Combined with extremely attractive pricing, Sophos's new XGS line will ensure superior protection with reasonable investment costs.
Dual processor architecture – powered by Xstream
Each XGS Series device has dual processors: a high-performance multi-core x86 CPU and an Xstream Flow processor to intelligently accelerate applications by offloading security-verified and trusted traffic to FastPath.
This architecture allows maintaining flexibility to expand protection capabilities while providing performance scalability without being hindered by the limitations of some legacy platform designs.
For example: the programmable Xstream Flow processor enables Sophos to expand offload capabilities in future software releases, providing additional performance improvements without hardware changes.
Protection capability and operational performance of Sophos XGS
With approximately 90% of network traffic encrypted (source: Google Transparency Report) and nearly 50% of malware using TLS to avoid detection (source: SophosLabs), other firewall products are leaving large blind spots in their network visibility by not enabling TLS inspection.
Sophos Firewall supports TLS 1.3 and provides a user interface that clearly displays whether traffic is causing issues and the number of affected users. With just a few clicks, you can exclude problematic websites and applications without impacting device operational performance.
Sophos Firewall OS v18.5
The new devices come with the latest v18.5 software release, not only providing support for new hardware but also including all 18.x maintenance releases – numerous new capabilities and security improvements – since the v18 release.
And many other valuable upgrades
Sophos XGS Series devices are equipped with high-speed interfaces to meet the diverse connectivity requirements of large and small enterprises. In addition to integrated copper, fiber optic, and a range of other ports across all models, add-on modules provide flexibility to adapt your device connectivity to any existing system.
The Sophos XGS line integrates more deeply with advanced infrastructure devices such as our APX access points and SD-RED remote Ethernet devices. With cloud-managed Zero-Trust Network Access capabilities and access layer network switches launching later this year, we will enhance your network security.
