Introduction

Sophos XG Firewall combines the best of both Astaro and Cyberoam technologies, delivering an unprecedented level of innovation to next-generation firewalls.

With the all new user interface, new Sophos Security Heartbeat technology, and a powerful new unified policy model, it introduces a number of important innovations that take simplicity, protection, and performance to a whole new level.

XG Firewall runs on all existing Sophos SG Series and XG Series hardware as well as Cyberoam NG Series hardware and is available for a variety of virtual platforms or as a software appliance.

XG Firewall provides unprecedented visibility into your network, users, and applications directly from the all-new control center. You also get rich on-box reporting and Sophos iView for centralized reporting across multiple firewalls.

Feature summary

• Control center that makes important information visible with extensive drill-down.
• Intuitive navigation that gets out of the way with helpful reminders and guidance.
• Policies of all types are managed together on a single screen.
• Policy tools include innovative new features like types, templates, natural language descriptions, and user identity.
• User threat quotient that identifies user risk based on past behavior.
• Discover mode that makes evaluations and PoCs easier.
• FastPath-optimized scanning.

Click here to view the list of all features supported by XG Firewall.