Sophos Endpoint Protection for Legacy Platforms
Sophos Endpoint Protection for Legacy Platforms provides essential cybersecurity for older operating systems, ensuring your business remains secure for 500-999 users over a 25-month term.
- Extended Protection: Access to advanced threat detection and prevention specifically designed for operating systems no longer supported by their original vendors.
- Continuous Security: Coverage for ongoing malware, ransomware, and exploit prevention, safeguarding critical business data and operations.
- Compliance Assurance: Protection against vulnerabilities inherent in legacy systems, helping to meet regulatory requirements and audit standards.
- Operational Stability: Entitlement to critical security updates and support, minimizing the risk of disruptive security incidents on older infrastructure.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This subscription provides Sophos Endpoint Protection tailored for legacy platforms, offering advanced cybersecurity defenses for businesses still operating on older operating systems. It ensures continuous protection against evolving threats, including malware, ransomware, and zero-day exploits, for organizations with 500 to 999 users over a 25-month period.
Ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies, this solution integrates into existing environments where upgrading operating systems may be complex or costly. It acts as a vital security layer, protecting sensitive data and maintaining operational continuity on essential legacy systems.
- Advanced Threat Prevention: Detects and blocks known and unknown threats using multiple layers of protection.
- Ransomware Rollback: Reverts malicious encryption changes, minimizing data loss from ransomware attacks.
- Exploit Prevention: Stops fileless malware and exploits that target vulnerabilities in applications and operating systems.
- Web and Application Control: Manages user access to websites and applications to reduce risk.
- Centralized Management: Provides a single console for policy management and threat reporting.
Secure your essential legacy systems with Sophos Endpoint Protection, delivering robust cybersecurity without the need for immediate, costly OS upgrades.
What This Solves
Access to Advanced Threat Detection
Access to Sophos's latest threat intelligence and multi-layered protection engines, ensuring that even older systems are defended against current malware, ransomware, and zero-day exploits. This proactive defense minimizes the risk of security incidents and operational disruption.
organizations with critical applications on unsupported OS, businesses requiring continuous security updates, environments with strict data protection policies, companies managing diverse IT infrastructure
Coverage for Exploit and Ransomware Attacks
Coverage for sophisticated attacks that target vulnerabilities in legacy software and operating systems. This includes protection against ransomware encryption and the ability to roll back malicious changes, preserving business data integrity.
companies handling sensitive customer data, businesses with high uptime requirements, organizations subject to data breach regulations, firms with remote or hybrid workforces
Protection Against Zero-Day Threats
Protection against unknown threats that exploit newly discovered vulnerabilities. Sophos's behavioral analysis and machine learning capabilities help identify and block novel attack vectors before they can compromise legacy systems.
financial services firms, healthcare providers, manufacturing operations, legal practices
Key Features
Behavioral Analysis
Detects and blocks unknown malware and ransomware by identifying malicious activity patterns.
Ransomware Rollback
Restores encrypted files to their pre-attack state, minimizing data loss and operational downtime.
Exploit Prevention
Stops attacks that target vulnerabilities in applications and operating systems, including fileless malware.
Web Filtering
Blocks access to malicious websites and inappropriate content, reducing the risk of infection.
Centralized Management Console
Simplifies policy deployment, threat monitoring, and reporting across all protected endpoints.
Industry Applications
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial control systems and legacy manufacturing software often run on older operating systems, making them prime targets for cyberattacks that could halt production. This solution provides essential security for these critical, often irreplaceable, systems.
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions may rely on legacy systems for core operations or specific applications that are difficult to upgrade. Protecting sensitive financial data on these systems is paramount to maintaining regulatory compliance and customer trust.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Medical devices and specialized healthcare software frequently operate on outdated operating systems. Ensuring the security and availability of patient data and critical medical equipment is vital, necessitating robust protection for these legacy platforms.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional service organizations often use specialized software that may not be compatible with the latest operating systems. Protecting client confidentiality and case-sensitive data on these legacy systems is a key requirement.
Frequently Asked Questions
What makes this endpoint protection suitable for legacy platforms?
This version of Sophos Endpoint Protection is specifically licensed and configured to provide advanced security features for operating systems that are no longer supported by their original vendors, addressing the unique vulnerabilities they present.
How long does this subscription last?
The subscription term for this specific offering is 25 months, providing continuous protection and support for your legacy systems throughout this period.
Can this protect against ransomware?
Yes, Sophos Endpoint Protection includes advanced ransomware prevention and rollback capabilities designed to detect and neutralize ransomware attacks, protecting your critical business data.
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.