Sophos XGS 5500 Enterprise Next-Gen Firewall

Description

The Sophos XGS 5500 is a powerhouse security appliance engineered for organizations that require extreme throughput and high-speed connectivity. Utilizing the advanced Xstream Architecture, the XGS 5500 features a dual-processor design that eliminates performance trade-offs. It combines a high-performance multi-core CPU with a dedicated Xstream Flow Processor to hardware-accelerate trusted traffic, ensuring your security perimeter never becomes a bottleneck for your business.

encrypted era. It provides industry-leading TLS 1.3 inspection at scale, allowing deep visibility into encrypted traffic without impacting network latency. This makes it the ideal choice for environments with thousands of users and data-intensive cloud applications.

Enterprise-Grade Connectivity & Modular Scalability

• This allows for seamless integration into 10G core networks and high-density server farms.

• Triple Flexi Port Expansion: Unique to the 5500 series, this unit features three expansion slots. This provides ultimate flexibility to add 40GbE QSFP+ modules, additional 10G fiber banks, or high-density copper ports as your enterprise grows.

• Carrier-Class Redundancy: Designed for 100% uptime, the XGS 5500 comes standard with dual hot-swappable power supplies and hot-swappable fans. This ensures that hardware maintenance or a power component failure will not interrupt your network security.

Elite Protection with Xstream Acceleration

• Advanced Threat Defense: Capable of 12.4 Gbps of Threat Protection throughput, it utilizes AI-driven sandboxing and deep learning to identify and neutralize zero-day ransomware and sophisticated cyberattacks

• Sophos Synchronized Security: Part of the Sophos Central ecosystem, the firewall shares real-time “Heartbeat” telemetry with your endpoints.

Sophos XGS 5500 Technical Specifications