Sophos Cyberoam UTM Valuable Features
I found that the best feature of Sophos Cyberoam UTM is reporting. Its reporting feature is excellent, fast, and easy to prep and launch. Reporting is also straightforward to do in Sophos Cyberoam UTM.
View full review »It is very easy to use.
We found it simple to deploy.
The solution has been stable over the years.
View full review »Geofencing is an important feature today because you can block IPs from some countries. You can geofence yourself if there is an incoming attack or a continuous ping from a company outside your country. Majorly, where we have local small companies, we block all the IP addresses outside India. That is one of the very good features Cyberoam has. The zero day attack feature is also very good. The third feature is traffic shaping, where personal Internet that goes to computers from the servers and the data that moves into your branches is shaped, and bandwidth is allocated. These are a few really good features.
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Sophos Cyberoam UTM
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Sophos Cyberoam UTM. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
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Edwin Mwaura
Information Technology Manager at Peponi Schools
The advantages of the product stem from the fact that the product sends you emails stating that there have been some attacks on your systems, like ransomware or malware, and it also asks users to block sites that are not supposed to be open or seen. The product does proper URL filtering. I haven't configured the product for what it is meant to do. The product is also supposed to deal with keystroke logging. It provides a report if you type something that should not be accessed. In general, the product gives you a report before the end of each month.
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SiyatHulbale
Network Administrator at Hass Petroleum
The product is okay. SD-WAN and IPSec features are valuable to me. I find them to be useful.
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AliKia
Research And Development Manager at MFP
Sophos Cyberoam UTM is a very good solution for SMB companies and can handle their many requirements. The product is a simple and user-friendly UTM that can handle accounting, reporting, firewall, IPS, and antivirus for industries. It is a good solution for accounting and managing users.
View full review »I like the reliability and the price. But sometimes, my customer asks for cheaper solutions, though I propose we focus on reliability.
Aside from that, the port forwarding is good. Sometimes you hold some servers on-premise, and then you can have someone access another country or anywhere. The VPN is also good.
View full review »The solution is easy to use. It's simple to set up and configure.
It puts you in control of your infrastructure.
The reporting features are very good. It offers very good visibility.
The solution provides very helpful alerts.
It offers decent pricing.
The solution is stable.
The product can scale to a certain extent. We haven't hit our limit.
View full review »I found that the solution's interface is user-friendly, and the web protection is good.
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EzekielDawal
Network Administrator at Bank of Agriculture Limited
In Sophos Cyberoam UTM, the most valuable features are web and application filtering, routing functionalities, and VPN. These features are extremely important to us.
We use a lot of Sophos Cyberoam UTM's features depending on the customer's needs. The overall solution is good. In some circumstances, the malware functionality is the most important feature, and in other cases, some other features.
View full review »The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is a very strong product with good support. I haven't faced any significant issues during the time I have worked with Sophos.
View full review »The dashboard is very good-looking and offers maximum features. If a customer's website has a problem, we can guide them over the phone because they can easily find the specific option on the dashboard. That's why we suggest buying Sophos.
One key feature is the personal security dashboard. Most features are available on the dashboard, making it easy for customers to manage their security. However, it's a complex task, so we can't add too many features currently. So, the dashboard is currently the main focus.
View full review »The most valuable feature of Sophos Cyberoam UTM is the SD-WAN gateway.
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Arvind -Kumar
Head IT at NorthSYS Integrators
Our customers find it economical and offers good security. These two features are key. Ease of installation and implementation are also key factors.
View full review »The solution is easy to integrate.
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LIJU KURIAKOSE
Managing Director at MVS GLOB SOFT SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED
The product’s most valuable feature is a centralized dashboard. It can manage firewalls, endpoints, wireless devices, and switches from a single console. We can synchronize old firewalls, antivirus, wireless, and switches.
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Bola Ogundiran
Network consultant at Juniper Solutions Ltd
The tool's robust features allow for the customization of policies, objects, and firewall settings.
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reviewer1989567
Owner at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
The firewall capabilities have been good so far.
The security capabilities are okay.
It is easy to maintain.
We found the initial setup to be very easy.
The product is stable.
It can scale easily.
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Renu Arora
Sr. IT & Admin Officer at Financial Management Service Foundation
We are using it as a security shield. It does not allow access before that in case we have restricted a few things from users, so it helps me in that.
