the team managed to clean the infection and no data was lost. a year later we deploy it on the server after testing the effect on the server performance and functionality (which has a light effect on the performance). 6 months later one of our physician's accounts was hacked and the hackers tried to deploy Phobos ransomware and were unsuccessful and it also blocked the network access.

We are very pleased with Intercept X it was an investment worth every penny.
Ryhlen Schoeberl | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I like it in our environment. 2e paired it with Sophos Intercept X for added protection where it detects unusual changes and rollback from changes that threats have made. All the information is on the same interface as well easy to use and deploy. Not sure what scenario it would not be able to be used in.
Neil Taylor | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Sophos is particularly well suited to small engineering teams where a minimum amount of training is required and ongoing monitoring is simple and easy to conduct. The interface is intuitive (sometimes a little cluttered), easy to use and easy to quickly identify any potential issues and vulnerabilities that may be detected. When you have detected an issue, isolation and/or cleanup of the device is very simple with just a few mouse clicks and false positives are kept to a minimum
Eric V. Zarghami | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It`s ideal for small to big IT shops where a trained individual can pretty much oversee the endpoint health and get real-time data on their security posture.
Due to its centralized management nature and immense visibility into endpoints well-being, it requires constant monitoring and timely reaction (like any other security tool) which can be a daunting task if not done regularly as it easily piles up into thousands of action items that could take days/weeks to complete. With more visibility comes more responsibility of-course.
Alex Farling | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
We use it everywhere, including mixed environments / Mac and Linux deployments. Where it may not be well suited is for extremely budget-conscious customers who are not willing to adopt the whole solution stack - that said, you get what you pay for and Sophos is cost competitive against other solutions.
Matt Rogers | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I think this software has a place at both large and small organizations. It is easily able to be scaled to any number of clients. It is great if you want to employ centralized management of your security software. It is great in scenarios where the IT staff simply does not have the time to troubleshoot software that should just work. I cannot think of a scenario where this software would not be beneficial!
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is ranked highly by Gartner for a reason, the cost and performance are great. They stay up to date with virus engines. Every company really should have anti-virus even Mac computers. We run Sophos on sensitive computers too because it is not hard on the CPU and is pretty silent when its working well
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