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Anyone on the new Sophos Home Beta?
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<blockquote data-quote="Andy Ful" data-source="post: 796365" data-attributes="member: 32260"><p>Not for Windows Home, Pro, or E3. The advanced modules in the cloud, like detonation in the sandbox, are available only for Windows Enterprise E5. So, if the never seen malware happen to attack Windows Home (Pro, E3), then the Cloud Blocking Level works as a kind of configurable cloud AI heuristics. It was tested on Malware Hub, with far from whitelisting results. But, it can be very effective, if the malware was already detected by another computer with Windows Enterprise E5, because all computers with Windows Home, Pro, or E3 are automatically protected, too. So, the advanced cloud modules are indirectly (but not directly) useful even for Windows Home.</p><p>The smart whitelisting is available only via SmartScreen Application Reputation and via WD Application Control. Application Control has an additional application reputation capabilities via 'Intelligent Security Graph Authorization' feature.</p><p>I tested it, and it is different from SmartScreen and cannot be bypassed by the user, except when adding the blocked application executables (EXE, DLL, drivers) to the WDAC whitelist. The advanced user can use it to lock down the computer (not usable on Windows Home).</p><p></p><p>It seems to me, that Sophos Beta cloud capabilities are similar to WD cloud delivered protection, except configurability.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy Ful, post: 796365, member: 32260"] Not for Windows Home, Pro, or E3. The advanced modules in the cloud, like detonation in the sandbox, are available only for Windows Enterprise E5. So, if the never seen malware happen to attack Windows Home (Pro, E3), then the Cloud Blocking Level works as a kind of configurable cloud AI heuristics. It was tested on Malware Hub, with far from whitelisting results. But, it can be very effective, if the malware was already detected by another computer with Windows Enterprise E5, because all computers with Windows Home, Pro, or E3 are automatically protected, too. So, the advanced cloud modules are indirectly (but not directly) useful even for Windows Home. The smart whitelisting is available only via SmartScreen Application Reputation and via WD Application Control. Application Control has an additional application reputation capabilities via 'Intelligent Security Graph Authorization' feature. I tested it, and it is different from SmartScreen and cannot be bypassed by the user, except when adding the blocked application executables (EXE, DLL, drivers) to the WDAC whitelist. The advanced user can use it to lock down the computer (not usable on Windows Home). It seems to me, that Sophos Beta cloud capabilities are similar to WD cloud delivered protection, except configurability. [/QUOTE]
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