Sophos Network Switches are cloud-managed Layer 2 and Layer 2+ switches that report into the same Sophos Central console as your firewall and access points. Zero-touch deployment, full PoE/PoE+ models, and unified policy across the full network stack with no on-prem controller hardware to maintain.
If you’ve got Sophos Firewall and Sophos Wireless, the switch slots in next to them with shared policy, shared management, and shared visibility. No third console to learn.
Configure VLANs, ports, QoS, and switching policy from the same web console you use for firewall and wireless. No on-prem controller hardware to license, patch, or replace.
Pre-configure the switch in Sophos Central, ship it to the site, the local installer plugs it in. The switch phones home, pulls its config, and is on the network in minutes.
Power IP phones, cameras, wireless APs, and IoT devices over the same cabling. PoE+ models include power budgets sized for full-port loading on every port.
VLANs, link aggregation (LAG/LACP), spanning-tree (STP/RSTP), QoS, port mirroring, and basic Layer 3 static routing for inter-VLAN routing where you don’t need a full L3 switch.
Switch port telemetry feeds into Sophos Central alongside firewall and endpoint data. A compromised host can be quarantined at its access port, automatically.
Port security (MAC limiting), 802.1X authentication, DHCP snooping, and dynamic ARP inspection close the LAN-side attack vectors that most cheap switches leave open.
Multi-site organizations spend disproportionate time on switch setup at each location. Sophos Network Switches turn that into a ten-minute remote process - even for sites with no on-site IT.
Sophos Switch isn’t aimed at the data-center top-of-rack market. It’s built for environments where simple, central management beats traditional CLI-driven complexity.
One office, one network, one IT generalist. Switch + Firewall + Wireless in one console is the difference between “manageable” and “another vendor to learn.”
One console for the whole stackRetail chains, distributed clinics, franchise networks. Cloud-managed switches let central IT push the same policy to dozens of sites without truck rolls or per-site configuration drift.
Consistent policy across sitesLots of PoE devices (IP phones, classroom APs, exam-room cameras), strict VLAN segmentation, simple but auditable management. PoE+ models with full-port power budgets fit the use case exactly.
PoE-heavy, audit-friendlySwitching makes most sense as part of the broader Sophos Central infrastructure. These are the products it pairs with most often.
The other side of the network stack. Switch + firewall share VLAN, policy, and Synchronized Security signals so a compromised host can be isolated at the switch port automatically.
PoE+ access points draw power directly from a Sophos switch, configure from the same Central console, and share threat-aware policy with the rest of the stack.
Switches generate the east-west traffic that NDR analyzes. Together they give you continuous visibility on internal segments where most lateral movement actually happens.
Trial Sophos Network Switches in a pilot environment, request port-count and PoE-budget-based pricing, or talk to our team about migrating off an existing on-prem controller.
