Sophos UTM Benefits

MG
Asst General Manager(C&IT) at NMDC Ltd

It improved bandwidth utilization and provided link load balancing features for internet and intranet lease lines. It also provided good security for internal users.

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MM
Senior Network Engineer at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

Sophos was one of the first firewall products that were free, so you can install it at home and test it. Then when you have the experience, you can recommend it to customers.

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AP
Manager IT and Security at Health Street

We don't have to worry about viruses anymore. Before Sophos, we didn't have anti-virus at all because we're a newer company and we're just now starting to get into business-level stuff. When we installed it on a few of the users' machines, we saw that they did have very minor infections - they downloaded something they shouldn't have, something that could have hurt the computer. We were able say, "Well, we're glad they didn't click on that."

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Buyer's Guide
Sophos UTM
March 2024
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JD
IT Manager at Manual Workers Union

The fact that it's not heavy on the machines has really helped. It's basically lightweight. One advantage is that we, having a cloud solution, do not require a physical machine that we have to administer on our network.

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ZE
Pre-sales manager at National Information Technology Company

When we started with Sophos UTM, we were using Microsoft Threat Management Gateway (TMG) which formed part of the firewall. It's not anymore there, it has been discontinued. 

Sophos UTM is an SSD appliance. It has a solid state hard drive and can boot in less than sixty seconds. It is an appliance that has more stability than software solutions. It all depends on which hardware you have installed.

Sophos UTM has improved the porting section. It has improved security by seeing the gaps. For example, when you discover that an entry has been using a certain application, with Sophos UTM acting as a Layer 7 firewall, you can block the application, not the port.

In the application firewall, you can block the next update for Bitcoin or for Facebook. It has settings to block a port or wifi or just block the application and firewall. Sophos UTM will be able to detect the application type and filter network users.

Sophos UTM did help us a lot on the throughput of the internet because at that time we were using ADSL. Now it is fiber, which means we are able to manage the throughput of the firewall by also putting the quality of service first. 

For example, we are able to configure 2MB for YouTube or 5MB are guaranteed for the service which is published. In the past, with TMG you had to buy third-party tools that also did not have the same functionality.

Currently, Sophos UTM and XG are helping our customers. The features available in the UTM and XG are a combination of all the firewalls in the market which means all the features.

The IT Admin or IT Security in any organization would like to have Sophos UTM because it is full of all the features you think about for enterprise. 

Sophos UTM normally will deploy a batch or an upgrade and add more features, every six to eight months based on the RMD.

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it_user215397 - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO, Technologist with 51-200 employees

Using the SUM (Sophos UTM Manager) Central Console, each client UTM is configured to report to my RMM and CRM system for monitoring, SLA, ticketing, and support. We can administer a majority of our management such as firmware updates from our Sophos UTM manager. With many other products, this needs to be done and case by case basis.

We also schedule weekly automatic backups of the clients UTM configuration. These backups are emailed to our support portal and preserved. We keep spare/loaner equipment in stock so if a client’s UTM has a catastrophic failure, we prep a spare unit, apply their most recent configuration, and within 5 minutes have a functioning loaner unit we can deliver while their warranty replacement is processed. A simple drive to the client’s location and a swap out is done which gets them back in business on the same day. You can also get a 30 day full trial license for appliance or software. My sales staff can place a 30 day trial of fully functional unit as part of a proof of concept.

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FS
Director of Cloud Technology at Avalere Health\Inovalon

Our company trusts Sophos without even seeing it, as it provides us comfortability while allowing for flexibility.

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it_user701457 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Infrastructure Architect at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

The Sophos UTM planform has allowed us to improve or implement the following security practices:

  • Details Web filtering and user access Control
  • SaaS QoS
  • Network segmentation with firewall and IPS
  • WiFi protection
  • Web Application Proxy everywhere, inside and out
  • WAN expansion with SSL VPN and IPsec VPN over the Internet
  • Two Factor Authentication requirement for PCI compliance
  • Reduced the need for expensive MPLS deployments
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CA
System Analyst at Abbey Mortgage Bank

At some point in time, it seemed to be ravaging organizations around us and we couldn't definitely outrightly isolate ourselves from it. While we were attacked, I want to believe that it was solely because there was that in addition to the fact that there are triggers. 

We also know very well that Sophos is proactive in monitoring and protecting against malware and brute-force attacks.

It's one of the things that it is quite good for.

