CENTRAL NETWORKS AND TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

Sophos Central Intercept X Advanced

Central Intercept X Advanced for Server includes multiple policies, control capabilities (Web, Peripheral, Application, DLP), and threat cases. Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) service for AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud includes Inventory of cloud resources, identification of insecure workload configuration, suspicious access events, and unusual network traffic vulnerabilities.

Features

• Anti-ransomware
• Machine Learning
• Exploit Prevention
• Behavior Analysis
• Application Control
• Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
• Root Cause Analysis
• On-demand Endpoint Isolation
• Threat Hunting Query
• Remote Access

Benefits

• Application Control
• Peripheral Control
• Data Loss Prevention
• Web Security
• Scheduled Reports and Queries
• Consolidated protection into a single cloud platform.
• Reduce time and effort spent managing IT security.
• Automatically respond to security incidents.
• Web-based management console.
• Predefined administration, help desk, and reporting roles.

• Education pricing available
• Free trial available

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

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Framework

G-Cloud 15

Service ID

923314051396968

Contact

Tamar Waite
01706747474
Sales@centralnetworks.co.uk

About your service

• Service categories:

  Applications

  Production and operations

  • Other operations
• Multi cloud support: Yes

Service scope

• Software add-on or extension: No
• Cloud deployment model: Public cloud
• Service constraints: Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows SBS 2011 can only be supported upon purchase of Extended Support.; https://support.sophos.com/support/s/article/KB-000039324
• System requirements:
  • Windows Server 2008 R2, SBS 2011
  • Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2019 and 2022.
  • Disk space: 8GB free, RAM: 8GB, Cores: 2

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Yes
• Support response times: 4 hour SLA
• User can manage status and priority of support tickets: Yes
• Online ticketing support accessibility: EN 301 549
• Phone support: Yes
• Phone support availability: 24 hours, 7 days a week
• Web chat support: Yes
• Web chat support availability: 24 hours, 7 days a week
• Web chat support accessibility standard: WCAG 2.2 AA
• Web chat accessibility testing: Testing completed by Sophos
• Onsite support: Yes, at extra cost
• Support levels: Enhanced; • 24/7 multi-channel support; • Software downloads, updates, & maintenance; • Access to support knowledgebase and support forums; • Warranty (Appliances only); • Hardware replacement (Appliances only); • Remote assistance support; ; Enhanced Plus - includes all features of the Enhanced plan above and the following:; • Remote consulting; • Priority case and sample handling; • Phone calls routed to senior Technical Support Engineers; ; TAM - includes all features of Enhanced and Enhanced plus with the following:; • Named Technical Account Manager (TAM); • Front of the line access to product information; • Personalized communications and alerts; • Performance and feature optimization; • Enhanced escalation; • Emergency Onsite Support; ; Please see this link for reference:; https://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/technical-support
• Support available to third parties: Yes
• AI chatbot: No

Onboarding and offboarding

• Getting started: The following resources are available:; • Sophos Central Admin Help:; https://docs.sophos.com/central/Customer/help/en-us/index.html; • Sophos TechVids:; https://techvids.sophos.com/
• Service documentation: Yes
• Documentation formats:
  • HTML
  • PDF
• End-of-contract data extraction: Data such as alerts, logs, and lists of devices can be readily exported out of the customer’s Sophos Central environment at the customer’s discretion.; Sophos Central also has a Logs & Reports section that contains several reports that can be exported to PDF or CSV.
• End-of-contract process: The customer will be unlicensed, out of support and will stop receiving product updates and protection .
• Documentation accessibility standard: None or don’t know
• How the documentation is accessible: Data such as alerts, logs, and lists of devices can be readily exported out of the customer’s Sophos Central environment at the customer’s discretion.; Sophos Central also has a Logs & Reports section that contains several reports that can be exported to PDF or CSV.

