Best way to update SEC on a stand alone network?

Hello Mark Jackson,

the dedicated SESC - Enterprise Console would be the appropriate forum (and there are several applicable threads there) and much better than General.
Anyway, please see Sophos Update Manager: Install and configure Endpoint security and control on air gapped network. SEC and endpoints are already installed so it is just a question of correctly configuring (and regularly refreshing) the update Source.

Christian

Thanks, I'll have a look now.

Does "air gapped network" mean a network not connected to a wider network/internet?

Hello Mark Jackson,

yes. Please note that the subscriptions on the SEC/SUM with a connection to Sophos determine which product versions are available on your air-gapped SUM.

Christian

Thanks, I've seen the term "air gapped" a few times but never assumed it meant an isolated network - it seems a bad choice of words when we live in a wireless world.

Hello Mark Jackson,

"air gapped" [...] seems a bad choice of words when we live in a wireless world
like ethernet for a bunch of cables [;)]? There wasn't any wireless networking worth mentioning when the term was coined. And core dump is still alive even though magnetic rings fell out of use in the 70s of the last century of the previous millennium. Would isolated be better?

Christian

I’m not sure “isolated” would fully clarify the situation as it could be described as isolated if behind a firewall or NAT router. Maybe “stand alone network” or “separate network” would help clarify.

I’m not sure “isolated” would fully clarify the situation as it could be described as isolated if behind a firewall or NAT router. Maybe “stand alone network” or “separate network” would help clarify.