ICYMI: Sophos Community October 2024 Recap

Dear Sophos Community,

Before we completely move on from October, here’s a quick recap of the most important updates, highly anticipated announcements, newly released Techvids videos, and informative blog posts last month. 

We've compiled them all in one place to ensure all our Sophos Community members are up-to-date.

Firstly, here are the announcements made in the Community: 

• Sophos XDR: AI Search for Detections Now Available 
• Sophos NDR:
  • Sophos NDR: NDR Update - Version 1.8.0-2352 
  • Sophos NDR: SSH Brute Force and Port Scan detections 
• Community Security Blog: Hardening Your Sophos Firewall 
• Introducing Sophos Support - Digital Chat 

Meanwhile, here are the latest Release Notes and News on our different products:

• Sophos XDR Case Public API and Pivot Menu Actions Enhancements 
• Sophos Endpoint: Windows LTS and Azure Code Signing 
• Sophos Email: Mailbox Management API 
• Sophos Central: 
  • New Top Level Navigation for Self-Service Portal! 
  • New PDF Export Feature For Custom Dashboards 
  • Coming Soon! Passkey Authentication for Sophos Central 
  • Sophos Central Wireless AP6 – October Update 
• Sophos Firewall 
  • Sophos Connect Updates Released - v1.4 MR1 for MacOS and v2.3 MR2 for Windows 
  • SD-RED Firmware 3.0.010 pattern update released 
  • Launch Announcement: New XGS Series Desktop Firewalls and SFOS v21 
  • Sophos Firewall v21 is Now Available 
• Sophos Phish Threat 
  • [Release Notification] New HTML Editor For Email Templates 
  • 8 New Phishing Templates and 6 New Training Courses 

Our Sophos Techvids team released three new helpful and insightful videos. Watch them here: 

• New Techvids Release - Sophos Mobile: Product Overview 
• New Techvids Release - Sophos Central: Endpoint Migration with Sophos API 
• New Techvids Release - Sophos Firewall v21: Active Directory Integration 

If you’re a Sophos Partner, make sure to catch up on these announcements:  

• MDR ThreatBrief – October 2024 
  • MDR ThreatBrief : Sep 25 2024 - Oct 02 2024 
  • MDR ThreatBrief : Oct 02 2024 - Oct 09 2024 
  • MDR ThreatBrief : Oct 09 2024 - Oct 16 2024 
  • MDR ThreatBrief : Oct 16 2024 - Oct 23 2024 
  • MDR ThreatBrief : Oct 23 2024 - Oct 30 2024 
• MDR ThreatCast October 30, 2024 
• New MDR Dashboard Widgets 
• Sophos Certified Trainer Community: 100% Discount on Engineer ATC Training Packs 

And off to the fun part! Get to know Aditya Patel, one of our Sophos Community Staff Contributors in the latest Staff Spotlight feature: Sophos Community - Staff Spotlight: Aditya Patel. 

Lastly, we just announced the Top Sophos Community Contributors for CY24 Q3! Thank you to all our winners for their invaluable contributions. Check the full list of winners here: Announcing Q3 2024 Top Community Contributors 

Want to be part of the Sophos Community Leaderboard?    

Did you know that there are many awesome ways to engage, earn points, and snag rewards? Dive into the fun and see how you can be part of the next set of Top Community Contributors.    

Check out all the details on our Sophos Community Member Recognition and Leaderboards here:  Member Recognition

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