Central Firewall Reporting EAP for V18 is here!

Question

Hi, some of the testers v. 18 EAP received such an email with a token to activate the early version of Central Firewall Reporting in Sophos Cloud.

Dear Sophos Early Access Program Member,

Thank you for taking the time to register for the XG Firewall v18 Early Access Program (EAP). We appreciate your help in testing all the new features we’ve packed into the v18 firmware.

As part of the registration process you indicated to us that you would also like to participate in our Central Firewall Reporting (CFR) Early Access Program. CFR is Sophos’ new cloud-based reporting solution that provides you with a powerful, flexible set of tools to create reports on network activity through Sophos Central and your XG Firewall.

Enabling Your Central Firewall Reporting EAP License

Attached is an access token that will enable CFR for your specific Sophos Central account. This is a unique token and should not be shared with anyone:

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To use the token, please follow these steps: Go to the "Early Access Programs" section in Sophos Central, listed under your account.

Enter your unique invitation code for the CFR EAP and join the program.

The associated EAP program will appear in the list.

Please note that you will need to make sure your XG Firewall is running v18 firmware. Also, note that the XG 86 and XG 106 are not currently supported for the CFR EAP.

We encourage you to test each of the out-of-the-box reports CFR offers as well as the hundreds of variations you can create tailored to your organization’s specific needs.

Accessing CFR

From the v18 XG Firewall, enable Central Firewall Reporting by navigating to Central Synchronization > Configure > and Use Sophos Central Reporting.

From Sophos Central, navigate to Firewall Management > Firewalls > (accept services if you have not done so previously) and open the ... menu and View Device Reports. An example is shown below:

Share Your Feedback

Similar to the XG Firewall v18 EAP, please share your Central Firewall Reporting EAP feedback via the Community site or through your XG Firewall&rsquo;s feedback mechanism in the user interface.

Regards, Your Sophos Central Firewall Reporting Product Team

Check your inboxes! It looks pretty cool ;-) PS You must wait a little bit till logs goes to Sophos Central cloud. 
 best regards darnoK

Rob Andrews · Accepted Answer

Hi, 
 A few answers to the questions here. Our direction and strategy is to build Central Management so that it replaces the legacy CFM (partner only) solution. Central Management phase 2 EAP just launched and we encourage you to test and give us our feedback. It is built from the ground up on modern cloud architecture. It will be more performant and achieve greater scale for devices under management. CM will also be free for partners and customers. 
 Save and schedule for reports are planned for CFR, but they are unfortunately not part of the initial release. I'm sure we'll have some moans and groans on this (myself included) but we had to draw line somewhere so that we can meet a specific delivery date. The good news however is that they are planned to be delivered shortly after the initial release and we will be pushing out updates roughly every 6 weeks into Central. 
 I'd like to encourage you to post feedback for CFR in the respective community: https://community.sophos.com/products/xg-firewall/sfos-eap/central-firewall-reporting-eap/ 
 Intro post: https://community.sophos.com/products/xg-firewall/sfos-eap/central-firewall-reporting-eap/b/announcements 
 Thanks for the testing and feedback you've provided so far, and thanks in advance for the feedback that is to come.