Intercept X Endpoint Reviews

This security solution covers most of the critical problems such as ransomware.

The most valuable features are ease of use and the GUI. The interface is very subjective. Personally, I am fine with it. However, some people don't like it. Generally speaking, I would say that it is easy to use.

They have a free version that is installed on mobile phones, which is very good.

The integration with my AP works well.

The price of this product should be reduced because it is a little high.

We would like to deploy across a variety of machines simultaneously through the network.

We have been using Sophos Intercept X for the past month.

So far, I haven't seen any bugs in this product, so the stability is good.

Scalability-wise, Sophos Intercept X is good. We have close to 100 users, who are mostly salespeople.

We have not engaged with technical support.

The initial setup is straightforward and not complicated. Deployment-wise, this solution is okay. It is easy to get the agents up.

One problem is that we want to know if there is a way to deploy the agent without going to every machine if I am upgrading from another product. Locally, I have to go machine by machine to complete the installation.

We deployed by ourselves.

My advice for anybody who is considering this product is that if you want ease of use for a good price, and something that addresses most of the endpoint protection needs, then this is the best solution to implement.

Generally, I like this product compared to other endpoint solutions and I don't have many complaints. The vendor just has to keep it up or continue to improve. That said, it cannot stop every virus so it is not perfect.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

We were recently the target of a ransomware attack and we used this product to clean it from our environment. Our in-place endpoint protection is just signature-based and it was not able to identify which device had passed the malware.

I am in charge of monitoring at this time.

Once we installed Intercept X, it was able to detect and remove malware that could not be found by the simple endpoint security solution.

The most valuable feature is the behavioral, non-signature-based threat detection.

We like Sophos Central, where you have access to a security console. It provides you with information such as recommendations on what to do next. Using this, we were able to trace the affected devices, which were then cleaned. If new alerts are given then we know which devices are still affected and we can take the appropriate action.

Sophos Central also shows us which alerts have not yet been attended to, which is nice.

Sophos Central does not provide all of the information that is available, so it requires us to take the additional step of retrieving details from the firewall. It would be more productive if the information between Sophos products were automatically correlated and updated in Sophos Central.

When there is an event generated by either the firewall or Intercept X, and the originating IP address is the same, these should be merged into a single event rather than two. Automatically correlating these events would save us time.

We began using Sophos Intercept X a few days ago.

We use Intercept X on a daily basis and it is quite stable.

My impression is that this product is scalable.

We have only deployed Intercept X at one hospital, which has about 300 people that it protects. We have approximately six hospitals for which we are recommending its use.

We have only dealt with the sales team in the Philippines. Our concerns were commercial in nature, for the most part, rather than technical.

Prior to Intercept X, we were using the signature-based endpoint protection by Sophos. Our license was just recently up for renewal and we are in the process of upgrading to Intercept X.

In my previous company, we were using Cisco AMP. The beauty of Sophos Intercept X is that it does both signature-based on behavioral threat protection in one agent. With some other solutions, you have to install a different product for each approach.

The initial setup is very simple. We were able to install it in a few minutes and then it automatically begins detection. Completing the initial scan involves rebooting the computer a couple of times, so it takes a little while to complete and clean out the malware if it is there.

The interface is very user-friendly and we were able to deploy and operate it ourselves.

Our company does not have 24/7 monitoring, so we are now looking at a managed SOC that we can subscribe to. Ideally, this type of service will give recommendations, above simply alerting us to problems.

We were able to eliminate the ransomware using the one-month, full-featured trial license. Our intention now is to upgrade our systems to the full product. We were given a corporate rate.

Our licensing includes local support for each of our offices, nationwide. This something that we like.

Overall, this is a good product that seems to address our concerns and I can recommend it.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

Our primary use case is to enhance existing security.  

The most valuable part of this solution is just the general capability of making security more robust.  

There are a lot of things that can be added based on the user's need for the solution.  

Where this solution has room for improvement generally is in the integration with Sophos Central and firewalls.  

We have been using Sophos Intercept for the last two years.  

