How To Configure Sandboxing with Sophos Sandstorm
Configure sandboxing with Sophos Sandstorm in Sophos UTM and Sophos XG. Learn the benefits of this new feature, and how it will provide additional security to your network.
17 07, 2018
28 06, 2018
Troubleshooting Sophos UTM Up2Date Failure Due to Disk Space
When you are deploying physical Sophos UTM appliances, the Up2Date process may fail due to a disk space shortage. This typically happens if you have a large number of updates that are outstanding. This article covers how to resolve this issue.
22 06, 2018
How Google’s QUIC Protocol Impacts Network Security and Reporting
Google's QUIC protocol is designed to make the web faster and more efficient. Unfortunately, Firewalls do not currently recognize QUIC traffic as web traffic, leaving a gaping hole in your network's security and reporting capabilities. This article describes how QUIC works, its current consequences on network security and reporting, and how you can resolve the issues associated with QUIC.
1 06, 2018
Sophos SG and Amazon VPC VPN Setup and Testing Guide
This guide steps through configuring and connecting a Sophos SG to an Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) via Site-to-Site VPN.
21 05, 2018
How Fastvue is Ensuring GDPR Compliance
The new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is coming into effect May 25, 2018, so we are clarifying how Fastvue will comply with the GDPR moving forward. Administrative headaches aside, the GDPR is a tremendous step in the right direction, and as a global business it is important that we align our data practices with the high standards set by the GDPR. Here is an outline of how we are ensuring GDPR compliance by May 25th, 2018:
17 05, 2018
How To Receive an Alert when SonicWall’s WAN Interface Link Goes Down
You can configure SonicWall and Fastvue Reporter for SonicWall to send you alerts every time your SonicWall's WAN interface goes down (such as an ISP failure). In this article, I'll take you through how to configure SonicWall's Interface probe settings, along with the appropriate log events, and then show you how to create an alert in Fastvue Reporter for SonicWall to send an email every time your SonicWall's WAN interface goes down.
10 05, 2018
Recategorizing Websites in Sophos XG and Reclassifying Productivity
You can use custom categories not only for recategorizing websites in Sophos XG, but also for allowing or denying access to specific sites for certain users. They can also be used to reclassify the browsing 'productivity' for certain users when viewing Internet usage reports in Fastvue Sophos Reporter. For example, you can use them to classify lingerie sites as 'productive' for people in a retail lingerie department or to classify social media sites as 'productive' for people in the marketing department. There are a couple of "gotchas" in doing this, and I will explain how to avoid them while taking you through the process.
30 04, 2018
School Cyber-safety and Pastoral Care – Web Usage Monitoring for Schools
In schools and education facilities all over the world, staff and teachers have a duty provide reasonable care for the safety and welfare of students while in attendance. The duty [...]
30 04, 2018
Testing Sophos SSL VPN Performance – UDP or TCP?
When configuring a Site-to-Site VPN on your Sophos SG or Sopho XG, you are presented with an option to select either TCP or UDP as the transport protocol. The configuration page hints that UDP provides better performance, so I thought it would be interesting to test the SSL VPN performance over both UDP and TCP protocols and find out which one is faster!
16 04, 2018
Using Sophos XG Packet Capture To Troubleshoot Connectivity Issues
Sophos XG has the ability to capture and display actual network packet information right from the management web interface. This is a great tool to determine what is actually happening [...]