Intercept X Endpoint Reviews

We use it for all of its features, with the exception of mobile device management. We use it for DLP, malware protection, some forms of asset tracking, application blocking, and so forth.

It is deployed on-premises and on the cloud. We are using its latest version.

Malware protection and application blocking are absolutely great. The DLP and malware features are very helpful.

It is also very user-friendly, reliable, and scalable. It is easy to set up. We are also happy with its price and support.

Mobile device management is a challenging area, and it can be improved. Some areas in the DLP solution can also be improved. It has the DLP capability, but it is not an all-out DLP program. I would like to see them improve the DLP solution in terms of reporting and possibly network monitoring. Currently, they only do the reporting parts of it.

I have been using this solution for close to two years.

It is a very reliable solution.

It is very easily scalable. We have scaled it, and we had very minor problems in expanding it across the organizations and new acquisitions.

They provide a great response. They are available through email and phone calls. After you create a ticket, they will respond within 24 hours.

We've only used Symantec. Symantec is nowhere near this solution.

The initial setup was straightforward.

Our team did the deployment. We got the training from them, and we did the deployment ourselves.

Compared to other solutions, such as CrowdStrike, we are most certainly happy with its pricing. We did a three year-business deal.

I most certainly would recommend this solution. One of the recommendations would be to make sure that you have a plan and a dedicated team to be able to manage all of the functions that are in the Sophos solution.

I would rate Sophos Intercept X an eight out of ten.

We primarily use the solution as endpoint protection as well as for endpoint detection and response. It's like an EDR. It's basically used to prevent ransomware.

I would say that it's difficult to really say how it's improved our organization. We had never actually been hit by a ransomware attack prior to installing Sophos and never had Sophos tell us that we're experiencing one. That said, it's very important to be protected. Getting attacked would be a disaster.

We were looking for something that could sense ransomware attempts, to encrypt files, and cut off and reverse attacks as well as alert us to issues. That's what the Intercept X is designed to do. It's very good at security and protection. It offers very good reports.

The initial setup is simple.

The biggest feature that's on the server version that we're using, the EDR, is the ability to push data on threats that it's seeing over to another management platform, like a managed detection response service. It's nice that it's possible to do this and we don't have to pay so much attention to the alerts. They can for us.

It's a challenge to do system maintenance work on a notebook. You always have to disable Sophos first. Otherwise, it thinks you're a virus. It would be ideal if there was some sort of setting where you could warn the system it's just you in there doing routine maintenance.

I've used the solution over the last couple of years. However, I haven't used the product too heavily.

The stability is relatively good. We've had a few false alarms, however, there's nothing major that's happened so far. It seems free of bugs and glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's good.

I haven't personally tried to scale anything. It's probably pretty scalable because you don't have an appliance. Appliances have limitations as they have a set size or capacity. It is a cloud-based console, therefore it can probably scale pretty well.

We have 80 people in our organization and everybody uses the product.

I'd rate technical support pretty high. I'd give them an eight out of ten. They're helpful. They are knowledgeable and responsive. We've been satisfied with the level of attention we get when we need them.

We didn't have anything previously for anti-ransomware. We just had the Kaspersky antivirus. However, it wasn't able to detect ransomware specifically. Therefore, we put Sophos Intercept X on to do that.

We've found the initial setup is pretty straightforward. It's not overly complex. We didn't have trouble setting everything up.

We're using the latest version of the solution.

We've got Sophos Intercept X on the notebook computers along with Kaspersky and then on the servers it's only Sophos EDR, which has both antivirus and Intercept X. All are bundled together.

The console's on the cloud and that's just installed on the clients, however, they all communicate with a self-hosted JIRA cloud console.

I'd advise those considering the solution to probably just go with the antivirus portion as well. That way, you've got it all under one console. We're juggling two consoles, Kaspersky and Sophos. It would be easier if everything was under one.

ON a scale from one to ten, I'd rate this product at a nine. We've been very happy with it.

The malware detection is the key feature. It provides exploit prevention and rollback capabilities to counter ransomware attacks.

Pricing could be cheaper.

I have been using Intercept X Endpoint for over ten years.

