Solution Brief

Sophos Firewall
Much More Than a Firewall

Sophos Firewall and XGS Series appliances with dedicated Xstream Flow Processors are at the heart of
the world’s best network security platform. Consolidate your network protection with our integrated and
extensible platform to secure your hybrid networked world.

Use Cases
1 | POWERFUL PROTECTION AND PERFORMANCE
Desired Outcome: Stop encrypted and zero-day threats without compromising on
performance.
Solution: Sophos Firewall includes the latest advanced protection technologies and threat
intelligence, such as TLS 1.3 and DPI inspection, machine learning, and cloud sandboxing.
You don’t need to compromise on performance thanks to our programmable Xstream Flow
Recognized as the #1 firewall
Processors, which offload important traffic flows and accelerate encrypted traffic inspection as
solution by G2 Users
well as VPN and application routing.

2 | AUTOMATIC THREAT RESPONSE

Desired Outcome: Automatically identify and stop active threats dead in their tracks —
instantly.

Solution: Sophos Firewall uniquely integrates with Sophos Endpoint, Sophos XDR, and Sophos
MDR to automatically respond to any threat or attack identified at the firewall, the endpoint,
or by a security analyst. It automatically isolates compromised hosts, preventing lateral
movement and external communications until a threat can be investigated and cleaned up. Sophos has been a Gartner Peer
Insights Customers’ Choice
3 | WORK FROM ANYWHERE — SAFELY AND SECURELY
for Network Firewalls for two
Desired Outcome: Easily and securely connect your remote workers, devices, and branch
consecutive years
offices wherever they are.
Solution: Sophos Firewall is part of the world’s best network security platform, with flexible
connectivity and secure access for even the most demanding networks. You get a fully
integrated SD-WAN solution, along with a full suite of secure access products for Zero Trust “Easy to use, highly functional,
Network Access, SD-RED edge devices, VPN, switching, and wireless — all managed from powerful firewall - great value”
Sophos Central.

4 | MANAGED THROUGH A SINGLE CONSOLE

Desired Outcome: Spend less time managing your network security.
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Solution: With Sophos Central, you get a single cloud management platform for all of your Sophos Firewall:
Sophos products, including rich and powerful tools for group firewall management, SD-WAN
overlay network orchestration, ZTNA, management for switches and wireless access points, full sophos.com/firewall
in-depth dashboards and reports, and much more. Consolidate and streamline your network
security with Sophos.

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