Right now I am in the midst of trying to solve a bug, but I think it is generally a stable product. When there is a bug, the solution usually comes down to updating the firmware or endpoint.  

Intercept X is a scalable solution.  

We have worked with technical support due to some issues we experienced. We had some problems with firewall or endpoint issues that we could not solve immediately. While Sophos is helpful technically, their tech support is not so good. Their tech response could be better. They need to do more to deliver support that is as good or than their competition.  

Intercept is easy to install. There is not a lot to do in the setup for a cloud product of this type.  

My advice to people looking at Sophos Intercept X is that it is easy to install and has a lower price than similar solutions. I recommend it.  

On the scale from one to ten (where one is the worst and ten is the best), I would rate Sophos Intercept X as an eight-out-of-ten.  

We use Intercept X Advanced along with Sophos EDR (Enhanced Data Detection and Response).  

We use it for our servers and clients as advanced protection. It is not just a simple virus scanning product.  

We use it to work with clients and it is installed on five servers. At this time we have only installed it at one customer site. But we plan to continue to expand.  

The most valuable part of the solution in our use case is client isolation. It is a good feature.  

What I think Sophos can improve is with the data-loss feature, especially when it comes to using USB sticks and USB hard disks. The feature blocks access to these USB sticks and disks and there seems to be no immediate workaround for that. Our customer was not satisfied with the feature. We actually ended up having to deactivate this feature because it is too aggressive and could not meet the client's needs.  

We started using Sophos Intercept X in December of 2019.  

We have not had a problem at all with the stability.  

It is easy to scale this product. As far as the typical organization size that it fits, I would say it is suited for smaller and medium-sized companies. We have not yet installed it at a large customer site, so I cannot answer about large or enterprise companies specifically.  

To this point, I have not had a need to use Sophos support for Intercept X specifically.  

I have used Sophos support for other products that we use. Sophos support for XG is okay if it is just regarding questions about the product. I did not have any problems with them in getting a good answer to questions about the product or installations. But when it comes to device defects, then it can take four to six weeks to get a solution. In that case, the support is really not satisfactory. It does not satisfy me and it is really unacceptable.  

We did use other solutions in the past, including Trend Micro, Symantec, and Kaspersky. The main difference between Sophos Intercept X and the other products is the client reservation feature. I believe that is a standalone point for Sophos as it is the only product that has it. It allows particular hosts to always use the same IP address which is sometimes desirable.  

The administration of Trend Micro is one thing which I like about that product. It is very easy to use. I would say that Trend Micro is better than Sophos on that point.  

We switched to Sophos because we are selling Sophos firewalls already. The Sophos Intercept X product works better with these firewall solutions than other virus scanning products from different vendors. We decided to keep to the same vendor for a more unified solution.  

We started to work with Sophos Endpoint Protection originally and we are on Bonfire XG as well. It is convenient to expand out working with the brand as a partner.  

The initial setup for the product is not simple. It is medium to complex to install and setup.  

After deploying it takes only me and the customer team for maintenance. Really one person can do it. So there is just one person at my company and I have communication with one colleague at the customer site.  

We did not need outside help from a vendor to handle the deployment. I did it myself and we are a partner with Sophos.  

Advice that I would have for people considering using virus scanning is that I, personally, would not use Sophos Endpoints. That is the simplest edition of the Sophos virus protection product line. I would use Intercept X Advanced as the entry-level product as the other, simpler product, is not robust enough to provide acceptable protection for businesses in my estimation.  

On a scale from one to ten where one is the worst and ten is the best, I would rate Sophos Intercept X as a seven. First, I never give a ten because every product can be improved. Second, I subtract two points because of my experience with the data loss feature and how it behaves with USB drives.  

We primarily use the solution to protect our company from ransomware and malware attacks.

The product is very complete.

There are products that are technically stronger. However, this product has everything in one solution, which makes it a strong endpoint option. 

There are good functionalities for advanced incorporation and good ADI functionalities that work well specifically against dangerous strains of malware and ransomware.