Using the service

• Web browser interface: Yes
• Supported browsers:
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari
• Application to install: Yes
• Compatible operating systems:
  • Linux or Unix
  • MacOS
  • Windows
• Designed for use on mobile devices: No
• Service interface: Yes
• User support accessibility: None or don’t know
• Description of service interface: Sophos Central has a simple and intuitive dashboard, offering easy navigation and alert functions. Sophos Central provides default policies and recommended configurations to ensure you get the most effective protection from day one.; The Management console is web-based and can be accessed on supported browsers on this link:https://cloud.sophos.com/; ; For the Endpoint User Interface:; It can be opened on the taskbar. It allows the users to run a scan, see events and threat alerts detected on the device.; Entering the Tamper Protection password allows the user to disable/enable features such as Real-time Scanning, Application Control, etc. for up to 4 hours.
• Accessibility standards: None or don’t know
• Description of accessibility: The Sophos Central Admin Console can be accessed at https://cloud.sophos.com/ with supported web browsers.; Sophos Central currently supports the following browsers:; Google Chrome.; Microsoft Edge.; Mozilla Firefox.; Apple Safari (Mac only).; ; It is recommended to install or upgrade to a supported version in the above list and to always run an up-to-date version. Sophos aims to support the latest version and previous versions of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple Safari.; ; Aside from the SuperAdmin account, only users with an admin role can access the management console. The login requires an email and password as well as an Multi-factor Authentication.
• Accessibility testing: Sophos Central does not currently have a VPAT compliance attestation. As a central console, many separate Sophos products appear in Sophos Central. Some of these products are accessibility compliant and we continue to improve the accessibility of our individual products.
• API: Yes
• What users can and can't do using the API: Sophos Central has a public API program that can automate monitoring, security, and administration activities in Sophos Central. It can do many of the things normally done in the Sophos Central Admin Console including Live Discover queries and pulling events/alerts into a SIEM.; ; All our APIs are offered as RESTful HTTP endpoints over the public internet. We use standard authentication, JSON requests and responses, and standard HTTP verbs. All communication is over HTTPS.; ; Please see the following link for details:; https://developer.sophos.com/intro; https://developer.sophos.com/apis
• API documentation: Yes
• API documentation formats: HTML
• API sandbox or test environment: No
• Customisation available: No

Scaling

• Independence of resources: Sophos Central is segmented into a number of logically separate virtual networks based on the various workloads they perform (such as authentication or endpoint management). All workloads are then placed into auto-scaling groups, behind a load balancer, so that when a particular workload sees increased load/traffic, additional temporary resources can be allocated to give the group capacity to handle the load.

Analytics

• Service usage metrics: Yes
• Metrics types: Sophos Central Dashboard lets you see the most important endpoint/server protection information at glance:; Most recent alerts - shows the latest few alerts. It may include generated threat graphs that let you investigate malware attacks.; Devices and users: summary - shows details of usage and protection for users or protected devices. It also shows the number of unprotected users or devices. Web control - shows statistics for Web Control protection.; Sophos Central also has a Hero Report available that provides a summary of the status of the account including devices protected, licensing and usage, threat trends, and total threats blocked.
• Reporting types:
  • Real-time dashboards
  • Regular reports
• Resource tagging: No
• FOCUS resource tagging: No

Resellers

• Supplier type: Reseller providing extra support
• Organisation whose services are being resold: Sophos

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Conforms to BS7858:2019
• Government security clearance: None

Asset protection

• Knowledge of data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Data storage and processing locations:
  • United Kingdom
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • Other locations
• User control over data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Datacentre security standards: Managed by a third party
• Penetration testing frequency: At least once a year
• Penetration testing approach: Another external penetration testing organisation
• Protecting data at rest: Encryption of all physical media
• Data sanitisation process: Yes
• Equipment disposal approach: In-house destruction process
• Data sanitisation type: Explicit overwriting of storage before reallocation / Secure Erase

