Sophos Endpoint for Legacy Platforms
Sophos Endpoint for Legacy Platforms provides essential cybersecurity for older operating systems, ensuring your business remains protected against evolving threats for 33 months.
- Extended Protection: Coverage for endpoints running legacy operating systems, preventing security gaps.
- Advanced Threat Defense: Proactive detection and blocking of malware, ransomware, and zero-day exploits.
- Centralized Management: Simplified security policy enforcement and reporting across your user base.
- 33-Month Term: Long-term security assurance and predictable budgeting for your endpoint protection.
Product Overview
Product Overview
Sophos Endpoint for Legacy Platforms is a subscription-based cybersecurity solution designed to protect endpoints that cannot run modern operating systems. It delivers advanced threat prevention, detection, and response capabilities, ensuring that even older systems are shielded from the latest cyber threats.
This solution is ideal for businesses with a mix of modern and legacy hardware, including SMBs and mid-market companies. It integrates into your existing IT environment, providing a critical layer of security without requiring immediate hardware upgrades.
- Legacy OS Support: Specifically engineered to secure older Windows and other legacy operating systems.
- Real-time Threat Intelligence: Utilizes SophosLabs data for up-to-the-minute protection against emerging threats.
- Ransomware Prevention: Active threat hunting and rollback capabilities to counter ransomware attacks.
- Web Filtering: Control access to malicious or inappropriate websites, enhancing user safety.
- Centralized Dashboard: Manage security policies, view alerts, and generate reports from a single console.
Secure your essential legacy systems with Sophos Endpoint for Legacy Platforms, offering vital protection and peace of mind for your business operations.
What This Solves
Support for Critical Legacy Applications
Access to continuous security updates and threat intelligence for endpoints running essential legacy applications. This ensures that vital business processes remain operational and protected from modern cyberattacks.
on-premises applications, specialized hardware, compliance requirements, extended hardware lifecycle
Protection Against Evolving Malware
Coverage for advanced threat detection and prevention, including zero-day exploits and ransomware. This safeguards your business against sophisticated attacks that target vulnerabilities in older operating systems.
risk mitigation, business continuity, data integrity, threat response
Centralized Security Management
Entitlement to a unified management console for monitoring security status and enforcing policies across all protected endpoints. This simplifies security operations and reduces administrative overhead.
IT administration, security posture, operational efficiency, reporting needs
Key Features
Exploit Prevention
Blocks techniques used to exploit software vulnerabilities, protecting against unknown threats.
Ransomware Protection
Detects and stops ransomware attacks in progress, preventing file encryption and data loss.
Malware Detection
Identifies and removes known and unknown malware before it can infect systems or steal data.
Web Security
Filters access to malicious websites, reducing the risk of phishing and drive-by downloads.
Centralized Reporting
Provides clear visibility into security events and endpoint status for informed decision-making.
Industry Applications
Manufacturing & Industrial
Many industrial control systems and specialized machinery run on older, legacy operating systems that require specialized protection to prevent operational disruptions and cyberattacks.
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions often maintain legacy systems for critical back-office functions or specialized trading platforms that require robust, ongoing security to meet regulatory compliance and protect sensitive data.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations rely on a variety of medical devices and diagnostic equipment that may operate on legacy platforms, necessitating security solutions that can protect these critical systems without impacting performance.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies may have long deployment cycles for essential infrastructure and specialized applications running on legacy systems, requiring tailored security solutions to maintain operational integrity and data security.
Frequently Asked Questions
What operating systems are considered 'legacy' for this product?
Legacy platforms typically refer to older versions of Windows or other operating systems that are no longer supported by their vendors with security updates. This product is designed to bridge the security gap for these systems.
How does this product differ from standard endpoint protection?
This version is specifically optimized and licensed to provide advanced security for operating systems that cannot run the latest generation of endpoint security software, ensuring protection where standard solutions may fail.
Can this solution be managed remotely?
Yes, Sophos Endpoint for Legacy Platforms is managed through a cloud-based console, allowing IT administrators to monitor and manage security policies for all endpoints from anywhere.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Medium — IT-assisted
Fulfillment
Digital Delivery
License keys / portal provisioning
Support Model
Zent Networks Managed
Renewal, add-license, and lifecycle management included
Subscription Terms
Cancellation
Cancel anytime — no charge on next cycle
You may cancel this subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will not be charged for the following billing cycle. Access remains active through the end of the paid term.
Returns
Subscription licenses are non-refundable
Digital software licenses and SaaS subscriptions cannot be returned once activated or provisioned. Contact a Zent Networks account manager if you have questions before purchasing.