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Rated
in top three for security effectiveness, passing all firewall policy and
application control tests
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Passed
all stability and reliability tests, even under extended attack or with power
fail
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One
of the leading products for TCO per Protected Mbps, a metric that includes
three-year TCO, NSS-rated throughput, and security effectiveness
Dubai, UAE – July
3, 2017 – Sophos (LSE:SOPH), a global leader
in network and endpoint security today announced that NSS Labs
has rated the Sophos
XG Firewall as one of the highest performing
firewalls in the industry in its most recent Next-Generation
Firewall Group Test Report(1) .
The XG Firewall was “Recommended” as one of the top three products for security
effectiveness. It passed all stability and reliability tests, offering some of the
highest levels of protection and performance at great value.
The NSS Labs evaluation included 11
market leading next-generation firewalls which were rated for security
effectiveness, performance, stability and reliability, and total cost of
ownership (TCO). The Sophos XG Firewall out-performed many other market-leading
products across the stringent test criteria, placing it amongst the top-ranks of
the seven products that also earned the NSS Labs ‘Recommended’ rating.
“Trusted, independent testing is a
vital tool for any organization assessing its security needs. NSS Labs plays a
critical role in determining which products deserve their place on the IT
security shortlist,” commented Dan Schiappa, senior vice president and general
manager of the Enduser and Network Security groups at Sophos. “Sophos is
committed to developing the most effective and easy to manage security products
for organizations of all sizes. We are proud that this NSS Labs test validates the XG
Firewall as a leader in the industry for protection, performance, and value.
We continue to invest heavily in our next-generation firewall platform as we
enhance our synchronized security strategy. As proven by the recent WannaCry
outbreak, effective network protection prevents the spread of sophisticated,
fast moving attacks and will remain a critical component of any comprehensive security
strategy for years to come.”
Thomas
Skybakmoen, distinguished research director from NSS Labs commented, “We continue
to develop and maintain rigorous testing standards to reflect enterprise
defenses that are constantly being challenged by attackers and
adopting new evasion techniques at a record pace. The Sophos XG Firewall has executed well in
this evaluation with high levels of security effectiveness and zero false
positives.”
A copy of the NSS Labs Next-Generation
Firewall Test Report for the Sophos XG-750 Firewall and the associated Security
Value Map (SVM) graphic, which plots all vendors included in the evaluation are
available from the Sophos website, here.
Released in December 2016, the latest
version of the next-generation Sophos XG Firewall added significant new
features including:
1.
Sophos Sandstorm - Blocks evasive zero-day threats like ransomware,
disguised as executables, PDFs and Microsoft Office documents - sending them to
its cloud-sandbox to be detonated and observed in a safe environment
2.
Synchronized Security - Extends Security Heartbeat by adding missing
heartbeat detection and destination Heartbeat protection. Control access to
endpoints and servers based on the status of their heartbeat, restricting
potentially compromised systems until they are completely safe. In addition,
the XG Firewall can determine the application responsible for generating
unknown traffic on your network
3.
Enterprise-Grade Secure Web Gateway (SWG) - New inheritance-based policy
building tool enables multiple user and group based web control policies. Plug
a full web policy into a single firewall rule for enforcement – dramatically
reducing rule count
Microsoft
Azure Support - Available as a
preconfigured virtual machine within the Azure Marketplace, IT managers can
deploy seamlessly using Azure Resource Manager templates or1.
customize deployment according to
their needs. Sophos XG Firewall provides detailed,
out-of-the-box reports that are generated and stored locally, giving them a
view of exactly what their users are doing
2.
Streamlined User Experience - XG Firewall makes managing network
security easier than ever with all-new navigation with a logically organized
menu and tabs for click access to anywhere. Streamlined firewall rule screen
makes it easier and more intuitive to build sophisticated rules
The
Sophos XG Firewall is available on-premise as a hardware appliance or for all
the major virtualization platforms as well as through the Microsoft Azure
marketplace for securing infrastructure-as-a-service deployments in the cloud. Available models range from a desktop
appliance with integrated Wi-Fi to rack-mount appliances purpose built for the
data center. Pricing is available from authorized Sophos partners worldwide.