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Taha Kazmi
Systems Administrator at PNSC
The solution works perfectly without any users. The rules and policies are very good in the web category. You can allow or disable any sites. The diagnostic tool is very good.
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Jeronimo Binosa
Technical Operation Head at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
I believe it's the advanced security software that offers SMPP protection for the agent.
View full review »All the features of the solution are good. So, the firewall is one of the main functions for which the solution is used.
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Nurullah USLU
General Director at Uzman Bilgisayar
The solution's web filtering is an important feature for us in our company. We use it for VPN connections and routing.
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Nishant Kumar
Network Engineer at BILL SMITH GROUP, INC
I find Sophos very good. What I like about it is that users can make hotspots in Mac and Windows systems through this solution.
I also like the feature of being able to block off Mac IDs that host users. For example, you have a Mac or Windows laptop and you created a hotspot. Other devices like mobiles and tablets e.g. iPads connected to that hotspot. We can block those devices that are connected to the hotspot we created, only through Sophos.
It's a good feature we didn't find in other UTMs.
View full review »There are plenty of features available, such as Full Guard and WAN.
View full review »The most valuable features are the IPS and anti-spam functionality. The application filter is also very good.
The interface is user-friendly.
View full review »For me, the most important thing is content management and, obviously, the firewall because we have some servers.
We have different levels of users. Some users, we are just giving them email access. For some users, working sites only. For some users, we are giving them intermediate access so they can access, on the government side, some knowledge bases. For some users, we are giving full access.
So there are two major features for me. One is content management and the second thing is servers, publishing.
The geofencing and report blocking are the solution's most valuable aspects.
The solution is quite stable. The performance has been good overall.
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Clive Chirowodza
Business application analyst at CFI
I like the SSL VPN connection. Cyberoam works well for controlling users and authenticating their connection to the internet.
View full review »I like Sophos Cyberoam UTM as a security component or device for organizations. Performance-wise, it's a satisfactory solution, and it works okay. It also has good features.
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reviewer1042635
Science Technician at a government with 201-500 employees
The solution works really well overall.
It's quite easy to configure everything, which is a great selling point for us. You can easily adjust the users and load balances, for example. We can make our own rules and input as many as we like.
The firewall is very good. It provides a nice amount of security.
The solution has good load balancers.
We've found the solution to be very stable.
So far, we've found the scalability to be acceptable.
The installation process is pretty easy.
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Ersin Bostancı
Director Of Information Technology at a hospitality company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The performance and security are the best features.
The security options are great. We never had an attack, which is pretty good. We use it from a standard location, and they are connected to each other.
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Abdul Faheem
Global sales head at MEPCSA
The best feature is the flexibility the product offers, in terms of remote access. We have bout 35 locations across the kingdom, and connecting those remote locations with the minimal bandwidth was a challenge. A few of my branches are connected via 3G. So that is the most advanced feature I like about Cyberoam, the flexibility the solution offers.
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Fred Fish
Network Administrator at a non-profit with 201-500 employees
Site to Site VPN, and local web filtering.
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SIYAT HULBALE
Network Administrator at Hass Petroleum
The VPN is excellent on the solution.
The reporting aspect of the solution is very good.
The initial setup is straightforward. A company should have any troubles setting it up in their organization.
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reviewer1534851
Network & System Administration at a healthcare company with 501-1,000 employees
Its portal is user-friendly. I am able to manage the user data and access control through this device.
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Sadir Omer
Assistant Engineer - Network Solutions at Sri Lanka Telecom Services
Having a firewall solution with a data quota is very important when the bandwidth is limited, which really distinguishes it from other products. When it comes to small and medium-sized organizations, one of their main concerns is that their data quota is not exceeded. It is quite an advantage for the administrators.
There is training material available on the website for the administrators to learn how to set it up and use it. This is very helpful and can be done easily with a one or two day course.
View full review »It has many features that no other competition has in single box so far, such as:
- Dual AV engine for web and email.
- Optimized three-clicks-to-anywhere navigation.
- New unified policy model enabling all business.
- User and network policies to be managed on a single screen with powerful filtering and search options.
- Policy Templates for common business applications, like Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and many more defined in XML enabling customization and sharing.
- Custom IPS, Web, App, and Traffic Shaping (QoS) settings per user or network policy on a single screen.
