Sophos XG Primary Use Case
I use Sophos XG as a content filtering, web filtering, and application filtering utility, as well as to integrate with the endpoint antivirus software. I have Sophos Endpoint Antivirus installed on the user machines as well, i.e. the Central Cloud Management version. That's our main use. Sophos XG has cybersecurity. It integrates with the antivirus software. View full review »
We essentially use Sophos XG to protect our customers. Most of our customers use remote VPN connections. They also use the WAF protection for exposed internet WEB servers. View full review »
Our primary use case for this solution is to act as the main broadband device in our data center. The XG 210 model is being used for a hospitality solution. View full review »
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We use the solution as an internet firewall, and a VPN concentrator. View full review »
We implement different security solutions. We also integrate the different environments and secure them, based on the customer's needs. Our customers are from banking or financial institutions, insurance institutions, telecommunication companies, advocacy companies, construction companies, and retail companies. View full review »
I use the solution as my endpoint firewall and at the same time, I use it for load balancing and spillover. View full review »
This solution does everything and anything a firewall can do. View full review »
Our primary use case of this solution is for protection and to have better governance for our LAN usage. I've got a lot of people working from outside on the corporate infra and all policy based decisions happen there. The solution is basically a firewall that protects us from various internet threats, but other than that provides controlled and properly managed access using various rules of VPN and other fingerprints of people logging in. I'm the CTO of the company and we are customers of Sophos. View full review »
We are going to be hosting our own website and we are using the Sophos XG because we want to make sure that it is well protected. We also want to make sure that the rest of our LAN is not compromised. In addition to using this firewall ourselves, we resell the product to our customers. We have a well-trained team that can perform the implementation and deployment. View full review »
We are a solution provider and this is one of the security solutions that we implement for our clients. The primary use for Sophos XG is to secure the internet for an organization. It does a bit of antivirus scanning, application filtering, web filtering, and normal firewalling. Security, obviously. Some of our clients also have Sophos UAP and access points are also included in Sophos, which is the same with FortiGate. View full review »
We are using this product as the firewall for our head office, so any connections going outside of the office go through it. We are also using VPN clients and especially during the lockdown, it was very helpful. View full review »
This firewall is part of the security solution that is implemented in medium-sized enterprises. We are using it for endpoint and user security for laptops and mobile phones. View full review »
Right now, we are using this product as a perimeter firewall just to deal with emails and to protect servers, as well as other equipment that is on the network. View full review »
We use Sophos XG for a central firewall, with some branches making a VPN, but that's the normal deployment. Some clients use it as a proxy, but most of my clients use it as a gateway. We use Sophos to configure policies, work filters, application filters, and the SSL VPN and IPSec VPNs. View full review »
We primarily use the solution as a comprehensive security device. View full review »
We primarily use the solution internally in our company and we also deploy it for our customers. View full review »
This product serves as our current firewall solution, which is a network protection gateway. View full review »
We are a managed service provider and the primary firewall that we sell and maintain is Sophos XG. It is also used in the company. View full review »
Most of our clients are primarily using the solution for the network protection it offers them. View full review »
We were able to integrate the solution using existing infrastructure installed, such as different firewalls and security software. We have integrated the solution in multiple sectors, for example, the education and banking sectors. View full review »
We use the solution for application control and web filtering. We also use it as a VPN point, and we use it on other occasions for tracing and reporting about usage and high application rates. View full review »
Our primary use case is as a firewall, failover management of the internet lines. We have over 50 people using the product on 200 devices and we use it on a daily basis. I'm an IT support executive and we're a customer of Sophos. View full review »
Our primary use case of this program is for antivirus and security purposes. View full review »
For the primary use cases, we use SSL VPN access for rolling remote access. We use web filtering and we use the intrusion prevention that comes with network protection. View full review »
We are using this product to monitor traffic, payments, and VPN access to our branches. Some are using VPN with hooks, Sophos XG 210, and the main one they are using in the data center is Sophos XG 310. View full review »
I use it for one of our universities in Palestine. It's an Arabic university and there were about more than 10,000 students. So, our user base ranges from 1 to 10,000. I use it as the main firewall. I use it for High Availability (HA). That's the main use case why we use Sophos XG. We do intend to keep using it. View full review »
We are a solution provider and Sophos XG is one of the security products that we implement for our customers. We always provide them with the latest version. View full review »
I was using the Sophos XG firewall in my last job, where it was part of our security solution. We had multiple locations with the internet being provided from a central location. Each of our locations was connected point-to-point using MPLS lines. Using Sophos meant that we didn't need to have a router. View full review »
I'm the CTO of our company and we are customers of Sophos. View full review »
We use the Sophos XG firewall as part of our security solution. View full review »
We use it for VPN and for filtering direct traffic. We are using XG50. View full review »
I am using it for unified management. View full review »
We are integrators. We integrate solutions for other our client's companies. View full review »
It can be used as a firewall, SD-WAN enabler, and secure web gateway. You can also use it for unified threat management, email detection, mobile device management, and wireless management. I use it in the cloud and on-premises, and I have its latest version. View full review »
We are using it at a gateway level. We are using Sophos XG Series 135. View full review »
We use the solution mainly as a firewall. View full review »
The primary use case of this solution is as the main company firewall. View full review »
We use this firewall as part of our security solution. View full review »
We use this product to protect all of the connections to our sites and for web filtering. View full review »
We use it for monitoring our web access, providing authentication and for security purposes. View full review »
This firewall is being used to protect our site. View full review »
This solution is generally used for environment protection, using the ADR and MTL features. I'm a system administrator and team leader and we are customers of Sophos. View full review »
We use this solution for connecting site-to-site and client-to-site VPN for two protocols, IPsec and SSL VPN. We use encrypted tunnels to achieve fully secure connectivity between sites and clients. It gives me a very good, stable connection in all tunnels. View full review »
Our main use case of this solution is to support internal clients with virus scanning on laptops and on critical processors. View full review »
The primary use case of this solution is as an endpoint firewall and proxy. View full review »
We use the solution as our HQ main firewall. View full review »
We use the Sophos XG firewall as part of our network security solution. View full review »
We are customers of Sophos and I'm the company IT security manager. View full review »
This solution is implemented for medium and large enterprises to protect their network from attacks and to filter the web traffic through web protection and application protection modules. This solution includes Email protection, IPS, Antivirus gateway, ATP, Reporting, VPN, Sophos Wireless controller, load balancer, WAF, and traffic shaping. View full review »
We primarily use this solution for bandwidth control, intrusion prevention, and network security. View full review »
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