Sophos Network Access Control Reviews

Web protection, URL filtering, and application filtering are the most valuable features of Sophos Network Access Control.

Sophos Network Access Control needs improvement regarding its slow interface, loading time, and reporting.

Big companies with 1,000 or 1,500 users might face difficulties using Sophos Network Access Control.

The scope of the product is for cybersecurity reasons. It means to guarantee the connection to the internet and to the cloud and also to the user. It ensures the service that the cloud can provide is safe for the company and that there is no risk to using this kind of solution. The goal is to guarantee that there is not any risk for the company, in terms of possible attacks from viruses, spyware, or malware.

This is mainly done via two different approaches. One is to have the system intercept any possible situation using AI algorithms that can predict and can instruct the hardware to intercept malicious items. The other approach is to create a dedicated channel, a VPN channel, that is encrypted. That helps us avoid any flow of data between one device and the other. There's a high level of encryption that protects data from interception. 

The product provides good security.

The initial setup is very easy. 

It's stable and reliable.

The solution can scale well.

Technical support has been helpful and responsive. 

We are using many features, such as email security, web security, VPN solution, and network visibility. Our company utilizes SAP ERP software. When clients want to integrate into our system, we give them access and define their usernames and passwords which we share exclusively with them. For that purpose, we use Sophos NAC to prevent any kind of malware outbreak and prevent unauthorized access.

Sophos Connect client SSL VPN is quite a good feature. It ensures stability in connection. I haven't faced any issues while using this solution. I used to operate Cyberoam and there was a glitch that required active assistance. I would have to uninstall and install everything to set up a program, but with this new update, that is not a concern.

We are using Sophos Network Access Control to block certain access to USB ports and desktops.

The most valuable features of Sophos Network Access Control are the quick response times to threats and reliable security.

I have been using the solution in order to manage the security aspect of access control. It guarantees that the people can access the infrastructure in a correct way when using different kinds of firewalls like Sophos, Cisco, MikroTik, et cetera, for example. 

It's used for security hosting in terms of firewalls, which is a router with firewall performance and can really control the access from that side. It's able to manage such a level of security due to the fact that it's working on Layer 2 according to the HESA standard.

The feature that I like the best is the level of security that it can provide.

The interface is very user-friendly and it makes it easy to manage the product due to the fact that you have complete control over the system and you can set up everything in a very easy way.

The solution is quite scalable. You can expand it if you need to. It's designed to be modular.

We've found the solution to be very stable. The performance is great.

The installation is very straightforward.

I found all Sophos Network Access Control features valuable, but IP blocking is the most useful.

Sophos Network Access Control requires a lot of resources to work, which is an area for improvement. The primary concern is that it has a lot of agents running as it's an endpoint solution, so when you apply the solution on a 4 GB system, you'd need to upgrade to an 8 GB system. At times, you'd even need to upgrade to 16 GB so the agents can run confidently without impacting your operations.

I understand that one of the reasons why Sophos Network Access Control uses up more resources is because of all the patches added over time. Still, I wonder what will happen in the next four years. It could mean that you'd need to buy a 16 GB system to ensure that Sophos Network Access Control runs very well, so Sophos needs to work on this area to ensure that the system uses up fewer resources when agents run.

The Sophos Network Access Control pricing also has room for improvement, but I know there's not much you can do about it. Sophos recently had a fifty percent off promo, but here in Nigeria, there have been some FX issues, so if you pay $10, for example, years back, that could be the maximum price, so about ten thousand Nairas. That no longer applies today because Nigeria's FX issues have affected Sophos products' pricing significantly.

If you're buying Sophos Network Access Control here in Nigeria, you have to pay based on the black market exchange rate and not on the interbank exchange rate, so you can't even blame the channel partners who earn that way. I'm unsure if Sophos can work on the pricing because many users find Sophos Network Access Control very expensive. Two customers who have used it for one year stopped using the product and decided to try Norton because Sophos Network Access Control is very expensive.

As a provider, we are providing services regarding network security. From the server security units of the establishment, we are providing services to our clients to guide them against tech actors. We use perimeter defenses for them, and we have teams working with the endpoints.

Sophos Network Access Control saves our clients time and money. Instead of looking for separate tools or software to handle their needs, Sophos can successfully handle them, offering cost reduction with solid tools already on the platform.

My primary use case for this solution is managing our company's customer relationship management (CRM) activities. We operate in a mid-sized enterprise environment with around 50 employees. Our setup includes integrating our existing enterprise resource planning (ERP) system and various third-party applications to streamline operations across sales, marketing, and customer service departments.

The solution has significantly improved our organization by enhancing our ability to track and manage customer interactions and sales pipelines. It has streamlined our workflow, increasing productivity and better customer satisfaction. The integration with our ERP system has reduced data silos, allowing for more informed decision-making.