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Manage your account
People and devices
Policies
Intercept X with XDR
Managed Threat Response
Zero Trust Network Access
Manage your products

Getting started
We can help you to get started using Sophos Central.
Manage your account
Click Your account name to see options to manage licenses, administrators and support settings, and more.
People and devices
You can manage your users and user groups and protect their computers.
Policies
A policy is a set of options (for example, settings for malware protection) that Sophos Central applies to protected users, devices, servers, or networks.
Intercept X with XDR
Sophos Extended Detection and Response (XDR) lets you investigate detected threats (“threat cases”) and search for new threats or security weaknesses. It also lets you monitor devices and fix issues remotely.
Managed Threat Response
Managed Threat Response (Sophos MTR) is a fully-managed, 24/7 threat hunting, detection, and remediation service.
Zero Trust Network Access
Sophos Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) lets you control access to resources (applications and files) on your network.
Manage your products
You can manage your licensed products.
- Overview
  The main menu lists the functions available to you in Sophos Central.
- Endpoint Protection
  Endpoint Protection lets you protect your users and devices against malware, risky file types and websites, and malicious network traffic.
- Encryption
  Device Encryption allows you to manage BitLocker Drive Encryption on Windows computers and FileVault on Macs.
- Server Protection
  Find out how your servers are protected.
  - Servers
    On the Servers page, you can manage your servers and server groups.
  - Server Groups
    On the Server Groups page you can add or manage groups of servers.
  - Server Threat Protection Policy
    Threat protection keeps you safe from malware, risky file types and websites, and malicious network traffic.
  - Server Peripheral Control Policy
    Peripheral control lets you control access to peripherals and removable media. You can also exempt individual peripherals from that control.
  - Server Application Control Policy
    Application control lets you detect and block applications that are not a security threat, but that you decide are unsuitable for use in the office.
  - Server Web Control Policy
    Web Control lets you restrict access to certain categories of website.
  - Server Lockdown Policy
    Server Lockdown prevents unauthorized software from running on servers.
  - Server Data Loss Prevention Policy
    Data Loss Prevention (DLP) controls accidental data loss. DLP enables you to monitor and restrict the transfer of files containing sensitive data.
  - Server Updating Policy
    The Updating policy lets you specify when product updates become available on your network. This ensures that your computers don’t start updating until a time that suits you.
  - Server Windows Firewall Policy
    You can apply a Windows Firewall policy to servers.
  - File Integrity Monitoring Policy
    File Integrity Monitoring lets you monitor files, folders, registry keys, or registry values for changes.
- Wireless
  Configure and manage access points, wireless networks, and devices.
- Email Gateway
  Email Gateway provides protection against spam, spoofing, and viruses.
- Web Gateway
  Sophos Web Gateway protects your network against risky or inappropriate web browsing.
- Firewall Management
  Firewall management lets you monitor and configure Sophos Firewall devices that you connect to Sophos Central.
- Phish Threat
  Phish Threat lets you test your users' response to phishing campaigns.
- MTR
  Managed Threat Response (Sophos MTR) is a fully-managed, 24/7 threat hunting, detection, and remediation service.
- Cloud Optix
  Sophos Cloud Optix is an AI-powered security and compliance platform for public cloud environments.
- Mobile
  Sophos Mobile is a Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) solution that lets you manage and secure traditional and mobile endpoints.
- Supported Web Browsers
  Find out about which web browers we support.
- Languages
  Sophos Central supports the following languages.
- Compliance
  The Compliance section helps you ensure that you comply with required security standards.
- Get additional help
  To get help from Sophos Support:
- Legal Notices

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Manage your products
You can manage your licensed products.
Server Protection
Find out how your servers are protected.
Servers
On the Servers page, you can manage your servers and server groups.

Servers

On the Servers page, you can manage your servers and server groups.

Go to Server Protection > Servers.

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