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Sophos UTM

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What is Sophos UTM?

Sophos UTM provides core firewall features, plus sandboxing and AI threat detection for advanced network security. It has customizable deployment options.

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Why we love Sophos UTM

Rating: 9 out of 10
January 14, 2024
IncentivizedVetted Review
We are an MSSP and our favorite when it comes to perimeter protection has to be Sophos UTM. Whats makes them ideal is the fact that they can fit into any size client with and ...
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Stephan van der Merwe
Consultant - Information Technology
Cyber Security Analyst
SSMT IT Security
Sophos UTM8 years of experience

Quick Review of Sophos

Rating: 8 out of 10
May 13, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Sophos is being used across our whole organization. It is installed on every computer and server in our environment. It helps to address our cybersecurity and data leakage ris...
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Nate Binkley
Administrator - Information Technology
Network System Administrator
Land of Lincoln Credit Union
Sophos UTM1 year of experience

Sophos UTM Review

Rating: 8 out of 10
September 1, 2020
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
It is being used by our clients for secure VPN access while working from home. It solved the basic access problem during the pandemic, but also provides a user friendly gui.
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Michael Cattano
Engineer - Information Technology
Sr. Systems Engineer
Amoeba Networks
Sophos UTM5 years of experience

Sophos UTM: Still Solid After all these Years

Rating: 10 out of 10
August 20, 2019
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
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 ...
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Paul Cheng
Manager - Information Technology
IT Manager
Handel Architects
Sophos UTM4 years of experience

Your Search for Great Firewall Protection is over.

Rating: 7 out of 10
July 22, 2019
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
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...
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Matt James
Professional - Information Technology
Systems Administrator | POS Programming Specialist
AIKG LLC
Sophos UTM5 years of experience
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What is Sophos UTM?

Sophos UTM provides core firewall features, plus sandboxing and AI threat detection for advanced network security. It has customizable deployment options.

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Product Demos

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Product Details

What is 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.

Sophos UTM Technical Details

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Frequently Asked Questions

Sophos UTM provides core firewall features, plus sandboxing and AI threat detection for advanced network security. It has customizable deployment options.

Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 7.9.

The most common users of Sophos UTM are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Sophos UTM is a perfect fit

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
June 08, 2018
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
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.
Pros
  • Sophos was very easy to deploy.
  • The management console keeps us up to date with all the happens of the product.
Cons
  • 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.
Likelihood to Recommend
For a business our size, the pricing, functionality and feature set were just right. We have about 400 users and the deployment tools in Sophos UTM are just right to help us remove our old antivirus (AV) software and deploy all the new tools of this platform. My team had no complaints.

Why we love Sophos UTM

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
January 14, 2024
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We are an MSSP and our favorite when it comes to perimeter protection has to be Sophos UTM. Whats makes them ideal is the fact that they can fit into any size client with and budget. As the units themselves are scalable as well as the license bundle you purchase to enable different features. And when it comes to UTM, then Sophos UTM covers every area.
Pros
  • With TLS 1.3 and Deep Packet Inspection. You can rest assured that all network and web traffic gets scanned, analyzed and blocked if needed.
  • The Intuitive User Interface makes administration a breeze
  • Sophos Sandstorm on device means your well protected against Zero day threats and Ransomware.
  • Add all the above to a easy to administer Central Console for MSSP's to manage multiple Companies with Multiple UTM devices
Cons
  • Honestly can't think of any where left to improve
Likelihood to Recommend
It fits our business model being a MSSP. We can quickly and easily deploy config templates, licenses from the Sophos Central Console.
Pull reports and investigates policy violation all from one Console.

Sophos UTM the firewall for Network Engineers

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
April 26, 2017
KK
Karim Kronfli
Head of IT
M-Netics (Broadcast Media, 201-500 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Sophos UTM
10 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
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.
Pros
  • 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.
Cons
  • 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.
Likelihood to Recommend
It is easy to set up, and easy to learn, especially as you can get a free home license to use and play with. I use the virtual appliance at the moment and it just works.

Your Search for Great Firewall Protection is over.

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
July 22, 2019
MJ
Matt James
Systems Administrator | POS Programming Specialist
AIKG LLC (Entertainment, 501-1000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Sophos UTM
5 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
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.
Pros
  • 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.
Cons
  • 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.
Likelihood to Recommend
Great for businesses that need an All In One solution for multiple sites as well as network protection. There are many features that we do not use as a company even though we still use a good bit of them.

Sophos UTM in a glance

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
April 17, 2017
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
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.
Pros
  • 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.
Cons
  • 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.
Likelihood to Recommend
Well suited, for people who are smart and practical about net security. Less appropriate where IT management, needs a fast wireless solution to be managed by the UTM. Sophos lacks of good Wireless AP's, and now that Sophos is in that field, they should address this weakness right away. Bottom line: Sophos is great in every scenario, except robust and fast wifi.
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