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it_user72771 - PeerSpot reviewer
Info Sec Consultant at Size 41 Digital

The solution allows the client to use cross-region AWS VPCs to connect remote dev offices.

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it_user805347 - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Engineer

The UTM product has definitely improved the way our organization functions. We have set a standard across clients and engineers. Everyone is trained on the product and knows how to manage the devices. UTM is probably the most complete all-in-one firewall that I have used to date. Having the UTM Manager has probably made the most impact, with over 150 firewalls in our portal, management and monitoring have never been easier.

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AlaaMady - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator at a insurance company with 51-200 employees

I don't believe it has improved our organization; I don't actually like the product because of the features it is missing.

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MA
Data Department Manager at BTC Networks

As we are a solution provider and not product oriented, we give the best solution for our customers, with a good price. We are the number one company in the region, BTC, and operate in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia.

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SR
Architecture and DevOps at hc1.com

It has made our organization more secure, because we are using a VPN. We are not accessing services directly. It allows us to segregate some of the traffic for individuals which may be more of a developer role rather than an operational role needing access to developer resources, but not necessarily production operational resources.

Previously, it was all intermixed, and access was kept under control by other means. This makes it easier and more streamlined.

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it_user701427 - PeerSpot reviewer
Snr Dev Ops Engineer at a tech services company
  • It has allowed us to have one solution for our AWS needs.
  • It allows our developers to be able to securely log into servers to deploy and manage software.
  • It has allowed us to design a bespoke cloud space for our clients, while still having an excellent level of protection.
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IH
Network & Hardware Administrator at Nile Projects & Trading Co.

It allows me to easily connect with more than forty-five remote sites and more than fifty remote users between IPsec and SSL VPN, applying the web filter and application filter to ensure a secure connection.

This solution also gives me varieties of VPN policies for good data encryption.

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it_user163662 - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Sophos UTM helps us to control incoming and outgoing network traffic. It also helps employees connect to the AWS VPC environment from remote locations. Web application firewall protects applications from different hacking attempts like SQL Injection, Cross site scripting, Cookie signing, URL hardening etc. On top of that, it also helps the organization adhere to compliance rules and provides an audit trail of the environment.

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JS
CEO & Co-Founder at Advisor Consulting Group

Our datacenter cloud services such as email, and web services for internal and external use, had to be protected with different systems and the web services where left really unprotected, since we used an standard IPS/IDS to protect ourselves from web attacks (from the outside) which nowadays are really sophisticated. Also, we had to employ many work hours to have a protected, standardized network. With Sophos EndPoint and Sophos UTM, we simplified and also protected our network at the same time, with less work force.

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JX
CIO at Quartesian, LLC

It helped to connect our satellite offices to the main Amazon infrastructure in a circular way.

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Wisnu Nursahid - PeerSpot reviewer
General Manager of Technical Division at VTI

Sophos UTM gives good visibility and prevention against ransomware attacks because they focus on unknown threats, so it's successful in protecting customers.

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EC
Owner at Technologies International

Protected it against malware and allowed us to serve our servers safely.

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IS
CTO at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

This product helped us a lot in having a greater visibility into the network traffic coming inside and passing away from the company. The Sophos’s unique RED devices helped us a lot to build up extremely, easy Layer 2 VPN connections.

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it_user291504 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer II at a legal firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Before using the Sophos appliance, we consistently struggled with users clicking on things they shouldn't be. This led to virus/malware infections that seemed to propagate through the network at an alarming speed. Since we incorporated the appliance into our network, we don't have to worry as much since it does in-line virus checking, and if a computer does get infected the Sophos appliance lets us know via it's Advanced Threat Protection so we can get a much faster response time.

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it_user697017 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of IT at a construction company with 201-500 employees

Before implementing Sophos UTM, we had a lot of problems with:

  • Malicious URLs
  • Spam
  • Unnecessary internet traffic
  • difficulties in connecting and controlling branch offices

After implementing Sophos UTM, the percentage of infected computers because of bad URLs was been reduce by 90%. A lot of spam emails were blocked. Additionally, I created a whitelist for company emails and a blacklist for unnecessary emails.

Branch offices have the same protection like the main office and communication between offices is very easy. We created rules for one-way communication for some branch offices and two-way communication for another office. You have got a lot of abilities for different configurations between offices.

But after migrating to Sophos XG and the new XG OS, things got easier, more secure, and more interesting. Specifically, we had the ability to generate different reports for different protection types, different end users, or different services.

