Overview:
Elevate Your Cybersecurity: Embrace the Future with XGS and MDR/XDR Integration
The forthcoming End-of-Life (EOL) for the XG Series hardware on March 31, 2025, marks a pivotal moment for organizations committed to safeguarding their digital frontiers. This isn’t merely a deadline; it's an opportunity to leap forward. The transition from XG to the cutting-edge XGS series isn’t just an upgrade—it’s a transformation.
Sophos Firewall includes more than any other firewall:
- Full next-gen firewall capability with the best protection and performance optimized for the modern encrypted internet
- Integration with Sophos MDR and Sophos XDR to provide Automated Threat Response and Synchronized Security to stop threats before they can cause serious problem
- Comprehensive SD-WAN capabilities to easily and securely orchestrate and interconnect your various offices and locations
- Support for our SSE and SASE portfolio of cloud-delivered network security solutions including ZTNA, SWG DNS Protection, and more
- Built-in ZTNA to enable secure and easy remote worker access
- Cloud management and reporting from Sophos Central enabling you to manage your firewalls together with your wireless networks, switches, ZTNA, endpoints, mobile devices, servers, email protection, and much more.
Why Upgrade to XGS?
The XGS series represents the zenith of firewall technology, designed to meet the complex security demands of today's hyper-connected world. With threats becoming more sophisticated, the XGS firewall is your frontline defense, offering unparalleled protection. But why stop at exceptional when you can have extraordinary? Integrating Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and Extended Detection and Response (XDR) with your XGS upgrade transcends traditional security measures, offering a comprehensive cybersecurity posture that is proactive, intelligent, and adaptive.
Powered by Xstream
Sophos XGS Series firewalls combine the best of two worlds: the flexibility of a high-performance, multi-core CPU for deep-packet inspection, plus the performance benefits of a dedicated Xstream Flow Processor for intelligent application acceleration.
Powerful Protection at Every Price Point
Sophos Firewall and the XGS Series deliver the industry’s best visibility, protection, and performance. From the small branch office to the distributed enterprise, no compromise protection is guaranteed.
We’ve Got the Edge
Sophos Firewall can take your network anywhere it needs to go with an extensive range of modular hardware appliances, cloud and virtual platform support, and secure access edge devices like our SD-RED and APX wireless access points.
The Power of Integration: MDR/XDR and XGS
The synergy between XGS and MDR/XDR propels your security from reactive to proactive. Imagine having a team of elite cyber specialists and cutting-edge AI working in concert to monitor, analyze, and neutralize threats before they even reach your perimeter. This is the power of MDR/XDR integration. It extends the automation capabilities of your Sophos solutions, including Sophos Endpoint, to deliver a security ecosystem that operates seamlessly, efficiently, and relentlessly.
Compatible with your environment
Sophos MDR can be delivered using our integrated security tools, other vendors’ security tools, or any combination of the two.
Compatible with your business
Customized service levels let you choose the best way for Sophos MDR to support your internal teams, from full-scale incident response to detailed notifications and guidance.
Human-Led Threat Hunting
Our team has deep experience hunting threats targeting organizations of all size and in every industry.
Comprehensive Cybersecurity at Your Command
With the integration of MDR/XDR, you unlock:
- Real-Time Threat Response: Active threats are neutralized in real-time, ensuring that your organization's operations remain uninterrupted and secure.
- Extended Synchronized Security: Achieve a holistic view of your security posture, with each element of your cybersecurity framework working in harmony.
- Human-Led Threat Hunting: Combine the precision of technology with the intuition of human expertise, offering a double-edged sword against cyber threats.
- Future-Ready Enhancements: Stay ahead of the curve with continuous updates and enhancements, ensuring that your security infrastructure evolves as fast as the threats it faces.
This moment is more than an upgrade; it's a strategic pivot towards a future where your cybersecurity infrastructure acts not just as a shield, but as a dynamic, intelligent force field, protecting your assets, data, and reputation. The transition to XGS, augmented with the formidable capabilities of MDR/XDR, isn’t just an investment in technology—it's an investment in peace of mind.
Sophos Firewall v20: What’s New
With Active Threat Response, Sophos Firewall v20 delivers game changing innovation to threat detection and response.
Why XGS and Xstream Protection?
The XGS Series hardware brings the Xstream Architecture in Sophos Firewall OS to a whole new level. With a dedicated, programmable hardware FastPath for trusted or verified applications and processes, which could otherwise throttle performance. Sophos’s hardware models have always offered excellent flexibility to adapt connectivity, the XGS Series models expand on this even further with more built-in interfaces, and more connectivity and flexi port modules.
The Xstream Protection bundle offers the ultimate in protection and is constantly being enhanced. This gives you added value over time and bolsters their defenses with new capabilities.