Since 2015, Sophos is trying to integrate its products with synchronized security. The communication from UTM to the agent goes both ways. It allows the platform to gain a very high amount of data about the Endpoint's telemetry and to give the administrators a lot of visibility. A lot of other platforms cannot synchronize with other security ICT solutions and cannot guarantee the same visibility at all. 

The ADR functionalities feel like they aren't mature enough. It hasn't been a long time since Sophos has offered reproduction. Due to the fact that it's so young, it has fewer functionalities than other and more mature ADR solutions. 

Sophos would benefit from a cloud server implementation on top of the cloud provider (whether it's Google, Amazon, Azure, etc.). The solution is great, however, it's still intended for traditional off-cloud usage. It's focused on endpoint protection of the end-user. It's less targeted on servers, especially Linux or newer implementations that have microservices contained within the environment.

I've been using the solution for about five years now.

The stability is good. We haven't seen any issues that would make us believe it is unreliable. We haven't had crashes. I don't really recall bugs or glitches.

The solution really targets medium-sized enterprises. Therefore, it's not a problem to scale until it reaches 5,000 users. Most of the Italian market would fit into this category, and therefore, it works pretty well for most organizations here.

I can say that I'm happy with the level of technical support we've received so far. In my experience, they are quick. There also isn't a language barrier. There is an Italian support team, which means we can speak with them in Italian. It's always easier than trying to explain difficult problems in other languages. They are quite efficient so I'm quite satisfied.

I am a customer, however, I also have a partnership relationship with Sophos due to the fact that we are a security system integrator and post-security system integrator. That means we not only use Sophos, but we also propose it to our clients. 

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.

I would recommend Sophos as one of the platforms to take into account when looking for a solution that would work for a mid-sized company. Whether it's the ideal solution or not depends on what objectives and goals the organization has. Those need to be taken into account when evaluating a potential solution.  

That said, generally speaking, I would recommend Sophos. If you compare the environment, the scope, objectives, and goals of the organization, you'll be able to decide if Sophos would be right for you.

The forensics within the solution are quite good. The ransomware mitigation is also impressive.

We haven't had any issues with the solution, so I can't speak to any improvements that can be made at this time.

The solution is stable.

The solution is scalable.

The technical support of the solution is satisfactory. We've never had any problems or issues dealing with them.

We're a reseller for Sophos.

The newest release has got the EDR, so I think they're moving in the right direction in terms of the development. 

I'd rate the solution ten out of ten.

The primary use case is for protection. We sell this solution to our customers.

The most valuable features are the range and restriction. This is why our users choose Intercept X.

To be a perfect product, the price would have to be a bit better.

This solution is stable.

We haven't had any issues with Sophos Intercept X and we haven't had any complaints from our customers.

This solution is scalable.

We have one customer who is scaling quickly, increasing by ten to twenty users each month. We sell them new licenses, put them in their client central, and all they have to do is pull it out to their new devices. 

We have contacted Sophos technical support in the past, but not Intercept X.

For our customers, the deployment of Sophos Intercept X is easy and it's easy to manage.

The price is pretty good.

For my customers who do not want the range and restriction features, I instead recommend using Windows Defender.

I would recommend this solution if they want endpoint protection.

Always check the Sophos Central to make sure that the device is activated with the current updates and scanning.

Customers should log onto the portal to see if the scan has been updated.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

Clients primarily use the solution for ransomware.

There isn’t a specific feature; the solution itself secures your infrastructure. We had a partner whose client was using a different solution that was hit by ransomware recently. It was an inferior product and it didn’t protect them. They didn’t buy a license to protect them for ransomware. After that, the client switched to Sophos to get the protection they lacked. It either works or it doesn’t and Sophos works.

We’ve only been using the solution for two months, so we don’t have a grasp of the full system to comment too much.

They might want to offer an MSP model for licensing, to offer the solution as a software as a service.

The solution is pretty stable.

The solution is easily scalable to thousands of users. It’s very capable.

So far, we haven’t had to deal with technical support at all.

The initial setup is easy.

We are distributors of Sophos.

I’d rate the solution ten out of ten. I think Sophos is at the top of their game and offering a good protection solution.