We’re happy to announce the overall availability of Sophos DNS Safety. This cloud-based service, managed by way of Sophos Central, supplies an added layer of community safety and is out there at no additional cost to all Xstream Safety licensed Sophos Firewall clients.
Nice worth for Sophos Firewall clients
Sophos DNS Safety provides super new worth for our Sophos Firewall clients, who can make the most of this safety at no additional cost because it’s a part of our Xstream Safety Bundle. It allows you to doubtlessly consolidate and save from utilizing one other third-party DNS supplier or begin utilizing an ideal DNS safety resolution with out having to pay additional.
What you get: enhanced web and net safety
Sophos DNS Safety provides one other layer of safety to each community. It really works to immediately block entry to unsafe and undesirable domains throughout all ports, protocols, and purposes on the earliest alternative – from each managed and unmanaged units. DNS safety completely enhances and augments your current community safety and coverage enforcement instruments. Sophos DNS Safety could be deployed in just some minutes.
Sophos DNS Safety is a globally accessible area identify decision service with built-in coverage controls and reporting in Sophos Central. Sophos DNS Safety is backed by SophosLabs’ AI-powered menace intelligence, offering real-time world-wide safety from high-risk domains. As quickly as a malicious area is found, it’s shared throughout clients immediately, offering fast safety for all. Through the use of Sophos DNS Safety rather than your current public DNS resolver, you’ll be able to stop any units in your community from accessing domains related to safety threats and different undesirable web sites managed by means of coverage.
Safety for networks
Entry to the Sophos DNS Resolver relies on the originating public IPv4 deal with of the DNS queries. Therefore, defending particular person units for distant employees that transfer from community to community (or website to website) isn’t viable right now.
Dynamic IP addresses are supported when used with a dynamic DNS supplier.
Built-in dashboarding and reporting
Sophos DNS Safety additionally supplies in-depth visibility into the domains visited out of your community, with complete dashboarding and reporting.
Full reporting with all the identical choices as Central Firewall Reporting Superior can also be included:
Cross-product integration
Sophos DNS Safety’s log information and intelligence are additionally shared with the Sophos information lake for Sophos XDR and MDR threat-hunting analysts to assist detect energetic adversaries and threats working on the community.
Getting began
Sophos DNS Safety is out there at no further cost to all licensed Sophos Firewall clients who’ve the Xstream Safety bundle. If it’s essential to improve your license, communicate to your Sophos companion or consultant.
Getting began with Sophos DNS Safety is simple: merely add areas, set DNS settings, create a coverage, and go! Watch this video to see the steps for your self:
To make sure an ideal buyer expertise, DNS Safety shall be made out there in phases over the approaching weeks. If in case you have a Sophos Firewall with Xstream safety and don’t but see it in Sophos Central instantly, please be affected person whereas we ramp up availability.
Seek the advice of the total documentation for added data. And if you happen to don’t but have a Sophos Firewall, get began as we speak with a free trial!