Sophos Client Firewall

Overview:

Sophos Client Firewall, a location-aware, centrally managed client firewall Key benefits is designed for endpoint computers in an enterprise environment. It proactively locks down computers to protect against known and unknown threats, such as internet worms and hackers.

Key Benefits

• Defends computers from complex and rapidly spreading threats and prevents virus outbreaks before they can disrupt your business
• Installs rapidly with out-of-the-box configuration and deployment from a central console
• Reduces administration, with scalable, centralized deployment and management
• Enforces location awareness rules to provide appropriate levels of protection for different network connections
• Stealth mode prevents unauthorized network access by hackers
• Prevents application hijacking by monitoring inappropriate application and system calls
• Stops Trojans and spyware from stealing confidential data by filtering and controlling application communication
• Prevents application impersonation by using checksumming
• Updates automatically with new versions and settings
• Includes 24x7x365 support for the duration of the license and one-on-one assistance

Features & Benefits:

 

Advanced proactive firewall protection

• Sophos Client Firewall stops known and unknown threats by tracking active ports and closing all inactive ports, ensuring that internet worms are blocked before they can exploit operating system vulnerabilities.
• A list of trusted ports and protocols can be created, providing a robust and flexible security solution.
• Application filtering allows only authorized applications to connect to the network or internet.
• Sophos Client Firewall ensures that only trusted applications can access network resources and prevents application hijacking by monitoring application and systems calls.
• Using checksumming to identify authorized applications, Sophos Client Firewall prevents malware from impersonating applications and using their privileges to spread and execute its payload.
• Stealth mode stops communication with unknown computers, effectively making the computer invisible to attackers, and preventing hackers from identifying and targeting protected computers. This provides a level of protection over and above NAT (Network Address Translation, also known as network masquerading or IP masquerading).
• Stateful inspection keeps track of active TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) and UDP (User Datagram Protocol) sessions, allowing only authorized network traffic.
• Location-aware security policies ensure mobile computers are protected, whether in or out of the office.

Automated and simplified management by Enterprise Console

• Sophos Client Firewall is integrated into the endpoint agent and is monitored and configured centrally by Sophos Enterprise Console™, providing simplified, automated management of both anti-virus and firewall from one console.
• Sophos Enterprise Console allows immediate deployment of the client firewall across the network, together with ongoing configuration control and rollout.
• Critical events are displayed on Sophos Enterprise Console’s Security Dashboard, providing rapid notification of potential security threats and letting you take prompt action against them.
• All connections—whether blocked or allowed—are logged, enabling users to monitor traffic on their computer and help detect suspicious behavior.
• Centralized automatic updating checks automatically for updates to Sophos Client Firewall or its settings, ensuring protection against new and emerging threats.
• Collects information about unknown traffic when run in monitor mode so you can refine policies fast without impacting user productivity.

Automated, powerful management

• Centralized disinfections and cleanup of malware across the network is performed in a single, simple operation from the console.
• Security, management and policy compliance information is delivered through the Enterprise Console security dashboard and customizable, integrated graphical reports. The computer and user-based reports can be scheduled to run at specific times and be automatically emailed.
• Rapid threat analysis from SophosLabs™ and the fastest updates in the industry are downloaded as frequently as every 10 minutes.

Industry-leading expertise 24x7

• Our 24x7 customer support operation is highly acclaimed, while SophosLabs™, our global network of threat analysis centers, provides a rapid response to emerging and evolving threats.

Languages available

• English, French, German, Japanese, Italian, Spanish, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.

System requirements:

Platforms supported

• Windows 7*
• Windows Vista*
• Windows XP Pro*
• Windows XP Home
• Windows 2000 Pro

Disk space

• Minimum 100 MB

Recommended memory

• 320 MB RAM

Processor

• Pentium class 300 MHz

Documentation:

Sophos Client Firewall Data Sheet (.PDF)