{"id":25192,"date":"2024-09-12T11:20:55","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T19:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2024\/09\/12\/news-18922\/"},"modified":"2024-09-12T11:20:55","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T19:20:55","slug":"news-18922","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2024\/09\/12\/news-18922\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophos Firewall v21 early access is now available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Chris McCormack| Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2024 15:20:04 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content lg:prose-lg mx-auto prose max-w-4xl\">\n<p>We&#8217;re pleased to announce that the early access program (EAP) is now underway. The latest and greatest Sophos Firewall release brings exciting enhancements and top-requested features, including\u2026<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Added protection<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Active Threat Response has been extended with support for third-party threat feeds to enable easier integration with specialized and custom threat intelligence sources<\/li>\n<li>Synchronized Security\u2019s automated response to active threats is also extended to third-party threat feeds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-957060 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Added-Protection.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"936\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Added-Protection.png 936w, https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Added-Protection.png?resize=300,166 300w, https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Added-Protection.png?resize=768,425 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 936px) 100vw, 936px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Enhanced scalability<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>High-availability (HA) deployments gain added resilience and more seamless transitions for reduced down time<\/li>\n<li>IPsec VPN gains improved manageability, configuration, and performance<\/li>\n<li>Authentication and web enhancements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Seamless upgrades<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Any-to-any backup and restore for added flexibility when upgrading<\/li>\n<li>Port mapping support to make it easy to upgrade to an appliance with a different port configuration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Streamlined management<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Multiple user-experience enhancements, including the overall look and feel, Control Center cards, as well as VPN and static route configuration optimization<\/li>\n<li>Let\u2019s Encrypt certificate support across many areas of the firewall<\/li>\n<li>Expanded network object visibility to see where objects are being used<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-957092 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Control-Center-v21.png\" alt=\"Control Center\" width=\"2031\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Control-Center-v21.png 2031w, https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Control-Center-v21.png?resize=300,155 300w, https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Control-Center-v21.png?resize=768,397 768w, https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Control-Center-v21.png?resize=1024,529 1024w, https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Control-Center-v21.png?resize=1536,794 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2031px) 100vw, 2031px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>And more!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Download the full <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.sophos.com\/X24WTUEQ\/at\/7t8k46h9ttmxt6pn8g58k7wb\/sophos-firewall-key-new-features-v21.pdf\"><u>What\u2019s New Guide<\/u><\/a> for a complete overview of all the great new features and enhancements in v21.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Getting started today<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>You can download the upgrade package or installer for v21 from the <a href=\"https:\/\/events.sophos.com\/events\/9496899a-0e84-4fa3-9d8a-07f23841dc1c\">Sophos Firewall v21 EAP Registration Page<\/a>. Simply submit your contact info and the download links will be emailed to you straight away.<\/p>\n<p>Sophos Firewall v21 EAP is a fully supported upgrade from all supported versions of v20, v19.5 and v19.0; including the latest v20 MR2.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>NOTE:<\/u><\/strong> Sophos Firewall v21 <u>does NOT include support for XG and SG Series appliances.<\/u> XG Series EOL is March 31, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>All support during the EAP will be through our forums on the <a href=\"https:\/\/community.sophos.com\/sophos-xg-firewall\/subgrouplist\">Sophos Firewall EAP Community.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please provide feedback using the option at the top of every screen in your Sophos Firewall as shown below or via the Community Forums.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-957062 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Feedback.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1430\" height=\"871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Feedback.png 1430w, https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Feedback.png?resize=300,183 300w, https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Feedback.png?resize=768,468 768w, https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Feedback.png?resize=1024,624 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1430px) 100vw, 1430px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thanks for your support in helping make this release the best it can be.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/en-us\/2024\/08\/29\/sophos-firewall-v21-early-access-is-now-available\/\" target=\"bwo\" >http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/sophos\/dgdY<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/sophos-firewall.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Credit to Author: Chris McCormack| Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2024 15:20:04 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Enjoy exciting enhancements and top-requested features.<\/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":[12235,10384,24562,31877],"class_list":["post-25192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security","category-sophos","tag-firewall","tag-network","tag-products-services","tag-v21"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25192","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=25192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25192\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}