Sophos Overview Reviewer, Updated
2024/2025.
Sophos Central
Cloud based centralized management platform. It is a console for managing your Sophos products using
a single interface with an intuitive dashboard.
Sophos Security Heartbeat
A communication channel which can warn or alert centrally linked Sophos products when there has been
an attack or suspected attack.
Sophos Central Security Framework
provides a detailed look into Sophos Central, it's development, deployment and maintenance as well as
what data is collected, where it is stored and how data is protected.
Server protection
integrates anti-ransomware, application whitelisting, server lockdown and provides centralized
management and security of your servers.
Endpoint protection
provides anti-malware protection to your endpoints across your network. It uses Intercept X.
Control, Pre-execution, Code execution
Endpoint three layers of security
Sophos mobile
is a unified endpoint management (UEM) and security solution that helps businesses spend less time
and effort managing and securing traditional endpoint and mobile endpoints
Sophos data protection
encrypts the data on the hard disk of an endpoint so that when the endpoint is stolen, the thief will not
be able to access the data on the device.
Sophos Cloud Optix
provides security and manageability for public cloud.
Sophos Encryption
· Full disk encryption
· Prevent data loss
· Configure encryption policy
Sophos Wireless
, allows you to see which traffic is using your bandwidth to optimize the performance of your Wi-Fi and
alert you to potential unwanted use of your resources.
XG Firewall
is an advanced and comprehensive network security device that helps expose hidden risks, block
unknown threats and will automatically respond to incidents.
· Provides visibility of activities on your network
· Detects risky activities and suspicious traffic
Intercept X
protects devices from malicious attacks that re able to bypass traditional anti-virus solutions. Typically,
these threats are zero-day and ransomware.
Sophos Phish Threat
educates and test your end users through automated attack simulations, quality security awareness
training and actionable reporting metrics.
Sophos Email Gateway
keeps your users and business safe with instant protection from advanced threats. Our default setting
provides anti-spam and anti-malware protection.
Devices and users: summary
display info. For user and endpoints, detailing whether they have the Sophos agent installed or the user
is associated with a protected endpoint.
Endpoint and server web control
provides an overview of your web control statistics. Split into four categories of Web threats blocked,
Policy violations blocked, Policy warnings issued and Policy warnings proceeded
Threat analysis dashboard
allows you to view threat information at a glance.
Dashboard, Threat Cases and Threat Searches
The dashboard consists of three areas
Super Admin
has access to everything in Sophos Central. This role is unable to be edited or deleted.
Admin
has access to almost everything, apart from the ability to manage roles and role assignments.
Help Desk
2024/2025.
Sophos Central
Cloud based centralized management platform. It is a console for managing your Sophos products using
a single interface with an intuitive dashboard.
Sophos Security Heartbeat
A communication channel which can warn or alert centrally linked Sophos products when there has been
an attack or suspected attack.
Sophos Central Security Framework
provides a detailed look into Sophos Central, it's development, deployment and maintenance as well as
what data is collected, where it is stored and how data is protected.
Server protection
integrates anti-ransomware, application whitelisting, server lockdown and provides centralized
management and security of your servers.
Endpoint protection
provides anti-malware protection to your endpoints across your network. It uses Intercept X.
Control, Pre-execution, Code execution
Endpoint three layers of security
Sophos mobile
is a unified endpoint management (UEM) and security solution that helps businesses spend less time
and effort managing and securing traditional endpoint and mobile endpoints
Sophos data protection
encrypts the data on the hard disk of an endpoint so that when the endpoint is stolen, the thief will not
be able to access the data on the device.
Sophos Cloud Optix
provides security and manageability for public cloud.
Sophos Encryption
· Full disk encryption
· Prevent data loss
· Configure encryption policy
Sophos Wireless
, allows you to see which traffic is using your bandwidth to optimize the performance of your Wi-Fi and
alert you to potential unwanted use of your resources.
XG Firewall
is an advanced and comprehensive network security device that helps expose hidden risks, block
unknown threats and will automatically respond to incidents.
· Provides visibility of activities on your network
· Detects risky activities and suspicious traffic
Intercept X
protects devices from malicious attacks that re able to bypass traditional anti-virus solutions. Typically,
these threats are zero-day and ransomware.
Sophos Phish Threat
educates and test your end users through automated attack simulations, quality security awareness
training and actionable reporting metrics.
Sophos Email Gateway
keeps your users and business safe with instant protection from advanced threats. Our default setting
provides anti-spam and anti-malware protection.
Devices and users: summary
display info. For user and endpoints, detailing whether they have the Sophos agent installed or the user
is associated with a protected endpoint.
Endpoint and server web control
provides an overview of your web control statistics. Split into four categories of Web threats blocked,
Policy violations blocked, Policy warnings issued and Policy warnings proceeded
Threat analysis dashboard
allows you to view threat information at a glance.
Dashboard, Threat Cases and Threat Searches
The dashboard consists of three areas
Super Admin
has access to everything in Sophos Central. This role is unable to be edited or deleted.
Admin
has access to almost everything, apart from the ability to manage roles and role assignments.
Help Desk
