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August 20, 2019
Sophos UTM: Still Solid After all these Years
I was first introduced to Sophos UTM when I changed jobs and the firm I went to had a Sophos UTM firewall. With all that I had to learn about the firm's infrastructure, I was happy to discover how common sense and simple the UTM interface was. Since then I've deployed Sophos UTMs at several of our other office locations. Sophos UTM makes creating VPN tunnels straightforward and adding additional other network components like wireless access points almost effortless in comparison to some other enterprise-grade WAP configurations.
- Common-Sense firewall setup
- Straight-forward multi-site VPN tunnel configuration
- Incorporate other Sophos products into your network infrastructure easily
- Isn't compatible with Sophos cloud offerings
- Sophos says they aren't phasing UTM out, but with UTM not being supported in their cloud offerings, their days seem numbered
- Support time could be a little faster
December 09, 2019
Secure, feature rich and easy to use.
Sophos UTM is being used as our primary Firewall at all of our offices. We also have it set up with an Encrypted site to site VPN tunnel between each office. It is allowing our remote office to use the local applications at our main office. Non-office remote workers connect using the VPN client on the desktops. Sophos UTM filters all web, FTP email, etc. entering our build. It allows us to set up group-based policies, integrates well will AD, and provides a level of security we didn't have before. We chose Sophos UTM as we wanted a product that combined well we Sophos Central.
- Sophos Central Integration.
- Easy to manage.
- Frequent updates.
- Secure.
- Customer Support wait times.
- AD group integration has problems.
- VPN Failover groups can cause issues reconnecting VPN.
July 22, 2019
Your Search for Great Firewall Protection is over.
We currently use Sophos SG 220s running in an HA environment at all of our locations. Our entire IT department is responsible for the monitoring and upkeep of the UTMs. We use it as a primary firewall and as a site-to-site VPN for seamless integration. On top of all the UTMs, we also have a central management SUM that we use to deploy updates, changes, and rules to each site.
- Firewall Protection. The protection is unmatched, setup it a little daunting, but once set up it pretty much runs itself.
- Site-to-site VPN. Super easy to deploy so we are able to network all our sites together.
- The DHCP server function is actually really nice, I prefer using it over the traditional way of using a DC for DHCP.
- The UI is a bit dated albeit, it is very functional and everything is right at my fingertips.
- Better documentation. This hardware and software solution is amazing, but as I said previously, it can be a little daunting to set up.
We implemented Sophos UTM across our entire organization over 5 sites and to our entire remote salesforce. I feel Sophos has provided us the protection and security that an organization needs in this era of threats and attacks.
I am happy to report that we have had no breaches or incidents since its implementation.
I am happy to report that we have had no breaches or incidents since its implementation.
- Sophos was very easy to deploy.
- The management console keeps us up to date with all the happens of the product.
- We have yet to be able to implement the mobile device management - I'm not sure if that's because it is difficult, or just a daunting task.
April 26, 2017
Sophos UTM the firewall for Network Engineers
We used Sophos UTM to provide a common manageable firewall infrastructure across over a dozen sites across the globe. It allowed us to protect the sites with URL filtering and anti-virus protection and create a global VPN for a competitive cost. The interface was easy to learn for our engineers and the central management tools helped me monitor the entire estate.
- IPSEC VPNs are very easy to set up and I managed to get them to work with several different manufacturers on the other end.
- The user interface is reasonably clear and easy to search complex configurations.
- High availability is very easy to set up.
- When they were Astaro the customer service left a lot to be desired and the hardware could have some quality control problems. Support got much better when Sophos took over.
Sophos UTM and Sophos XG Appliances, deliver great security along with affordable pricing for every company. Sophos is great as a visionary company, keeping up with IT Managers' requests for features within their products (specially Sophos SG Appliances and XG NGFWs). Their hardware addresses a constant situation where many competitors fail; they are scalable, and tough (SSDs Hard Drives, and Intel latest generation processors is about it). Recently I found out an opportunity for us, as a company, to deliver something that many competitors fail at, HIGH AVAILABILITY with just 1 license. While other vendors, try to squeeze the companies for every penny, Sophos address that issue, and is honest about it: They deliver High Availability in Active/Passive mode, with two identical hardware options, with just one license (with their main competitor, you MUST buy two licenses, which makes the solution more expensive). Sophos is honest, with their products and technology.
- Scalability, if you needed HA in Active/Passive Mode, but need more throughput during certain periods when the parameters change (i.e. number of users, or Internet bandwidth growth) you can always license the second one and it will behave as a Cluster in Active/Active mode in just 2 minutes, with no downtime.
- Delivers great WebGUI management, which is easily understandable by every IT Professional
- Worldwide RMA, gosh! If you have any kind of issue with your hardware, Sophos will deliver it to your business door, at no cost, with a return label for you to ship the damaged or faulty device back. No questions asked.
- Constant visionary technology, with out of this world new features.
- Better standard support, it used to be great, now, not so much (for paying customers, that only aquired the Hardware)
- Better wireless solution, there is always room for that, now that everybody needs robust wifi, even at home!
- Faster and more robust wireless Access Points, or different vendor-like compatibility.
I am currently using Sophos UTM Home Version to protect my connection at home.
- Daily Reporting is a great asset
- I love the free AV that I can deploy to my desktops and laptops at home.
- Make it easier to setup port forwarding and rules to allow certain things to go thru.
- More common settings to port forward and or whitelist things such as IPHONES, DROID's.
- When you allow a port to go thru have it automatically add the firewall rule
June 15, 2017
Sophos UTM - Almost unbeatable
Sophos was used as our primary firewall and unified threat management. We had two Sophos units installed for fail over purposes.
- Anti-spam is better than most standalone products and has a very low false positive rating
- Firewall rules are easy to set up and configure with a nice user-friendly interface
- Free VPN capabilities which does no require a subscription unlike most other firewalls
- Support is great but sometimes slow but other than that the product is the best in the market
Sophos UTM Scorecard Summary
About Sophos UTM
Sophos UTM is a Unified Threat Management solution. It provides the core firewall features, including Advanced Threat Protection, site-to-site VPN, web filtering, application control, and intrusion protection. Sophos also provides sandboxing capabilities to test possible threats in isolated environments, and uses AI to detect threats without relying on signatures. It also offers built-in traffic monitoring and reporting.
Sophos UTM can be deployed in a variety of formats, including as hardware (SG Series), as software, virtually, or cloud-based. It is customizable depending on the prioritization between high-availability, clustering, remote connectivity, centralization, and reporting capabilities. Sophos offers modularized services for tailored licensing.
Categories: Firewall, Threat Intelligence
Sophos UTM Technical Details
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| Mobile Application: | No |