- Sophos Security Heartbeat connecting Sophos endpoints with the Firewall to share health status and telemetry to enable instant identification of unhealthy or compromised endpoints
- Policy support for Sophos Security Heartbeat to automatically isolate or limit network access to compromised endpoints
- Application Risk Meter provides and overall risk factor based on the risk level of applications on the network
- FastPath Packet Optimization
- Hotspot support for (custom) vouchers
- Password of the day
- T&C acceptance
Other valuable features include:
- Wireless guest Internet access with walled garden options
- Time-based wireless network access
- Wireless repeating and bridging meshed network mode with supported APs
- Advanced Threat Protection (detect and block network traffic attempting to contact command and control servers using multi-layered DNS, AFC, and firewall).
- Sandstorm Cloud Sandbox Protection
- Patent-pending SPX encryption for one-way message encryption
- Recipient self-registration SPX password management
- Hundreds of on-box reports with custom report options: Dashboards (Traffic, Security, and User Threat Quotient).
- Applications (App Risk, Blocked Apps, Search Engines, Web Servers, and FTP)
- Network and Threats (IPS, ATP, Wireless, and Security Heartbeat)
- VPN
- Compliance (HIPAA, GLBA, SOX, FISMA, PCI, NERC CIP v3, and CIPA)
- Robust hardware
- Huge RAM
- SSD
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reviewer1223154
IT Architect at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
There are plenty of features that are valuable in the Sophos Cyberoam UTM. We use all the features, such as email Security, firewall rules, web server security, web devices, web protection.
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Mohd Adam Haikal Adbullah
Senior Security Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
I'm more inclined towards the conventional firewall. So for me, I'm more geared towards the standard firewall type functionalities as well as the web application firewall because that seems to work fine.
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reviewer1864560
Senior IT Expert at a construction company with 51-200 employees
Cyberoam UTM's most valuable feature is that it can be configured any way you like.
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reviewer1583568
Head of IT at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
The endpoint protection part of the product can all be centrally managed from the cloud as well. Even the firewall, as an MSP, can be configured and then managed from the cloud.
The solution is excellent for web and application filtering and remote access with the VPN.
The initial setup is pretty easy.
The solution is stable and reliable.
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Abayomi Ajisefinni
Senior IT Officer at a non-profit with 201-500 employees
It is not possible for anyone to enter our network until after they are able to log in, which is the most fascinating aspect for me.
The user interface is well laid out and understandable.
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Samaila Yusuf
Information Technology Officer at a non-profit with 201-500 employees
The most valuable features are the firewall section, the VPN, and how you control live users.
The interface is good.
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reviewer740283
Solutions Consultant at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
The most valuable feature is the layer three gateway protection.
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Thameem Ansari
Senior solution architect at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
The solution is easy to use.
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Robert Olsinski
Managing Partner at O and O
- Threat prevention
- Support of the product by their support team was good; we had no threat issues when using the product in multiple locations.
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reviewer1625292
Creative Head/Director at a marketing services firm with 1-10 employees
Security comes with multiple default IPs, which allows things to be done immediately, within only two to three minutes.
The solution has very good performance.
The solution is user-friendly.
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Darshil Sanghvi
Consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
We consider the user level and control features of Sophos Cyberoam UTM to be the best. The user part is one its greatest features. The solution even has its own reporting tool, which is one of the best we have tested. Furthermore, the dashboard is user-friendly.
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SenSupAn849302
Senior Support Analyst at a non-tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Usability: The admin interface is great and easy to use, no need to search documentation; stability and performance are what my company demands.
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reviewer1042635
Science Technician at a government with 201-500 employees
The main features I have found best are the load balancer and ease of use.
View full review »The most valuable feature is the protection that it provides.
View full review »Most valuable feature I am using I would say is the bandwidth management for users. I have users who misuse the net and I have given them caps so it is properly utilized. Another feature I use is the VPN. I have an entity that requires 24x7x365 connectivity and the Cyberoam is very simple when it comes to monitoring that or refreshing that connection.
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NirmalKannan
IT Manager at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees
It's a VPN, and the single box solution serves all your needs like an application firewall. In addition, you can set the proxy server.
