Sales and Marketing Specialist in Marketing at Cutsforth, Inc (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Sophos to filter out emails that may be spam or scams. We receive emails twice a day letting us know which emails have been quarantined, and we have the option to release them to our inbox or delete them from the platform entirely. We are also able to block email addresses that we know are nefarious.

Pros

Allowing options: I am able to choose from several different options (release, release and allow, delete, block, block and report to Spam)
Warning labels: emails have labels at the top to define if an email is from a trusted sender or the email is from an external sender and may not be trusted. I can block those emails, if I choose to
Quarantine emails: I appreciate the 2x daily emails detailing which emails have been quarantined, and if I would like to release them or delete them

Cons

Almost too good: Sophos may quarantine several emails at first that it doesn't know are important, but I am able to allow those email addresses to my inbox
Individual email addresses: sometimes I would like Sophos to allow email domains rather than specific addresses; if I have a few different people who email me from the same domain, I have to allow each individual address
Allowing email addresses throughout company: when I release and allow an email address, it just allows it to come to my inbox; each member of my company will have to go in and allow the same address to their inbox

Most Important Features

Quarantine dashboard: I like visiting the quarantine dashboard to make my choice on what to do with the emails
Quarantine emails: it is nice to receive emails to let me know when emails have been quarantined
Labels: the warning labels on emails after I've released them, remind me to be careful with certain emails

Return on Investment

Less wasted time: people aren't wasting time on an email if it's a scam anymore
Fewer scam emails: since I've been able to block emails, I receive fewer scam emails quarantined trying to steal money from the company
Spending time as I should: it allows me to focus time on real emails rather than trying to figure out if something is a scam

Other Software Used

Salesforce CMS, ZoomInfo Engage, ZoomInfo SalesOS

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IT Manager in Information Technology at Remington Global, Inc. (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Sophos Web Content Filtering on Sophos XG firewalls at my primary company of employment, as well as a local non-profit (school) I volunteer with. In both cases, we use the solution as one of the protective layers for Internet users. While we also use anti-x and EDR technologies to protect against threats, Sophos Web Content Filtering is an additive layer that also protects mobile and guest devices within our network.

Pros

Sophos does an excellent job of category-based content filtering. It's easy to configure and flexible for many environments with the ability to tighten or loosen restrictions as requirements determing.
Sophos' built-in capabilites can force safe search rules to protect against content work-arounds like Image search and search engines in general.
The Sophos XTreme architecture also helps improve the overall performance of the Web Content Filtering solution. It is very quick and very transparent when in use on the network.

Cons

While safe search enforcement in built-in and a useful tool (especially in environments where minors are to be protected), it is somewhat difficult to implement. Although documentation will easily walk one through setup, I suspect this will be remedied in upcoming releases of Sophos OS.

Most Important Features

Content Filtering by Category
Integration with our XG Firewall
HTTPS scanning

Return on Investment

Web Content Filtering is one of man layers in network security. The Sophos Web Content Filtering solution is SEAMLESS to our network and requires very little maintenance once configured properly and running.

Alternatives Considered

Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services, WatchGuard Network Security, Kaspersky Endpoint Security, Trend Micro Web Security and SonicWall TZ

José Javier Dominguez Reina View profile

Jefe de Proyecto in Information Technology at SIPYCOPY (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use web filtering to prevent access to websites with malicious, pornographic or illegal content.

We could also only allow access to content related to the work to be performed by people.

You can also restrict access to websites whose content is in your configuration file, this has been done through a list of terms.

Pros

Restrict access to web pages with malicious content.
Restrict access to illegal websites.
Allow access to websites allowed in the company.

Cons

It only allows UTF-8 encoded characters.
It does not support metadata.
It does not support comments in the custom filter file.

Most Important Features

Filtered by content or category.
Custom filtering.
Record of all user activity.

Return on Investment

Increased productivity of employees by not being distracted so much.
Economic savings by preventing computers from being infected by viruses.
Better use of company resources.

Alternatives Considered

DNSFilter and Cisco Umbrella

Other Software Used

Cisco Umbrella, Sophos Intercept X, Sophos Intercept X for Server

Rob Domenico View profile

Senior Systems Administrator in Information Technology at Bentek Inc. (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

For our organization, Sophos security solutions for web content control, and endpoint security is an effective solution pairing. The Sophos integrated security solution allowed us to resolve users from venturing into unsafe web space, with use of DNS blocking (resolve only names via categories etc.) These features allow less false positives and better web content control for users to browse Internet searching with less fear of intrusion of unsafe web sites (non compliant).

Pros

Categorize content
Rules for exceptions
Custom error screens for end user

Cons

Adding of new categories to filter engines
Updates for known bad searches
Domain whitelist ordering

Most Important Features

Preset categories for different organizations
Exceptions for groups
User activity monitoring

Return on Investment

Reporting of suspicious activity and risky user/sites
Less web traffic efforts for overall security of users (along with Sophos Central)
Can add to overall protection cost for firewall initial purchase option

Alternatives Considered

Webroot DNS Protection and Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management

Other Software Used

Azure App Service, Qualys VMDR, Fusion Remote Access VPN

Verified User

Technician in Information Technology (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Sophos for Web Content Filtering by implementing policies to restrict access to websites that contain any of the terms listed that we deem not suitable for the workplace or that might pose a cybersecurity risk for our environment. It is pretty straightforward, and the Sophos Firewall takes care of the rest.

Pros

Impede access to NSFW pages
Avoid the risk of having to deal with potentially malicious websites
Block access to platforms that could facilitate Data Exfiltration
Pretty Straightforward. Set it and forget it, and from time to time tweak it.
Possibility of notification when there's an attempt.

Cons

I can't think of one. The product is pretty straightforward in this aspect.

Most Important Features

ease of use
GUI
Simple and straightforward

Return on Investment

Limit NSFW content
Avoid potentially malicious webpages
Limit access to platforms that facilitate data exfiltration

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