Sophos XG Firewall stands out among its competitors, among other reasons, for its intrusion detection capabilities, its user-friendly management platform, and in general, for being a complete and robust firewall solution. Data Loss Prevention automatically triggers encryption on sensitive data in outgoing emails. XG’s Live Anti-Spam provides protection from the most recent spam campaigns, phishing attacks, and malicious attachments. Email protection: Consolidate email protection with anti-spam, DLP, and encryption.Web server protection: Solidify web servers and applications against hacking attacks while providing secure web access.Web protection: Gain clear visibility and control over all users’ web and application activity.Network protection: Protect networks from attacks and threats while providing secure network access.Lateral movement protection: Automatically isolate compromised systems at every point in the network to stop attacks dead in their tracks.Some of Sophos Central’s features include alerting, backup management, one-click firmware updates, and rapid deployments of new firewalls. The XG cloud management platform allows users to easily set up, manage, and monitor XG firewalls along with other Sophos products. Centralized management: Easily manage all activities with Sophos Central.Synchronized user ID: Eliminate the need for client or server authentication agents by sharing user identification between the endpoint and the firewall through Security Heartbeat.XG Firewall automatically identifies the source of an infection on a network and automatically prevents it from accessing other network resources. Application control: Prevent widespread infections with XG’s Security Heartbeat.Sophos XG Firewall offers a wide range of security features, including: With its advanced artificial intelligence capabilities, Sophos XG Firewall immediately identifies potential risks and intrusions on web servers and networks. Sophos XG Firewall provides visibility into suspicious users, unknown and unwanted apps, encrypted traffic, and other threats. Sophos XG Firewall is a complete firewall solution that provides all the real-time security and insights you need to protect your network from ransomware and advanced threats.

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