Sophos - New licensing model for XG series
Sophos
As you have probably already noticed, Sophos has recently introduced new models of firewalls with the XGS series. We already had a blog entry on this: <a href?https://www.enbitcon.de/blog/sophos-neue-generation-von-firewall-veroeffentlicht>Sophos - New generation of firewalls released
Now Sophos is transferring the licensing model of the XGS series to the existing XG models. The existing XG licences can still be booked until the end of July. From August onwards, only the new XGS licenses will be available for the XG models.
The choice of licence packages will be simplified, as there will only be two. Standard and XStream.
Standard corresponds to the previous scope of the EnterpriseGuard licence package. XStream is comparable to FullGuard Plus, but email protection and web protection are no longer included. These are still available as individual licences.
The hardware bundles are no longer available. From August, the hardware will only be available individually and the licences will only be available separately.
- Standard Protection Bundle, this contains:
- Network Protection Licence
- Web Protection Licence
- Enhanced Support
- Xstream Protection Bundle, this includes:
- Network Protection Licence
- Web Protection Licence
- Zero-Day Protection (Sandstorm, extended with Pre-Execution Analyses)
- Central Orchestration (service not yet available from Sophos)
- Enhanced Support
Additional licences can be booked a la carte.
Individual licences are available:
- Network Protection
- Web Protection
- Zero-Day Protection
- Central Orchestration (expected to be available in August)
- E-mail Protection
- Web Server Protection
- Enhanced Support
- Enhanced Plus Support Upgrade
If you want to extend existing installations with cluster functionality, this is still possible. Licence extensions are also still possible. From August onwards only with XGS licences.
If you are purchasing new Sophos hardware, we would recommend the XGS models. With the new XStream co-processors, SSL encrypted traffic is processed hardware-accelerated and can thus achieve higher throughput rates than with comparable SG or XG models.
If you are interested in a Sophos Firewall, or a security solution from another company, we are happy to offer you a free initial consultation. Simply contact us via telephone, e-mail or our contact form.