We’re excited to announce that Sophos Firewall v21.5 is now available, delivering an industry-first innovation and many of your top requested enhancements.
What’s new:
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Network Detection and Response (NDR) is now integrated with Sophos XGS Series Firewalls – a first in the industry. This new NDR Essentials solution runs in the cloud offloading the heavy lifting from the firewall while providing valuable detections and insights into active adversaries that may be using encrypted communications or suspicious URLs.
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Single Sign-on for Remote Access VPN enables remote workers to use their Microsoft Entra ID credentials for single-sign to access the VPN portal and the Sophos Connect VPN client to make remote access smoother and easier than ever.
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DNS Protection adds a new control center widget to show status and guided tutorials to help get it up and running. DNS Protection is included for no charge for all Xstream Protection customers.
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VPN Tunnel Scalability with a 2x increase in route-based and SD-RED VPN capacity for growing networks.
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Streamlined Management Capabilities deliver many top requested features including user interface enhancements, extended free text search, and more.
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To learn more about v21.5, check out the What’s New Video or the What’s New PDF. Customers can start using the new capabilities immediately.
Sophos Firewall v21.5 is a free upgrade for all Sophos Firewall customers with a valid support license (included with Xstream Protection).
