After a really profitable early entry program with a whole bunch of contributors, we’re extraordinarily happy to announce the supply 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 Collection Desktop fashions straightforward.
Watch the transient video under for an outline of what’s new, obtain the What’s New Information, or learn on for the total particulars.
Energetic Risk Response with third-party risk feeds
- Energetic Risk Response has been prolonged with assist 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 lively threats can be prolonged to third-party risk feeds to isolate compromised gadgets and forestall lateral motion
Enhanced scalability
- Excessive-availability (HA) deployments achieve 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 internet enhancements additionally enhance efficiency and scalability
Seamless upgrades
- Any-to-any backup and restore for added flexibility when upgrading to the newest XGS Collection home equipment
- Port mapping assist to make it straightforward to improve to an equipment with a unique 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 look, Management Middle playing cards, in addition to VPN and static route configuration optimization
- Let’s Encrypt certificates assist throughout many areas of the firewall
- Expanded community object visibility to see the place objects are getting used
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How you can 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 vital safety fixes.
This firmware launch will comply with our customary replace course of.
Please observe that Sophos Firewall firmware updates at the moment are downloaded from Sophos Central. Get the total particulars right here or comply with the short information under to get the newest v21 firmware to your firewall:
- Log in to your Sophos Central account and choose “Licensing” from the drop-down menu below your account title within the prime proper of the Sophos Central console.
- Choose Firewall Licenses on the highest left of this display.
- Broaden the firewall gadget you’re interested by updating by clicking the “>” to point out the licenses and firmware updates out there for that gadget.
- Click on the firmware launch you wish to obtain (observe there may be presently a problem with downloads working in Safari, so please use a unique browser reminiscent of Chrome).
- You may as well 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 probably be step by step rolled out to all related gadgets over the approaching weeks. A notification will seem in your native gadget or Sophos Central administration console when the replace is out there, permitting you to schedule the replace at your comfort.
Sophos Firewall v21 is a completely supported improve from any supported Sophos Firewall firmware model.
NOTE: Sophos Firewall v21 is NOT supported on XG Collection gadgets, that are quick approaching end-of-life. Upgrading your XG Collection firewall to XGS is straightforward – don’t delay, improve at this time!
