{"id":16577,"date":"2019-10-11T07:20:54","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T15:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2019\/10\/11\/news-10316\/"},"modified":"2019-10-11T07:20:54","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T15:20:54","slug":"news-10316","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2019\/10\/11\/news-10316\/","title":{"rendered":"XG Firewall v18 early access is now available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Chris McCormack| Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 13:56:47 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>We are excited to open the Early Access Program (EAP) of XG Firewall v18 to all Sophos customers and partners. This release offers a ton of great new features and innovations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Xstream Architecture<\/strong> delivers extreme new levels of visibility, protection and performance.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Threat Intelligence Analysis<\/strong> stops zero-day threats before they get on your network.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Top Requested Features<\/strong> and innovative enhancements make XG Firewall easier to deploy and manage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Xstream Architecture<\/h2>\n<p>One of the highlights of v18 is the new Xstream packet processing architecture. It provides superior high-speed security from the latest threats; uncompromising visibility into encrypted traffic flows; and accelerated performance for your most important traffic.<\/p>\n<p>The new architecture has three major components:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Xstream DPI Engine<\/strong> \u2013 Deep packet threat protection for AV, IPS, Web, App Control and SSL Inspection in a single proxy-less streaming engine.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Xstream SSL Inspection<\/strong> \u2013 Industry-leading performance, flexibility, and transparency into all SSL\/TLS-encrypted traffic, including support for TLS 1.3 across all ports and applications.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Xstream Network Flow FastPath<\/strong> \u2013 Automatic and policy-based intelligent offloading of trusted traffic processing at wire speed to ensure your trusted mission-critical traffic is always on the fast path.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31674\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31674\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"61159\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/en-us\/2019\/10\/11\/xg-firewall-v18-early-access-is-now-available\/sslwidget\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sophos.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/10\/sslwidget.png\" data-orig-size=\"1979,933\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SSLwidget\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/sophos.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/10\/sslwidget.png?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sophos.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/10\/sslwidget.png?w=640\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-61159\" src=\"https:\/\/sophos.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/10\/sslwidget.png?w=640&#038;h=302\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sophos.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/10\/sslwidget.png?w=640&amp;h=302 640w, https:\/\/sophos.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/10\/sslwidget.png?w=1280&amp;h=604 1280w, https:\/\/sophos.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/10\/sslwidget.png?w=150&amp;h=71 150w, https:\/\/sophos.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/10\/sslwidget.png?w=300&amp;h=141 300w, https:\/\/sophos.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/10\/sslwidget.png?w=768&amp;h=362 768w, https:\/\/sophos.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/10\/sslwidget.png?w=1024&amp;h=483 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31674\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the new features in v18 is the new Xstream SSL Inspection widget on the Control Center for at-a-glance insights into your encrypted network traffic.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Threat Intelligence Analysis<\/p>\n<p>Threat Intelligence Analysis is powered by SophosLabs and our leading deep-learning technology. Using a range of threat modelling techniques to analyze files being downloaded or arriving via email, this feature identifies and stops the latest zero-day threats before they get on the network.<\/p>\n<p>To see the types of files entering the network you can get a quick overview in the form of a visual Threatometer (as shown below) and the full details in a comprehensive report.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31674\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31674\" style=\"width: 416px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"60843\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/en-us\/2019\/10\/04\/xg-firewall-v18-early-access-is-coming\/picture-1-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sophos.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/10\/picture-1.png\" data-orig-size=\"416,418\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"New Threat Intelligence Analysis Threatometer\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/sophos.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/10\/picture-1.png?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sophos.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/10\/picture-1.png?w=416\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60843\" src=\"https:\/\/sophos.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/10\/picture-1.png?w=640\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sophos.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/10\/picture-1.png 416w, https:\/\/sophos.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/10\/picture-1.png?w=150 150w, https:\/\/sophos.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/10\/picture-1.png?w=300 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\"   \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31674\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Threat Intelligence Analysis Threatometer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Your Top Requested Features<\/h2>\n<p>You asked and we listened &#8211; XG Firewall v18 also includes your top requested features as well as other innovative enhancements related to SD-WAN, NAT, networking, firewall rule management, notifications and alerts, and much more. Take a look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sophos.com\/en-us\/medialibrary\/PDFs\/factsheets\/sophos-xg-firewall-key-new-features.pdf?cmp=26058\">full list of features<\/a> for complete details.<\/p>\n<h2>Help shape it<\/h2>\n<p>To take part in the testing, head over to our <a href=\"https:\/\/community.sophos.com\/products\/xg-firewall\/sfos-eap\/sfos-v18-early-access-program\/\">Community Forums <\/a>to get the latest beta firmware, meet your fellow beta testers and Sophos staff and share your feedback.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to seeing you on the forums.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/sophos\/dgdY\/~3\/xplPk2RDRas\/\" target=\"bwo\" >http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/sophos\/dgdY<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sophos.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/10\/sophos-news-xg-18-banner-access.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Credit to Author: Chris McCormack| Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 13:56:47 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The latest XG Firewall release offers a ton of new innovations, and here&#8217;s your chance to test them out.&lt;img src=&#8221;http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/sophos\/dgdY\/~4\/xplPk2RDRas&#8221; height=&#8221;1&#8243; width=&#8221;1&#8243; alt=&#8221;&#8221;\/&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[10378,10377],"tags":[10379,18663,10384,10409,23124],"class_list":["post-16577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security","category-sophos","tag-corporate","tag-early-access-program","tag-network","tag-xg-firewall","tag-xg-firewall-v18"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}