Sophos Offers UTM Outbound Gateway Protection on Amazon Web Services

Sophos said on Tuesday that its UTM has been the leading solution for protecting network infrastructure in Amazon Web Services (AWS) for years now.
 
Sophos Group plc is a security software and hardware company that develops products for communication endpoint, encryption, network security, email security and mobile security as well as unified threat management.

In a blog post, the Company said over that time, they have added more and more purpose-built features and capabilities to Sophos UTM that continue to make it an ideal fit for securing users’ AWS cloud-based servers and networks.

“So it’s with great pleasure that today we’re announcing the availability of our new Outbound Gateway (OGW) protection for AWS.  It provides unique visibility, policy enforcement, and elastic scalability to outbound web traffic from AWS.

“One of the advantages of moving to the cloud is the ability to scale your infrastructure up and down based on current demand. However, this can pose real challenges to your security as many solutions are designed around traffic or CPU limitations. Our innovative new OGW solves this problem by deploying a patent pending technology that load balances outbound traffic and deploys multiple Sophos UTM Workers allowing customers to use our UTM Web Protection and UTM Web Server Protection regardless of the traffic demand”

Securing Amazon Workspaces
The new Outbound Gateway, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek learnt, is specifically designed to help customers secure their Amazon WorkSpaces environment.

“WorkSpaces is a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) that allows you to run remote desktop applications in the cloud. OGW provides an easy way to ensure that your users comply with web browsing policies and prevents malware from infecting remote desktops. It makes user-based policy enforcement simple and reliable since OGW works with multiple authentication mechanisms, including Active Directory and single sign-on (SSO) for your remote users.

“The best part about this feature is it is included at no additional charge as part of your UTM subscription. If you’re already using Sophos UTM in AWS, you can check out our knowledge base article on how to configure OGW in your AWS environment. If you’d like to start using our UTM in AWS, check out our free 30 day trial of Sophos UTM from the AWS Marketplace,” the blog post read.