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The Gartner®️ Magic Quadrant™️ for Endpoint Protection Platforms provides readers with a comprehensive evaluation of the industry’s most prevalent endpoint prevention, endpoint detection and response (EDR), extended detection and response (XDR), and managed detection and response (MDR) offerings.   We are delighted to announce that Sophos has been named a Leader, again, in this year’s report, […]

Sophos Firewall v21 brings exciting new enhancements to VPN, authentication, and routing functionality. VPN enhancements Bulk activate and deactivate options are now available for connections (see screen shot below) Enhanced filtering on the VPN manage page now consolidates information across multiple pages Free text- and value-based search is now supported in VPN configurations for network,

Sophos Firewall v21 brings several quality-of-life enhancements to streamline day-to-day management and improve the overall user experience. User interface enhancements Significantly enhanced responsiveness Refreshed look and feel, integrating the latest Sophos style guidelines for consistency with Sophos Central and your other Sophos products Improved horizontal layout to better take advantage of widescreen displays New card

Authenticator apps help keep our accounts safe from hacking attempts, but they can sometimes be inconvenient. A little-known benefit of using a password manager like Keeper is that it can generate and store Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) codes right in your Keeper Vault, acting as an authenticator app. To start using Keeper as an authenticator app,

Sophos Firewall v21 adds third-party threat feed support for Active Threat Response. Active Threat Response was first introduced in v20, implementing a new extensible threat feed framework in Sophos Firewall to automatically respond to active threats. Initial support was provided for dynamic threat intelligence feeds from Sophos X-Ops and Sophos MDR, enabling the firewall to

Today we have released a new version of our email archiving solutions. Version 24.2.2 for MailStore Server, the MailStore Service Provider Edition and MailStore Home comes with two small but useful improvements that we didn’t want to keep from you until the next quarterly release. We recommend that all customers install this update. The Improvements

We’re pleased to announce that the early access program (EAP) is now underway. The latest and greatest Sophos Firewall release brings exciting enhancements and top-requested features, including… Added protection Active Threat Response has been extended with support for third-party threat feeds to enable easier integration with specialized and custom threat intelligence sources Synchronized Security’s automated

Double extortion ransomware is a type of cyber attack in which cybercriminals steal sensitive data and encrypt it. Then, cybercriminals threaten to release the stolen data unless the victim pays a ransom. The additional threat of exfiltration makes this type of cyber attack particularly damaging for organizations, as they face the risk of sensitive data

Sophos ZTNA provides secure access to networked applications, RDP systems, and web management consoles. It provides a much better alternative to remote access than VPN, offering better security, easier management, and complete transparency for end-users. To see what ZTNA is all about, we’re offering three free one-year licenses to Sophos Firewall customers, enabling you to

Elevate and extend your threat detection and response with deep network insights – available as a self-managed tool with Sophos XDR and with the 24/7 Sophos MDR service. However skilled an adversary is at covering their tracks, they always need to cross the network. Sophos NDR sits deep within your network, monitoring network traffic using five