Release Notes & News

We are pleased to announce that Sophos Firewall OS v19.5 MR1 is now released.  This update to Sophos Firewall brings support for some exciting new hardware products plus a few feature enhancements and bug fixes. What’s New in SFOS v19.5 MR...

While many organizations have already upgraded to Sophos Firewall OS v19.5 to take advantage of all the great Xstream SD-WAN, FastPath Acceleration of TLS, High availability (HA) enhancements and quality-of-life improvements, we know m...

The product team is pleased to announce the maintenance release update for Sophos Firewall OS v18.5 with important security and reliability fixes. Sophos Firewall OS v18.5 MR5 Highlight: Anti-Malware Engine - Anti-malware engines and assoc...

In this two-part series, Tao from Sophos Support provides an overview of the Sophos Transparent Authentication Suite (STAS) and then walks you through the installation and configuration steps. STAS enables users on a Windows domain to sign in to...

In this video, Jay from Sophos Support demonstrates the new enhancements to High Availability in Sophos Firewall v19.5. Watch the full video: https://techvids.sophos.com/share/watch/zf61ZBwWoSkoduADxbfGe7  More helpful videos availabl...

We are pleased to announce that Sophos Firewall OS v19.5 is now released and generally available.  This update to Sophos Firewall brings a number of exciting enhancements and top requested features. What's New: https://vimeo.com/768187447 Xstr...

Sophos Firewall AWS Auto Scaling  Sophos Firewall with Amazon Web Services Auto Scaling is now in early access for everyone, with general availability expected in November. Special thanks to those who signed up to test early, and have alrea...

The Sophos RMA process is quick and easy. This overview of the processing includes RMA case creation, shipping and return process, and license transfers. Watch the full video: https://techvids.sophos.com/share/watch/wvSjuYGUdRu9uMkAF6vKJC Related Lin...

Hey everyone, We're getting ready to launch AutoScaling support for Sophos Firewall on AWS in early access, and I wanted to invite our community here to get first chance to test it out! What does it do? This will allow you to launch a cluster of fire...

Sophos Firewall OS v19 was released just a few months ago in April, and has already been adopted by a huge number of partners and customers who have upgraded to take advantage of the many Xstream SD-WAN and VPN enhancements. This latest update...

Sophos Firewall OS v19 was released just a few months ago in April, and has already been adopted by a huge number of partners and customers who have upgraded to take advantage of the many Xstream SD-WAN and VPN enhancements. This latest update, v19 M...

Hi Community! We have released RED firmware pattern update version 3.0.008. The firmware is immediately available for download and update. This is a maintenance release with several important security updates. Multiple RED firmware components we...

Sophos Firewall OS v19 MR1 introduces changes to our support licensing and future access to firmware upgrades  (Update on 25-July: v19 MR1 has been released now. Please refer v19 MR1 is Now Available.) Management Summary From v19 MR1, Enhanced ...

Hello Everyone,   I'm pleased to announce Sophos Connect 2.2 has been released. this is primarily a security and quality update that addresses a number of issues in the libraries used by Sophos Connect, and addresses a number of issues in the cl...

While many organizations have already upgraded to SFOS v19 to take advantage of all the great new SD-WAN, VPN, and quality-of-life improvements, we know many of you are possibly waiting for the first maintenance release for v19 before jumping in. Our...

Sophos Firewall firmware release follows a process as outlined below to ensure the best upgrade experience for as many devices as possible. If you don’t see a recently announced firmware release in your management console, the below shoul...

Jelan from Sophos Techvids walks you through the new SD-WAN features in Sophos Firewall version 19. SFOS v19 delivers greatly enhanced SD-WAN, VPN, and networking capabilities. In this video, Jelan will demonstrate how to set up an SD-WAN route with ...

Networking has evolved substantially over the last few years with more users working remotely, networks becoming more distributed, and cloud application usage exploding.  Sophos is ensuring you keep pace with new products like ZTNA for remote wo...

The product team is pleased to announce the latest maintenance release update for SFOS with important customer and partner requested features, as well as important security, performance, and reliability fixes. It is a critically important cybersecuri...

Jay from the Techvids Team goes over the fundamentals of the Sophos Connect Client, how to configure it in your environment, as well as best practices when implementing. Watch the full video: https://techvids.sophos.com/watch/MrZuLQPYESebVon9NWf...

Hi Community, The latest maintenance release (MR17) for SFOS v17.5 is now available for XG85(w) and XG105(w) models. What's new in v17.5 MR17: Resolved FragAttack Vulnerabilities discovered in the Wi-Fi specification for all internal and ad...

Sophos Firewall OS v18.5 MR2 (Build 380) is now available and includes a number of great features enhancements, security and performance optimizations, and field reported fixes. We encourage all customers to update their firewall to the latest firmwa...

Last year, we launched the new and greatly improved Sophos Connect v2 VPN client, therefore we are now announcing the End-of-Life of the old Sophos SSL VPN client for Windows effective January 31, 2022. Sophos SSL VPN clients will continue to functio...

Follow Jay in this two-part series as he goes over the fundamentals and configurations of High Availability. In part 1: Jay goes over the fundamentals and pre-requisites that you need to know before diving right into the configuration of High Availab...