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Sophos SG Firewall Appliances

Score9 out of 10

26 Reviews and Ratings

What is Sophos SG Firewall Appliances?

Sophos SG Firewall Appliances are designed to provide optimal protection for organizations of all sixes from small remote offices, to global organizations requiring high-availability and

Categories & Use Cases

Top Performing Features

  • Identification Technologies

    Policy-based visibility and control over applications, users and content

    Category average: 8.4

  • Visualization Tools

    Visualization tools present administrators with data on applications traversing the network, who is using them, and the potential security impact.

    Category average: 8.1

  • Content Inspection

    Inspecting permitted application traffic by means of threat prevention, URL filtering and data filtering

    Category average: 8.5

Areas for Improvement

  • High Availability

    Built-in capacity to prevent exposure if primary firewall stops working

    Category average: 9.2

  • Stateful Inspection

    Stateful inspection analyzes packet headers and contents of packets

    Category average: 8.8

  • Proxy Server

    A proxy server changes your IP address and masks the origin of your network traffic

    Category average: 8.5

One of the best Cybersecurity solutions

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Sophos SG Firewall is being used in our organization to safeguard the organization's network from various cyber threats like ransomware, phishing, malware, etc. It offers numerous features like deep packet inspection, web filtering, application control, bandwidth optimization, etc. in one place. It offers robust security features, high performance, and easy of management.

Pros

  • It safeguards your organization's network from various cyber threats like ransomware, phishing, malware, etc.
  • It offers you numerous features like deep packet inspection, web filtering, application control, bandwidth optimization, etc. in one place.
  • It provides you deep visibility on risky users and applications
  • It helps you optimize bandwidth usage

Cons

  • limitation on subdomain blocking
  • pricing

Return on Investment

  • It offered us numerous features like deep packet inspection, web filtering, application control, etc. in one place.
  • It is protecting our organization's network from various cyber threats
  • It helped us to optimize bandwidth

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Fortinet FortiGate

Other Software Used

SAP S/4HANA Cloud, JioMeet, Cisco Duo, Cisco Secure Connect

Sophos SG Firewall Review

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use the Sophos SG Firewall at a remote building to provide parameter security including port blocking, Intrusion detection, URL filtering, threat prevention and VPN capabilities to ensure the building network is secure. The firewall provides real time data back to our central portal allowing my team to consistently monitor and assess.

Pros

  • URL Filtering
  • Threat Detection
  • Real time monitoring

Cons

  • We would like more feature reach port blocking. This could be reorganized to make it easier on Network Admins to add or change ports.
  • I would like easier access to the CLI
  • I would like it to perform faster

Return on Investment

  • RoI is easy to achieve with Sophos firewalls as they are on the cheaper side of firewall costs
  • The product work well for small environments or building needs
  • The security features meet or exceed our internal and governance requirements

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services and Barracuda Firewall Insights

Other Software Used

Sophos Email, Sophos Managed Detection and Response, Sophos Intercept X

Sophos Firewalls Great Value and an Excellent Option for SMBs

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have used Sophos SG, XG and XGS Firewalls in our environment for over a decade now. They have all the essential features as a very competitive price point. I especially recommend them for SMB's as they provide a great value while keeping costs low.

Pros

  • Security Overall
  • SD-WAN
  • VPN
  • Sync with Sophos Central

Cons

  • Management takes a little to get used to. The workflows are backwards to everything else we have ever used.

Return on Investment

  • Sophos Firewalls have been a fantastic investment in securing our environment. It is difficult to put an ROI on something like this but our small team has been able to efficiently utilize using this product without taking up a significant amount of time.
  • I have implemented these firewalls for numerous small companies. Great value for limited budgets.

Usability

Sophos SG Firewall Appliances review with Pawan

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I have used Sophos SG Firewall Appliances for my organization as well as for my clients. I was looking for L2-L3 support for Sophos SG Firewall Appliances firewall which would resolve multiple issues like troublesome web and app based policies issues, NAT related issues

Pros

  • DDOS protection
  • NAT
  • VPN
  • Use of wireless technology very well with Sophos SG Firewall Appliances

Cons

  • From my point of view everything is fine but it would be very good if the old firewall logs could be managed for a long time

Return on Investment

  • Positive is easy management
  • Negative is high cost

Usability

Alternatives Considered

CheckPoint, Cortex Xpanse by Palo Alto Networks and Fortinet FortiGate

Other Software Used

Sophos Intercept X, Sophos Intercept X for Server, Sophos Cloud Optix

A strong choice for antivirus protection

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We deal with clients that need their data and assets secure, so web security is of utmost importance. We use the Sophos firewall to make sure our internet connections are always monitored and secure, blocking any outside threats, thus keeping our records, as well as our client's, safe and secure.

Pros

  • Granular control of what websites we can allow or block
  • 24/7 threat detection and protection
  • Easy-to-use dashboard

Cons

  • The dashboard could be a little simpler for the novice.
  • Easier to understand step-by-step instructions for certain processes would help.

Return on Investment

  • We rest easy at night knowing our internet use is being closely monitored and we are alerted of any issues right away.
  • Our clients trust the security of their assets when they know Sophos is on the job.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

WatchGuard Network Security

Other Software Used

WatchGuard Network Security, NETGEAR Ethernet Switches