Sophos Cloud UTM 9 (Auto Scaling BYOL)
Sophos | 9.719Linux/Unix, Other 9.719 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Sophos watches out for you
What do you like best about the product?
i like the Sophos Central portal and how easy it is to access the many functions Sophos UTM has to offerr
What do you dislike about the product?
Sophos customer support is a bit lacking at the moment with a lot of resolutions being to re image or reinstall software
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are solving are device encryption, virus or malicious software control
Recommendations to others considering the product:
well recommended but prepare to muddle through issues with customer support
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Amazing firewall
What do you like best about the product?
Ease of use and how simple setting up everything is. How much simple customization you can do. The complete and active log that you can just watch if something is getting blocked its pretty simple to track down.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is honestly nothing I don't like about this software. I will say that when you first start using it however
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Being able to fully work with customization of the computer/user level and how much of what they see on the internet. Also blocking ads from the firewall level is really nice.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Don't hesitate it's a really great firewall.
Great device to protect your network from intrusion
What do you like best about the product?
I would say that I like the easy to use interface the best
What do you dislike about the product?
Some features are hidden and difficult to find.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The Sophos is a true unified threats management device that works great for point of sale networks to maintain PCI compliance.
Positive Contender in Threat Mgmt Space
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to manage platform that provides deep insight into our environment.
What do you dislike about the product?
We don't really have any dislikes for Sophos. It just works as intended.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Used for Vulnerability Management and light Threat Intelligence. Fits in nice with our other platforms.
Sophos UTM
What do you like best about the product?
Objects can be created and re-named on the fly. Firewall rules and policies are very easy to configure. The live log feature is very easy to navigate and see what is being blocked where.
What do you dislike about the product?
I wish that the interface would not time out and have issues when first logging into the web interface.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We solved the problems of other firewall vendors going end of life with no replacements. The benefits of Sophos was the ease of use with a very responsive web interface.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
The web interface takes a little bit of getting used to, but once you have learned how to get around, it makes a lot of sense and can be very easy to configure.
Sophos
What do you like best about the product?
It pretty much blocked mostly everything. It was pretty inexpensive software compared to what my company is using now.
What do you dislike about the product?
It blocked almost everything. Even company related sites. It was also pain to uninstall this software as well.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Anti-virus software suite.
Sophos Unified Threat Management
What do you like best about the product?
Simple to install. Easy to use. Can be locked by an administrator so no one can tamper with it after it's installed.
What do you dislike about the product?
Kind of clunky graphical user interface.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Anti-virus on my MA
Sophos UTM - Powerful yet easy to use
What do you like best about the product?
The ease of use. The Sophos interface is really clean and easy to understand. You don't need very much training to be able to use. It is almost like the Mac for UTMs (I know some may not like that, but I mean that it is less console/script based set-up/admin and more UI and friendly, yet still secure).
What do you dislike about the product?
The method of opening ports is slightly different from most other 'firewalls' and takes some getting used to, but once you understand the process and how it works it is fine, you just have to re-train your brain a little. I prefer the interface for the current models compared to the UTM 9.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Protection of our systems. This is our firewall. It not only protects our network, but it acts as our content filter. We can warn users when they are about to download a filetype the could be dangerous, as well as limit or warn for certain website types that might be dangerous. We also use one for a remote office location so the VPN tunnel is of great benefit.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Give it time. Be prepared to learn the nuances. Find a good resource for if/when you need help. We rolled it out and I have added/turned on features in stages. Their customer service is good as well. I had a unit whose HD failed and they overnighted a new unit to me. Really appreciated that to get me back up and running.
Best Unified Threat Management
What do you like best about the product?
Sophos UTM Appliances with Firewall Sandboxing Provides Maximum Network Protection at an Affordable Price.
What do you dislike about the product?
Single Sign-On(SSO) user authentication is not possible prior to version 9.2
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Good threat protection
Sophos UTM - My Gatekeeper
What do you like best about the product?
Our Sophos SG230 has provided as much bang for the buck as we could get when it comes to protecting and administering our network security. It has all of the baseline firewall functionality in the definitions and rules that are either automatically set up or added by the user. I love the additional security I see as it blocks traffic to known bad actors using the Sophos database which though not as extensive as Cisco's is still quite substantial. I've seen this thing alert and block the wrong thing enough times to know I don't want to live with anything less and am seriously considering an XG230 in the near term. It also does a great job with the Sophos Wireless Access points.
What do you dislike about the product?
It is complicated at times and you have to manually perform firmware updates. I would love to see that scheduled from the dashboard. I would love to see more granularity on the monitoring and reporting of traffic.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Before Sophos we had an infection that would have been stopped by the Sophos SG230. The current situation is so bad it's depressing. The network is under constant attack and probing for absolutely the worst of reasons. There is an army arrayed against us and products such as the Sophos UTM are our early warning system, first line of defense and counter-intelligence agency.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Look at Sophos and keep in mind the companion products such as endpoint protection, WAPs, the variety of VPN flavors.
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