It is stable for our customers.

Support is very responsive.

Positive

Kaspersky is currently only focused on government, whereas Sophos is focused on SMBs and mega enterprises.

The initial setup is easy and takes around five to ten minutes, depending on the network.

The pricing is a little bit higher than that of other solutions.

Some people are using AI technology to detect and regress malware.

It is easy to maintain. I recommend the solution.

Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

We're creating a software center. I just install the Sophos engine software and make the policies, like threat protection policies, for example.

The configuration is quite useful. All of our events are managed centrally from Sophos. We can manage security from there. 

Policies are flexible and very user-friendly. The dashboard is user-friendly as well. 

It is simple to set up. 

The solution is stable.

It is not overly expensive. 

I'm not clear on what features need improvement. Everything is mostly fine. 

I've been using the solution for two years. 

It's a very light application and very stable. It's reliable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. 

We're a partner, and a lot of our clients are on this solution. 

The last client we deployed for had 4,000 users. However, each company differs in terms of the number of users. 

We also deal with Trend Micro. 

The setup is straightforward. It is not overly complex or difficult. 

The deployment was pretty quick. You just have to set up the policies. Depending on the additional policies you have to set up, it may take longer. 

We are able to deploy the solution for our clients. I've worked on various deployments for clients. 

The pricing varies. It's different from client to client, depending on their environment and needs. It's not overly expensive. 

We're Sophos partners. 

I'd 100% recommend the solution to potential users. It's great for protecting devices and offers great security. There are a lot of malicious threats online right now. Companies need to protect themselves, and Sophos can help. 

I would rate the solution eight out of ten. 

We are using it for endpoint antivirus, hardening, and some DLP policies. Its version is the current one.

It is very easy to set up and easy to use. It is also not resource-intensive.

It has been very stable. It has done a good job of stopping and preventing different threats from being triggered.

Sophos has a lot of different features. Some of them are tied to different clients, which may mean that different prices or licenses have to be added on. It can be a little bit confusing if you're not familiar with the logic of how they work. They can make it a little bit clearer.

I have been using this solution for about a year and a half. 

Systems have been stable during deployment. It is not resource-intensive, and it has been working well.

It has been easy to add additional Sophos components. They all are using the same console. We have about 400 users who are using this solution.

We were using Symantec. We switched because we just needed something that was a little bit more aggressive and next-generation from an antivirus perspective.

It is very easy to set up.

We had a third party that helped us set it up.

It was fairly and reasonably priced.

I would advise others to thoroughly vet out because Sophos has a lot of different features. It can be a little bit confusing in terms of licensing.

I would rate Sophos Intercept X a solid eight out of 10.

My client is a BPO with three branches. One branch is in the US, and two branches are in India. We are using Sophos for the best connectivity. We are using Sophos for endpoint, DLP, and encryption. We are also using it for content filtering and managing security policies. Currently, we are using its latest version.

It is stable and has a good price. I find it very good.

They need to focus on their SLA or technical support. They also need to focus on their UI.

They should also improve their content filtering tool and update it so that correct categories are there. Sometimes, when I want to block an online gaming website, it is not shown under the correct category. It is shown under another category. They need to review their content filtering tool on a bi-weekly or monthly basis and update the sites and categories. This will be really helpful for them.

I have been using this solution for two to three years.

I am happy with its stability.

I have not scaled it. Currently, I have only one client who is using it.

They need to work on their SLA or technical support. Their technical support is not as good as Cisco's support. 

They get back in one or two hours, which is not good enough for a security or firewall solution. This is because an organization's security and all the outgoing and incoming traffic depends on the firewall. When they take one hour and two hours to provide the support, an organization is in danger during that whole duration. There are many threats on the internet, and they need only five minutes to hack.

We also work with Fortinet, Palo Alto, and Check Point solutions. If a client has Check Point, we work with that. Similarly, if a client has Sophos, we work with Sophos. We have knowledge of different end products. As compared to Cisco ASA, Sophos is good. However, Palo Alto and Check Point are better than Sophos.

If you have more than five years of experience in network security or network administration, it is easy, but if you are a fresher, it is very difficult.

