Sophos XGS is a next-gen firewall built around one idea most firewalls miss: your firewall and your endpoints should work together. It inspects encrypted traffic at speed, and when a device gets compromised, it isolates it on its own. Here is what you actually get.Why businesses choose Sophos XGS firewalls.
Almost all web traffic is now encrypted, which is exactly where threats hide. Sophos XGS decrypts and inspects it, including TLS 1.3, using dedicated Xstream flow processors so inspection does not crush performance. This is the part only Sophos does. The firewall and your Sophos endpoints share a live Security Heartbeat, so when a device is compromised the firewall isolates it automatically and stops the threat spreading sideways. Backed by Sophos X-Ops threat intelligence and Sophos MDR and XDR, the firewall blocks active threats in real time without you writing a rule for each one. Deep learning from SophosLabs Intelix plus cloud sandboxing catch ransomware and unknown files before they reach the network. Manage the firewall, endpoints, switches, and access points from a single Sophos Central console, included at no extra charge. Trusted SaaS, VoIP, and SD-WAN traffic is offloaded to the Xstream FastPath at wire speed, and DNS Protection is included in the Xstream bundle.The benefits that matter.
Encrypted traffic inspection
Synchronized Security
Active Threat Response
Zero-day protection
One cloud console
Performance where it counts
Most firewalls guard the perimeter and leave the endpoint to fend for itself. Sophos links the two, so a threat spotted anywhere triggers a coordinated response everywhere.The firewall and the endpoint, working together.
Synchronized Security. The firewall and your Sophos endpoints share a live Security Heartbeat, so a compromised device is isolated automatically and lateral movement is stopped. Very few firewalls tie the network and the endpoint together like that. Yes. Nearly all web traffic is encrypted, which most firewalls skip for fear of the performance hit. Sophos XGS uses dedicated Xstream flow processors to inspect TLS 1.3 traffic and offload trusted flows, so you keep both visibility and speed. It works as a standalone next-gen firewall, but the best features, automatic threat isolation, Security Heartbeat, and user and app identification, get much stronger when Sophos Endpoint is deployed alongside it. It depends on your users, internet speed, and which protections you want turned on, such as the Standard or Xstream bundle. Tell us your setup and we will size the appliance and the right subscription.Sophos XGS firewall questions.
What makes Sophos Firewall different from other firewalls?
Can it inspect encrypted traffic without slowing us down?
Do I need Sophos endpoints to get value from it?
Which XGS model and license do I need?
Tell us your users, speeds, and sites, and we'll size the appliance and license bundle and send a quote.Get the right Sophos XGS for your network.