Sophos Firewall (XGS series) consolidates next-gen firewall, IPS, web filtering, app control, ZTNA gateway, and SD-WAN in one appliance. Synchronized Security with Sophos endpoints means a compromised host can be automatically isolated at the firewall the moment it’s detected, before lateral movement starts.
Most firewalls forced you to choose between deep inspection and line-rate throughput. Sophos’s Xstream architecture removes the compromise, then Synchronized Security adds the active response other firewalls can’t.
Custom flow processors and FastPath offload keep throughput near line rate even with deep packet inspection, application control, and TLS decryption all enabled.
Most traffic is encrypted. XGS decrypts and inspects TLS 1.3 at scale, surfacing the threats hiding in HTTPS that traditional firewalls only see as opaque blobs.
Endpoints and firewall share threat intelligence over the Security Heartbeat. The firewall sees which hosts are compromised and can isolate them automatically.
When a host is flagged by Intercept X, the firewall automatically blocks its lateral traffic, contains it, and notifies admins, all without manual intervention.
Replace legacy SSL VPN with identity- and posture-based access. Users connect only to the specific apps they’re authorized for, never to a flat network behind a tunnel.
Application-aware traffic steering, automatic failover, and link quality monitoring let you treat MPLS, broadband, and 5G as a single resilient WAN fabric.
Traditional firewalls and endpoint products are independent silos. An infected laptop can sit on the LAN for hours after detection while the firewall passes its traffic happily. Synchronized Security closes that gap.
From a small branch office to a large enterprise data center, the XGS series scales without changing the feature set or the management console.
Small offices and branch sites. Desktop form factor, fanless options, ideal for 5 to 100 users. Full feature set in a hardware footprint the size of a paperback.
5 to 100 usersMid-sized organizations and regional offices. 1U rack form factor, expansion slots for additional interfaces, redundant power options. Ideal for 100 to 1,000 users.
100 to 1,000 usersEnterprise and data-center deployments. Multi-Gbps inspected throughput, fibre-channel options, full chassis redundancy. Plus virtual and cloud-deployable instances for AWS, Azure, and VMware.
1,000+ users / data centerSophos Firewall isn’t a one-shape-fits-all box. These are the three deployments we see most often.
End-of-life Cisco, Fortinet, or SonicWall? We migrate rules, NAT, VPNs, and policies with parallel validation, then cut over in a planned maintenance window with rollback ready.
Planned, reversible cutoversHeadquarters with multiple branch offices. XGS plus SD-RED branch devices give every site the same security posture with central policy, while ZTNA replaces site-to-site VPN.
Branch-friendly by designHealthcare, finance, government, and education estates needing segmentation, deep inspection, and audit-grade logging. XGS produces the records auditors want, in formats they recognize.
Audit-ready loggingSophos Firewall is the centerpiece. These are the network-side products our customers most often pair with it.
Catches threats the firewall can’t see by signature alone: encrypted-traffic anomalies, command-and-control, and lateral movement on internal segments.
Wi-Fi 6 APs managed from the same Sophos Central as the firewall. Optional firewall-backed deep inspection for wireless traffic, on every SSID you choose.
The firewall’s built-in ZTNA gateway extends to remote users without an MPLS tail-circuit. Replace your SSL VPN with identity- and posture-based access.
Start a free Sophos Firewall evaluation in your environment, request appliance-specific pricing for your throughput and user counts, or talk to our team about migrating off your existing firewall.