In terms of duration, it takes two days for it to be completely functional in production. Just connecting it doesn't take more than three to four hours.

Price-wise, it is good. Currently, we have a three-year plan.

I would definitely recommend this solution. I find it very good. If you have an experienced engineer with more than five years of experience, you can easily maintain a Sophos solution. An experienced engineer would not require any support and will be capable of handling it. However, if you have someone with two or three years of experience, it will be difficult to handle all the features.

I would rate Sophos Intercept X an eight out of ten.

We are providing this product and support for it in many sectors like health care, retail, sports, and communication sectors. We are also working with Sophos, but with Sophos Endpoint, not XG, or Sophos UTM. We work with Raya (Contact Center) that provides services here in Egypt (they are also using Sophos 550 XG models).

It improves organizations by providing dependable, intelligent attack defenses.

The most valuable feature in Intercept is its engine for machine learning. It is awesome. Its detection capabilities are saving many of our customers' databases from ransomware and other random attacks. The most interesting thing in the Sophos center is the EDR. It is easy to manage and work with. There is no need to have a cyber-security team define its tasks. In the next few years, it will be an agent EDR.

I guess really the best part of the package is the same thing that could use the most improvement. The machine learning is good and it is already developed in the database and its engine. I guess they already have processes to cover more intelligent attacks. I am not sure about the improvements possible in this area. They have developed it to discover new attacks. But it is just an engine. There are no features that users have to look inside it. I think allowing more user modification could improve this at least for purposes of customization. But I don't know if it is possible and it is just to continue to improve on what already works.

As far as added features, I would like to see some type of event management in the product. It should not just depend on the logs only. It would be something to deal with the events on PCs in a similar way to enhance the effectiveness of Intercept X and EDR. 

The stability of the product is very good as is the performance. As it works in the background there is never instability in the form of hanging at the work stations or producing false positives. It is very easy to deploy, very simple to use, very light on the operating systems' resources. But there are some guidelines that customers or anyone making the deployment have to keep in mind. They have to make rules and use the product intelligently to avoid any extra false positives or any performance issues. For example, they will want to make full scanning of the environment in times where there is a lower load on the system — in off-hours and not during the prime-time hours. But that responsibility is on the operator. 

The performance of the product itself is very stable and very good.

Scalability can happen in one click. If you have another device to add to the environment, you just make the deployment from the server on-premises. The customer does not have to depend only on the cloud server to scale. They also have an on-premise server that makes the rules between the cloud and the LAN environment to avoid any internet disconnects, or bandwidth and performance issues. They can depend on the cache server to communicate on behalf of the client to the on-cloud dashboards.

I personally think the company's technical support is perfect. They always address issues satisfactorily.

The initial setup is very straightforward.

I am not just using it in our department, we are also dealing with installations for customers. We play the role of IT. We enable Sophos products for partners. We do all the work if the customer doesn't have a technical team. We make projects for implementation and providing training.

On a scale from one to ten, I would rate Intercept X as a nine out of ten. I don't think I can rate any software security product a ten because nothing in software security is100%. 

We are deploying Intercept X on Cloud, not on-premises. The reason for this is because the previous versions of Sophos made the agents different between the anti-virus, endpoint and the Intercept X. Now with the Cloud, Sophos is making one agent for the three technologies — the endpoint, Intercept X, and EDR (Intelligent Endpoint Detection and Response). The three components are in one agent and managed by one dashboard, Sophos Central.

We use the product to protect endpoints and cloud-based servers.

The product efficiently prevents data leakages.

There should be a report including a flowchart or diagram. It will be useful to evaluate the software’s effectiveness.

I have been using Intercept X Endpoint for two years. We are using the latest version.

Around 200 people are using Intercept X Endpoint in our organization.

The technical support is good.

Positive

We have used Microsoft before. We switched to Sophos servers for security purposes.

There are always some glitches during the initial setup process, but the product has a strong technical team to handle the issues.

In case of any malicious attacks, there should be some scheduled report, like, weekly, monthly, or daily. It will help me see the number of attacks.

I rate Intercept X Endpoint a seven out of ten.