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How do you leverage web filtering on the XG and URL filtering with Intercept X Advanced?

MrMojoRisin76

I'm thinking of deploying Intercept X Advanced and was wondering how does it's URL Filtering interact with XG Web Filtering policies? Do the 2 ever interfere with each other, do they play well together?



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    I think the phrasing of the question led down a wrong path.

    Intercept X Advanced is a feature of Sophos Endpoint. Intercept X Advanced is not related to web filtering.  However Sophos Endpoint does indeed have web filtering.

     

    Assuming for a moment that you are using Sophos Central to manage your Endpoints, take a look at this.
    https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/121797

     

    SEC-controlled endpoints are different, but also have some web filtering.

     

    I may be wrong in this, but I think currently you manage the web control and filtering in Central and the XG web filtering on the XG appliance.  These are currently two separate configurations.  The plan (I have no timeline) is to allow for a single place to configure it and have it work on both.  You might want to talk to a Sophos Partner or someone from the Sophos Sales team about that, especially if you are buying something now that you naturally upgrade to when it becomes available.  

     

    That being said, there no interference between any of the products.  When the computer is behind the firewall you will be doing dual-work, which some might consider inefficient and other people think is important to do (and some places regulate that you must).  When the computer is not behind the firewall (home, internet café) then the Endpoint still does all the filtering.

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    I think the phrasing of the question led down a wrong path.

    Intercept X Advanced is a feature of Sophos Endpoint. Intercept X Advanced is not related to web filtering.  However Sophos Endpoint does indeed have web filtering.

     

    Assuming for a moment that you are using Sophos Central to manage your Endpoints, take a look at this.
    https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/121797

     

    SEC-controlled endpoints are different, but also have some web filtering.

     

    I may be wrong in this, but I think currently you manage the web control and filtering in Central and the XG web filtering on the XG appliance.  These are currently two separate configurations.  The plan (I have no timeline) is to allow for a single place to configure it and have it work on both.  You might want to talk to a Sophos Partner or someone from the Sophos Sales team about that, especially if you are buying something now that you naturally upgrade to when it becomes available.  

     

    That being said, there no interference between any of the products.  When the computer is behind the firewall you will be doing dual-work, which some might consider inefficient and other people think is important to do (and some places regulate that you must).  When the computer is not behind the firewall (home, internet café) then the Endpoint still does all the filtering.

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