After a really profitable early entry program with a whole bunch of individuals, we’re extraordinarily happy to announce the provision of Sophos Firewall OS v21.
Sophos Firewall v21 bolsters safety and efficiency, scalability and resiliency, and streamlines administration with a number of quality-of-life enhancements. It’s a free improve for all Sophos Firewall clients and makes upgrading to our new 2nd Gen XGS Sequence Desktop fashions simple.
Watch the temporary video under for an outline of what’s new, obtain the What’s New Information, or learn on for the total particulars.
Energetic Menace Response with third-party risk feeds
- Energetic Menace Response has been prolonged with help for third-party risk feeds to allow simpler integration with third-party SoC suppliers, MSPs, and numerous vertical or regional targeted risk intelligence sources
- Synchronized Safety’s automated response to energetic threats can be prolonged to third-party risk feeds to isolate compromised gadgets and forestall lateral motion
Enhanced scalability
- Excessive-availability (HA) deployments acquire added resilience and extra seamless transitions for diminished down time
- IPsec VPN beneficial properties improved manageability, configuration, and efficiency with as much as a 3x enchancment with the brand new 2nd Gen XGS Desktop fashions
- Authentication and net enhancements additionally enhance efficiency and scalability
Seamless upgrades
- Any-to-any backup and restore for added flexibility when upgrading to the most recent XGS Sequence home equipment
- Port mapping help to make it simple to improve to an equipment with a distinct port configuration
- True zero-touch deployment and configuration from Sophos Central
Streamlined administration
- A number of user-experience enhancements, together with the general feel and appear, Management Middle playing cards, in addition to VPN and static route configuration optimization
- Let’s Encrypt certificates help throughout many areas of the firewall
- Expanded community object visibility to see the place objects are getting used
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Find out how to get v21
As with each firewall launch, Sophos Firewall v21 is a free improve for licensed Sophos Firewall clients and ought to be utilized to all supported firewall gadgets as quickly as attainable. This launch not solely incorporates nice options and efficiency enhancements, but in addition essential safety fixes.
This firmware launch will observe our normal replace course of.
Please word that Sophos Firewall firmware updates at the moment are downloaded from Sophos Central. Get the total particulars right here or observe the short information under to get the most recent v21 firmware to your firewall:
- Log in to your Sophos Central account and choose “Licensing” from the drop-down menu underneath your account title within the high proper of the Sophos Central console.
- Choose Firewall Licenses on the highest left of this display screen.
- Develop the firewall gadget you’re desirous about updating by clicking the “>” to point out the licenses and firmware updates obtainable for that gadget.
- Click on the firmware launch you need to obtain (word there’s at the moment a problem with downloads working in Safari, so please use a distinct browser similar to Chrome).
- It’s also possible to click on “Different downloads” in the identical field above to entry preliminary installers and software program platform firmware updates.
The brand new v21 firmware will likely be step by step rolled out to all linked gadgets over the approaching weeks. A notification will seem in your native gadget or Sophos Central administration console when the replace is obtainable, permitting you to schedule the replace at your comfort.
Sophos Firewall v21 is a totally supported improve from any supported Sophos Firewall firmware model.
NOTE: Sophos Firewall v21 is NOT supported on XG Sequence gadgets, that are quick approaching end-of-life. Upgrading your XG Sequence firewall to XGS is straightforward – don’t delay, improve right this moment!
