Sophos Firewall
- Application Control -
Application Control Overview
Application List
Configured in:
PROTECT – Applications – Application list
Live Connections
Lists all of the current applications making connections through the Sophos Firewall.
Application Filters
Application filters are a set of rules that can allow or deny access to applications.
Application filters are applied to all users for the assigned firewall rule
Synchronized App Control
Synchronized App control can identify, classify and control previously unknown applications active on the network.
Synchronized Application control:
- uses Security Heartbeat to obtain information from the endpoint about the application
- automatically classify identified applications
Synchronized Application Control is enabled when you register the Sophos Firewall with Sophos Central.
Note:
Synchronized App Control is not supported in active-active availability deployments.
Categorizing Identified Applications
Identified applications are managed in:
PROTECT – Applications – Synchronized Application Control
You can also manually recategorize identified applications.
Cloud Applications
Sophos Firewall has a lite Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) implementation. This helps to identify risky behavior by providing insights into what cloud services are being used.
further information in:
PROTECT – Applications – Cloud Applications