Data importing and exporting

• Data export approach: Data such as alerts, logs, and lists of devices can be readily exported out of the customer’s Sophos Central environment at the customer’s discretion.; Sophos Central also has a Logs & Reports section that contains several reports that can be exported to PDF or CSV
• Data export formats:
  • CSV
  • Other
• Other data export formats: PDF
• Data import formats: CSV

Data-in-transit protection

• Data protection between buyer and supplier networks:
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • Other
• Other protection between networks: Transport-level encryption is used to secure management communication between the client software and Sophos Central platform via certificates and server validation.
• Data protection within supplier network:
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • Other
• Other protection within supplier network: It is carried out using secured services such as SFTP, HTTPS, TLS encrypted, etc.

Availability and resilience

• Guaranteed availability: Sophos Central does not provide a traditional SLA because the availability of our products is not dependent on the availability of the web portal. However, the availability of the web portal ranged between 99.99 and 100% over the past year, depending on geographic region.; ; Sophos Central status can be viewed here:; https://centralstatus.sophos.com/#!/
• Approach to resilience: Sophos Central is hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS), across a number of virtual machine instances and services that dynamically scale to handle the current Sophos Central workload.; ; Sophos Central is segmented into a number of logically separate virtual networks based on the various workloads they perform (such as authentication or endpoint management). All workloads are then placed into auto-scaling groups, behind a load balancer, so that when a particular workload sees increased load/traffic, additional temporary resources can be allocated to give the group capacity to handle the load.
• Outage reporting: Sophos Central status can be viewed here:; https://centralstatus.sophos.com/#!/; ; It also has a subscribe button at the top right to receive status notifications.

Identity and authentication

• User authentication needed: Yes
• User authentication:
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Username or password
  • Other
• Other user authentication: Access to the Sophos Central admin console requires a login (email and password) as well as MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication).; Sophos Central also supports Azure AD Federation authentication.; ; Except for the SuperAdmin, Users need to have an admin role assigned to them to get access to the Sophos Centrla admin console.
• Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels: Sophos Central has a Role Management feature that provides admins the capability to assign pre-defined administrative roles to users who need access to the Sophos Central Admin Console. The following are the available pre-defined administrative roles:; • Super Admin; • Admin; • Help Desk; • Read-only; ; Please refer to this link for more information:; https://docs.sophos.com/central/Customer/help/en-us/central/Customer/concepts/AdminRoles.html
• Access restriction testing frequency: At least every 6 months
• Management access authentication:
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Username or password
  • Other
• Description of management access authentication: Access to the Sophos Central admin console requires a login (email and password) as well as MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication).; Sophos Central also supports Azure AD Federation authentication.; ; Except for the SuperAdmin, Users need to have an admin role assigned to them to get access to the Sophos Centrla admin console.

Audit information for users

• Access to user activity audit information: Users have access to real-time audit information
• How long user audit data is stored for: Between 1 month and 6 months
• Access to supplier activity audit information: Users have access to real-time audit information
• How long supplier audit data is stored for: Between 1 month and 6 months
• How long system logs are stored for: Between 1 month and 6 months

Security governance

• Named board-level person responsible for service security: Yes
• Security governance certified: No
• Security governance approach: The Sophos Information security framework (SISP) is based upon leading practices such as ISO 27001, SOX, and PCI as well as with Sophos priorities. Our ISPF and Security policy is part of a holistic approach to Information Security Management. Contents of ISP and security policy drives development of technical security standards, processes, and configurations will be utilized by staff and vendors to implement security controls. They also provide the context for training, awareness, audits, and compliance assurance activities. Lastly, they provide Sophos with necessary information to risk adjust business initiatives and improve the state of the Sophos Information Security Program.
• Information security policies and processes: Sophos has a dedicated cybersecurity team. The team has developed and deployed security policies, standards, and procedures validated by an active governance and audit program.; Sophos aligns with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and ISO 27001 controls.; ; Please see this link for the High-Level Overview of the Sophos Security Policy:; https://www.sophos.com/en-us/trust/high-level-security-policy-overview
• Software Security Code of Practice: No

