Wi-Fi 6 is an industry standard designed to improve wireless security, performance, and overall network experience Our new, much-anticipated AP6 Series range of access points enables organizations to take advantage of Wi-Fi 6 while providing the flexibility and scalability they need to support their business. With Sophos Central management as standard, it\u2019s now easier than ever for customers to add wireless security to their Sophos security stack. The first orders are already in, and we anticipate high demand for this solution. Learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sophos Endpoint \u2013 New Anti-Exploit Protections<\/strong><\/p>\n Exploited vulnerabilities were the\u00a0most common ransomware attack vector in 2022<\/a>. Sophos Endpoint already provides the most comprehensive exploit protection available with over 60 mitigations enabled. Our two new protections continue to raise the bar:<\/p>\n All Sophos Endpoint exploit mitigations are enabled by default, with no customer configuration required. Sophos customers automatically benefit from these enhancements to their defenses.<\/p>\n Sophos Endpoint –\u00a0<\/strong>Comparison Scores for the Account Health Check\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The\u00a0Account Health Check<\/a>\u00a0capability makes it easy for Sophos Endpoint and Server users to optimize their security posture and has already proved hugely popular. We continue to extend this feature, and customers can now compare their own health scores with the average scores of other organizations with a similar number of devices, providing context and motivation for improvement.<\/p>\n In the example below, the customer has an overall score of 49 which is well below the average score of 97. Customers can also compare each of the individual health check scores (e.g., protection installed, policies) to identify where to focus. The drop-down on the right enables users to select their desired comparison cohort.<\/p>\n Sophos Endpoint: Critical Attack Warning<\/strong><\/p>\n We continue to build out advanced protection and earlier this year we started to market Adaptive Attack Protection<\/a> which automatically deploys an elevated level of protection if adversary activity is detected on a particular device. We continue to extend our context-sensitive defenses with our new Critical Attack Warning capability which will deploy if adversary activity is detected across multiple<\/em> devices with additional high-impact indicators.<\/p>\n Critical Attack Warning will be available to all Intercept X Advanced and XDR customers from early September.<\/p>\n When the Critical Attack Warning threshold is met, an email will be sent to all admins in that Sophos Central account, informing them of the situation and providing attack context and details. The customer can respond themselves using Sophos XDR, seek assistance from their partner, or engage the Sophos Incident Response team.<\/p>\n Sophos XDR: NDR Early Access Program<\/strong><\/p>\n Network Detection and Response (NDR) solutions continuously monitor activity inside the network to detect suspicious activities occurring between devices which may be indicative of attacker activity. It\u2019s an increasingly important part of a security stack because, while advanced attackers are skilled at evading detection and will even delete evidence of their presence, they still need to move across the network to carry out an attack.<\/p>\n Sophos NDR has been a highly popular integration for Sophos MDR since its launch last November, and we\u2019re now bringing it to Sophos XDR. The Early Access Program is\u00a0now open<\/a>, enabling all XDR customers to try it for free with GA targeted for November.<\/p>\n Sophos XDR Threat Analysis Center Dashboard<\/strong><\/p>\n The new Sophos XDR Threat Analysis Center Dashboard makes it easier to quickly access actionable data in order to accelerate threat detection, investigation, and response.<\/p>\n All Sophos XDR customers benefit from seven new visualizations (widgets) plus multiple widget views and the ability to interact with each widget in multiple ways to get the deep insights they need.\u00a0Read the documentation<\/a>\u00a0to learn more.<\/p>\n Sophos XDR: Detections UX Early Access Program<\/strong><\/p>\n The new Detections User Experience (UX) is designed to facilitate and accelerate investigation of suspicious alerts, enabling operators to quickly identify malicious activities. It provides a clear view of the most important data for each detection, as well as access to actions that increase investigation efficiencies including pivots and Live Discover queries. The Raw Data tab provides all the telemetry that makes up the detection, which is useful during the more in-depth phase of an investigation.\u00a0Learn more and join the Early Access Program.