XG Firewall - Roadmap?

Question

Hej, 
 is there a roadmap for the XGs for the next major versions and the planned functions? 
 Thanks.

SOS2000 · Accepted Answer

Sophos Firewall Roadmap 
 XG v17.1 
 XG v17.1 will be released in April at the latest. 
 
 Synchronized Application Control (SAC) - Various improvements and more well-known software 
 CASB Visibliity - Even more insight into the shadow IT 
 Email Protection - Per-user controls over black/allow list & exeptions 
 Migration Tool from SG to XG (Sounds great, but unfortunately it&rsquo;s not &ldquo;yet&rdquo;. Much is not taken over.) 
 Support for new hardware models XG85 - XG135 Rev. 3 
 
 XG v17.2 
 
 Stonewalling - When an endpoint is infected, the firewall stops other clients from communicating with it to prevent it from spreading across the network. 
 Central Management & Reporting - Cloud Management and Reporting from the Firewall 
 Email Protection - BATV/SPF/AD User verification - This will finally bring important features to the XG. The XG MTA is completely replaced by the UTM. 
 Support for the new APX access points 
 IPS TALOS categorization 
 
 XG v17.3 
 XG v17.3 will also be released this year. Here is a small extract of the expected features. More detailed explanations will be given by us shortly before the release. 
 
 Lateral Movement Detection - Leverage Firewall to detect lateral movement attempts from Eps 
 Device Discovery and IOT - Device detection and identification with Deep Learning 
 Email Protection - DKIM Protection 
 Air Gap Licensing Support - Support from enviroment where Internert access is limited for Firewall licensind and synchronisation 
 Web & Firewall - Support classrom-wide URL overrides, Automatic firewall rule groupings 
 
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Ronak Sheth · Answer

Hi Steppenwolf , 
 Next major release is 17.1 and expected by end March 2018. 
 Regards, Ronak.

JanSadlik · Answer

Hi all, 
 Two weeks ago, the "sophos-xg-firewall-v17-1-whats-new" document was published 0576.sophos-xg-firewall-v17-1-whats-new.pdf . The v17.01 version is expected to be available in April. 
 Regards Jan

TheBalmasque · Answer

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M8ey · Answer

jan-h said: Is there any news when new hardware will be released? 
 
 Hey Jan, 
 I had a meeting with my Sophos rep last week and they said there was a Launch of V18 and Hardware in the coming couple of weeks. (Australia) 
 
 Cheers