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It is an excellent product with lots of pros such as-
1) AntiVirus
2) AntiSpam
3) Web and application level filtering
4) Intrusion detection with instant prevention of zero day attacks
5) Identity based policy creation
6) Access control criteria
7)Flexible policy creation with stacking and VPN support
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For me, the web and content filtering are valuable because that, unfortunately, is where the abuse happens a lot. People are abusing the network and pushing up the bandwidth price.
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Bhushan Tusuju
IT Officer at Hospital
The most valuable feature is the IPSec forwarding.
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Gajanan Narwade
Team Lead.Tech.Support (Network & Security) at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Web Filtering and Application Filtering saves a lot of my bandwidth and improves the user's productivity.
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- Security
- Bandwidth management
There are many features that are valuable, but the Bandwidth Management and Web/Application Filter policies are the most valuable.
View full review »The UTM features. It’s a one stop IT security solution managed from the Cyberoam Central Console (CCC).
View full review »It's easy to manage and handle. BW management and BW quota with limitation policy is easily deployed.
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ReviewerTK258
IT Support Engineer at a wholesaler/distributor with 201-500 employees
The most valuable feature of this product is the threat protection.
View full review »Bandwidth Management and aggregation. It is valuable for combining two ISPs. Switching to a secondary/redundant ISP is thus seamless, in the event that the primary ISP goes down.
The Bandwidth Management is also valuable for limiting heavy downloaders that may impact negatively on the experience of other users.
View full review »- URL filtering
- Content Filtering
- Remote Access/Site-to-Site VPN features
- Traffic Shaping/QoS
- Packet Capture
These features have helped control internet utilization and compliance in the organization.
View full review »All in one UTM appliance.
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Outstanding and must have product for efficient and effective network security.
Cyberoam is the only identity-based UTM solution. It offers a well-coordinated protection through tightly integrated security solutions over a single interface.Most UTMs only offer IP-address based security. Cyberoam is the only UTM solution that offers user identity-based security, protecting enterprises from unpredictable, insider threats.Functioning with Layer 8 technology, Cyberoam gives complete visibility into “Who is doing What” in the network and allows policies to be created at the user level based on work profiles.
Considering Active High Availability, load balancing, failover mechanism, bandwidth management capabilities and other features, it is worth buying.
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SaifKhan1
Network Security Engineer at a consumer goods company with 201-500 employees
The most valuable feature in cyberoam firewall is multi-port Bridge Support, Static MAC Configuration in Bridge Mode & Netflow support for Bandwidth Monitoring & Firewall Traffic Analysis. this are the feature's which is most valuable i found in sophos cyberoam 10.6.2 firewall
- Web filtering
- Application filtering
- IPS
- QoS
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reviewer1444476
Sales Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
It has been working fine. You just turn it on, and it works.
View full review »Web application filtering eases internet access control.
View full review »Firewall, Web Filter, Application Filter, VPN SSL, VPN Ipsec. in one applicance. For a small-medium enterprise this solution is easy to manage and operate. All features are ways to control the security of you network.
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- Application Filter
- Web Filter
- IPS
All these features are valuable to us because we can block malicious and unproductive application and sites to improve productivity and security in our network, audit users and machines and protect us against exploitation.
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- Full control on access management
- It's simple
- Reliability
- Good user interface
- Versatility
Cyberoam is our low-end product that we use for smaller customers or ones where application security is not a priority. Cyberoam has good AD integration for user configuration and web controls which we like a lot and it’s easy to manage and maintain. We mostly use the virtual models in VMware.
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Cyberoam UTM appliances work for small, medium and enterprise networks of your organization. It’s a complete hardware firewall with a bandwidth management utility. The internet web filtering facility is available with a group base and a user base in UTM. You can also monitor user activity over the internet and all URL logging with UTM. You can restrict the user, by prohibiting them from unwanted URL categories like jobs, sports, matrimonial, etc. The bandwidth usage graph can be sorted by user, group, entire organization, daily, weekly, and monthly, allowing you to make decisions about increasing bandwidth for organizations. Fail over facility is also available and therefore if any one ISP is disconnected, it is automatically switched over to an ISP2. Backup and restore facilities are available allowing you to take an entire configuration backup and then restore everything if there are problems.
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Content filtering, as this enables me to control that which employees can view at different time quotas.
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Sophos Cyberoam UTM
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Sophos Cyberoam UTM. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
768,740 professionals have used our research since 2012.