<\/a><\/p>\n Coming Soon: Critical Attack Warning in Sophos Central<\/strong><\/p>\n Adaptive Attack Protection<\/a>\u00a0came to Sophos Endpoint earlier this year, automatically deploying an elevated level of protection if adversary activity is detected on a particular device.\u00a0Coming soon, the new Critical Attack Warning extends Sophos Endpoint\u2019s context-sensitive defenses with an estate-wide approach that alerts if adversary activity is detected across\u00a0multiple<\/em>\u00a0devices in the customer\u2019s environment.<\/p>\n When the Critical Attack Warning threshold is met, an alert will be sent to all admins in the Sophos Central account to inform them of the situation and provide attack context and details. Customers can respond themselves using Sophos XDR, seek assistance from their partner, or engage the Sophos Incident Response team, all from within Sophos Central<\/p>\n We\u2019re planning to make Critical Attack Warning available to all customers running Sophos Intercept X Advanced and Sophos XDR via a staged roll-out, due to begin later this month.<\/p>\n Sophos Central Turns Ten!<\/strong><\/p>\n July 29, 2023, marked the tenth birthday of Sophos Central, the world\u2019s most trusted cybersecurity platform. Over the last decade, Sophos Central has grown from supporting Sophos Endpoint and Server solutions for customers in the U.S. and UK, to the global management platform for all Sophos\u2019 next-gen security services and products. It’s a tremendous achievement and we look forward to delivering further leaps forward in usability, capability and function in the year ahead. Learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Sophos Endpoint – Achieving Citrix Ready Verification<\/strong> Sophos Firewall v19.5 MR3<\/strong><\/p>\n Extending the protection and performance delivered by Sophos Firewall, our latest maintenance release (v19.5 MR3) includes more than 65 functionality, reliability, stability, and security enhancements. Plus, it sets up customers to be able to take advantage of our upcoming Sophos ZTNA Gateway integration that will make ZTNA deployments easier than ever. Learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n Central Firewall Management Updates<\/strong><\/p>\n In the first of a series of updates to improve firewall alerting<\/strong> for partners and customers, we\u2019ve reduced the volume of alerts by suppressing repetitive alerts. Soon we\u2019ll be adding tools to enable users to adjust suppressions per alert, automatic closing of resolved alerts, and improvements to alert contents. We\u2019ve also enabled partners to connect directly from the Partner Dashboard<\/strong> into the management web interface of any of their customers\u2019 firewalls, simplifying and streamlining day-to-day management while adding a few cosmetic and functionality improvements on the way.<\/p>\n Sophos Cloud Native Security – Serverless Storage Protection for Amazon S3<\/strong><\/p>\n The new Serverless Storage Protection in Sophos Cloud Optix scans files stored in the Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) for threats, detecting malware in all file types, including executables, media, documents, and more. Should a threat be detected, an alert is raised \u2013 enabling admins to quickly address the issue. Admins can also configure automatic remediation actions to delete or quarantine a malicious file if they prefer. Online help<\/a>.<\/p>\n 2023 Active Adversary Report for Tech Leaders<\/strong><\/p>\n Sophos X-Ops has published their 2023 Active Adversary Report for Tech Leaders, sharing insights and learnings from incidents that Sophos Rapid Response was brought in to remediate in the first half of calendar year 2023. It is a great resource to showcase Sophos’ cybersecurity and IR expertise, and to demonstrate the need for 24\/7 expert-led threat detection and response. Read the report<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sophos Named Gartner\u00ae Customers\u2019 Choice for MDR<\/strong><\/p>\n Sophos MDR has been named Gartner\u00ae Customers\u2019 Choice in their first ever \u201cVoice of the Customer\u201d report for the managed detection and response services category. Sophos earned a 97% \u201cWillingness to Recommend\u201d score\u2014no other service provider scored higher\u2014and had more customer reviews than the other three Customers\u2019 Choice providers combined.<\/p>\n
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\nThe Citrix Ready Program helps software and hardware providers develop and integrate their products with Citrix technology. \u00a0Sophos Endpoint has now achieved Citrix Ready verification, ensuring it can be deployed and provide protection to virtual machines running on the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop software, as well as their Desktop as a service (DaaS) offering. \u00a0Learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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