With the new XG OS, I have better control of my network and I can easily detect malicious and unnecessary traffic.

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BB
Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Its a key point of keeping your network secure which once setup requires minimal ongoing monitoring. Also this unit can act as the whole security suite so everything in your network is protected.

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DW
Solutions Architect at National Renewable Energy Laboratory

It meets our compliance needs in an elastic computer environment.

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MP
DevOps at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

All my needs are met at the moment.

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it_user695352 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Owner at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Less and faster administration, full control of traffic, and a lot of futures included in the base price.

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EA
President at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees

We haven't changed our procedures as a result of using this product but maybe the flip side is the case. We haven't had to change our procedure because we have this great tool that keeps the bad guys away.

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it_user297396 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Expert for Microsoft infrastructure at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

We used several vendor products before UTM, and now it is all in one box - firewall, proxy, and VPN. Sophos is much easier to manage and configure.

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it_user243894 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Engineer at Base-2 ICT Services Ltd

The Sophos solution provides a branch to head office distributed network for a construction company across New Zealand, and the reliability of the equipment makes it possible to provide stable connections and is easy to implement and support.

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it_user233997 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT/Telecom Specialist at Prewest

Easy management of the firewall, with one URL to control the firewall/web filters for our entire cloud.

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JR
IT Specialist at Arnett Carbis Toothman LLP

Sophos SG has provided us with the tools to protect our networks, detect malicious activity, and customize security to our clients' needs.

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MC
Senior Solutions Specialist at centerprise international

It has ease-of-use and it fits the purpose of our firewall protection needs.

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it_user693984 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Not applicable.

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it_user413994 - PeerSpot reviewer
Quality Officer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

All the necessary functions being incorporated into one solution with notifications configured, I know I am secure against threats from the internet. (Up to the limits of the solution in the constantly evolving and dangerous Internet).

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ML
IT SM & Security Consultant at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We replace customers' old and expensive devices such as firewalls, anti-spam, etc. with Sophos, as it has all these features. You don't need four boxes if you can have all these features in one box.

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AP
Global Network Security Admin at a consumer goods company with 201-500 employees

It has helped by identifying threats within the company. If there are computers or servers that are compromised, then we are able to identify them right away in the system.

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JM
Cyber Security Officer at Grupo Vision

We have securely deploy systems accesible only behind encrypted ssl vpn and all user can access without the risk of data exposure.

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TD
Unified Communications Specialist at Agentra

We have a better level of protection and we have the ability for our devices to be more of a self-sustained type of resource.

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ML
It Forum Gruppen A/S

We give customers a device that can handle next-gen security threats, which is way better than a typical router.

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it_user472113 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systemadministrator at MCON Group GmbH

This product is for beginners and for hardcore professionals; beginners can get their feet wet and professionals can easily look into the product.

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it_user230352 - PeerSpot reviewer
Support Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Actually, we were not used to firewalls in our organization, but I was working at a distributor previously so I had a chance to do many demos. The customers like its GUI because it's easy to manage and RED takes attention of the customer which has distributed locations like shops, cafes, fast food stores etc.

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GL
IT Architect at a consultancy with 11-50 employees

This is a very good security solution for SMB, so this solution is a good fit for many of our customers.

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it_user1104651 - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at Robert Obrinsky Industries, LLC

This solution makes remote support of clients extremely easy and flexible. Modifications can be made in minutes. New definitions of network objects, users, groups, etc. can be made from anywhere in the UI.

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it_user241089 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Security & Audit Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

It's scalable and easy to manage.

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it_user801675 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Administrator at a government with 11-50 employees

We use to use a sort of "security as a service," and I had all kinds of issues getting visibility into the system to see if there were issues with my network. That is no longer a problem, I can now see every packet that passes in and out of my network.

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it_user700155 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network & System Engineer at a tech services company

I have done hundreds of setups of this solution.

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it_user323832 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Consultant at a tech services company

The product has provided us with unified threat management as well as comprehensive list of reports.

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it_user588840 - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO with 501-1,000 employees

Web application firewall (WAF): We removed our old internal reverse proxy, and it now controls all the security aspects of our web servers with Sophos UTM WAF.

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NP
Cloud Network Administrator at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

This solution improved our firewall capability. We installed an identity process, and this is extremely helpful.

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Buyer's Guide
Sophos UTM
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Sophos UTM. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.