Operational security

• Configuration and change management standard: Supplier-defined controls
• Configuration and change management approach: Changes to the production environment are strictly done after following our Change management process (including approval from the Security team if needed) and are reviewed by the operational team.
• Vulnerability management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Vulnerability management approach: The Security team (Red team) is tasked with scanning systems for vulnerability scans.; We follow a risk-based approach while deciding on the remediation of vulnerabilities.; ; Most of the systems are set for automated patch management. In cases where systems are set for manual patch updates, a time frame is mandated to the system owners to apply patches (especially security/ critical patches); All relevant teams involved in patch management (like system owners, business units, IT, Security, etc.) are notified in advance for patch activity.; Patches are tested in a test environment before moving to the production environment.
• Protective monitoring type: Supplier-defined controls
• Protective monitoring approach: We have developed our plans with guidance from the NIST 800-61 Computer Security Incident Handling Guide and we frequently review these plans for compliance with industry standards.; ; There are many ways Sophos identifies or becomes aware of security incidents. These include:; Security monitoring capabilities, often in our products, or Complementary methods we have developed; Bug-bounty reports; Penetration test findings; Vulnerability analysis; Code and application analysis; Research and threat intelligence analysis; Customer notifications; To report a potential security incident, please see our Responsible Disclosure Program.; ; Please see this link for the Overview of the Sophos Incident Response:; https://www.sophos.com/en-us/trust/incident-response
• Incident management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Incident management approach: We have developed our plans with guidance from the NIST 800-61 Computer Security Incident Handling Guide and we frequently review these plans for compliance with industry standards.; ; There are many ways Sophos identifies or becomes aware of security incidents. These include:; • Security monitoring capabilities, often in our products, or complementary methods we have developed; Bug-bounty reports; Penetration test findings; Vulnerability analysis; Code and application analysis; Research and threat intelligence analysis; Customer notifications; To report a potential security incident, please see our Responsible Disclosure Program.; ; Please see this link for the Overview of the Sophos Incident Response:; https://www.sophos.com/en-us/trust/incident-response
• Post-quantum cryptography secure: No

Secure development

• Approach to secure software development best practice: Conforms to a recognised standard, but self-assessed

Public sector networks

• Connection to public sector networks: No

Pricing

• Discount for educational organisations: Yes
• Free trial available: Yes
• Description of free trial: Free 30 day trials can be accessed from the Sophos website www.sophos.com
• Link to free trial: Www.sophos.com

Discount percentage by annual call-off contract value (excluding VAT)

• Less than £250,000: 0.25%
• Between £250,000 and £500,000: 0.5%
• Between £500,001 and £1,000,000: 0.75%
• Between £1,000,001 and £2,500,000: 1%
• Between £2,500,001 and £5,000,000: 1.25%
• Over £5,000,001: 1.5%

Non-mandatory Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001: Citation
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: Monday 19 May 2025
• What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: None
• ISO 28000:2022 certification: No
• ISO 9001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO 9001 certification: Citation
• ISO 9001 accreditation date: Friday 3 January 2025
• What the ISO 9001 doesn’t cover: None
• Quality management systems (QMS): Yes
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: Yes
• Please provide your Cyber Essentials Certificate Number: 79646496-1330-4827-b087-691615c42291
• Cyber essentials plus: Yes
• Please provide your Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate Number: 106b321e-346f-4e5c-abd9-51b4fc523fa0
• Other security certifications: No

Social value

• Section B - Commitment for Future: Delivery:

  • Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.

    Policy Outcome 3: Resilient, innovative and flexible supply chains: Support economic growth through enabling resilient businesses, opportunities for small businesses and voluntary, community and social enterprises

    • Activities that demonstrate a collaborative way to work with a diverse range of businesses as part of the supply chain

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

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