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Sophos Central Management & Reporting
The ultimate cybersecurity cloud platform — free and easy management and reporting for all your Sophos Firewalls and the rest of your Sophos estate.
One console for your entire Sophos security estate
Managing firewalls, endpoints, and cloud workloads across separate consoles wastes time and creates blind spots. Sophos Central brings everything under one roof.
Single Pane of Glass
Manage every firewall, endpoint, mobile device, and ZTNA gateway from one cloud console — no jumping between portals.
Synchronised Security
Security Heartbeat links endpoints with your firewall in real-time, automatically isolating compromised devices before threats spread.
Zero-Touch Deployment
Ship a new firewall to a remote branch and bring it online from Central — without ever physically touching the device.
Why businesses choose Sophos Central
A force multiplier for your security team — visibility, control, intelligence, and deployment all in one cloud platform.
Stay Informed
At-a-glance dashboard insights show all your firewalls, their status and utilization, active threats, security alerts, VPN and SD-RED device status, policy violations, and risky application activity.
Take Control
Group management to synchronise policies across firewalls, cloud backup of configurations, one-click firmware updates, real-time task queue audit, and zero-touch deployment to remote sites.
Look Deeper
Deep analytics and rich built-in reports answer tough questions, satisfy compliance requirements, and give you flexible custom reporting with filters, time ranges, and chart types.
Extend Your Network
Deploy new XG Firewalls, SD-RED branch devices, and APX wireless access points all from Central — plug-and-play provisioning with just a few clicks.
Stay Informed
Sophos Central enables you to stay completely informed with convenient at-a-glance dashboard insights across your entire Sophos estate.
- See all your firewalls, their status, and utilization
- See active threats and security alerts
- Get VPN and SD-RED device status
- View policy violations, risky apps and activity
- Get the status for all your other Sophos products
Take Control
Sophos Central provides easy full-featured group firewall management from anywhere — no VPN into the firewall required.
- Group Management — Assign firewalls to groups to synchronize policies and settings.
- Backup Management — Store firewall configuration backups in the cloud for safekeeping.
- Firmware Updates — Easily apply firmware updates with just a couple of clicks.
- Task Queue — Audit and monitor changes to your network in real-time.
- Zero-Touch Deployment — Deploy new firewalls to remote locations without touching them.
Look Deeper
Sophos Central provides deeper intelligence through analytics, rich built-in reports, and flexible customization tools.
- Identify security gaps, suspicious behavior, and events requiring policy changes
- Keep up with regulatory and internal compliance requirements
- Quickly retrieve stored log data for audits and forensics
- Report on the topics that matter most — select categories, apply filters and time ranges
- Choose the best chart type for every custom report
Extend Your Network
Sophos Central enables easy deployment of new firewalls, SD-RED, wireless, and all your Sophos products.
- Deploy new XG Firewalls to remote sites from Sophos Central without touching them.
- Deploy zero-touch SD-RED branch office, home office, or ICS auto-provisioning VPN devices with just a few clicks.
- Add new plug-and-play Sophos APX wireless access points effortlessly.
Extend Your Protection
Sophos Central is a force multiplier for your team — manage firewall, endpoint, server, mobile, and all Sophos products through a single console with Synchronised Security integration.
- Security Heartbeat™ — Shares endpoint health status with your firewall in real-time.
- Automatic Response — Isolates compromised systems to prevent lateral movement and data loss.
- Synchronised App Control — Identifies 100% of encrypted and evasive apps.
- Synchronised User ID — Makes it easy to integrate with Active Directory.
Visibility and Alerts
Sophos Central surfaces the information you need, exactly when you need it, across every product in your Sophos estate.
Unified Dashboard
All your firewalls, endpoints, mobile devices, and cloud workloads in one at-a-glance view — status, utilization, and health at a glance.
Active Threat Alerts
Instant visibility into security incidents, policy violations, and risky application activity across your entire estate.
VPN & SD-RED Status
Monitor the connectivity and health of all remote site VPN tunnels and SD-RED branch office devices in real-time.
Security Heartbeat™
See real-time endpoint health communicated directly to your firewall — compromised devices are flagged and isolated automatically.
Cross-Product Visibility
View the status of every Sophos product in your deployment — endpoint, server, mobile, email, ZTNA — from a single pane of glass.
Synchronized App Control
Identify and gain visibility into 100% of applications, including encrypted and evasive apps that would otherwise go undetected.
Management and Deployment
Sophos Central puts full-featured group management and effortless deployment in your hands — from anywhere, without touching the hardware.
Group Management
Assign firewalls to groups and synchronize policies and settings across your entire fleet with a single policy change.
Zero-Touch Deployment
Ship hardware to a remote branch and provision it entirely from Central — no on-site technician, no manual configuration.
Cloud Backup
Store firewall configuration backups securely in the cloud — restore any device to a known-good state in minutes.
Firmware Updates
Schedule and apply firmware updates across all managed firewalls with just a couple of clicks — no maintenance windows required.
Task Queue
Audit and monitor every change made across your network in real-time, with a full history of actions for accountability.
SD-RED & Wireless
Deploy and manage SD-RED devices and APX wireless access points centrally — plug-and-play provisioning with zero complexity.
Reporting and Analytics
Deep analytics and flexible reporting tools help you answer tough questions, satisfy compliance requirements, and tell your network's story.
Central Firewall Reporting
Central Firewall Reporting Advanced provides flexible, powerful tools to create custom views of network activity and threats across your entire estate.
Free On-Box Reporting
Sophos Firewall is unique in providing extensive free on-box reporting and limited cloud-based reporting at no extra charge.
Custom Report Builder
Select from a broad range of category options, apply filters and time ranges, and choose the best chart type for each custom report.
Compliance & Audit Logs
Meet regulatory and internal compliance requirements with stored log data that's instantly retrievable for audits and forensic investigation.
Questions? We're here to help.
From expert advice to solving complex problems — get in touch with a Sophos Solutions Specialist today to learn more about Sophos Central.
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