Question Saftey of using Symantec endpoint protection

[Parkinsond]

Sophos home is great too for non open source firewall

Is not SEP sufficient as FW and IPS?

 

[Kongo]

Is not SEP sufficient as FW and IPS?

SEP is only protecting the device it is installed on. Therefore your computer. The rest of your devices on the network are unprotected if your Router's firewall isn't configured correctly. That's why you need a hardware Firewall or a Router with a build in firewall that is configured correctly. The Router I use has some additional security features that are nice to have but are not essential imo: ASUS Network Security – AiProtection and Router Security | ASUS Global

@Vitali Ortzi isn't referring to the Antivirus product "Sohpos Home" but to the Firewall of Sophos for home use that you can set up on an old computer or laptop that you don't use anymore: Cybersecurity as a Service Delivered | Sophos

 

[Trident]

The Router I use has some additional security features that are nice to have but are not essential imo: ASUS Network Security – AiProtection and Router Security | ASUS Global

Same… I’ve got the AXE7800. Very disappointingly, the two-way IPS does not support HTTPS traffic. Trend Micro pushes almost daily signatures for their IPS divided in Network Content Inspection Pattern and Network Critical Content Pattern. Asus updates them about once-twice a month. And not even automatically.

 

[Parkinsond]

That is too much setup; I welcome port scanners

 

[Kongo]

Same… I’ve got the AXE7800. Very disappointingly, the two-way IPS does not support HTTPS traffic. Trend Micro pushes almost daily signatures for their IPS divided in Network Content Inspection Pattern and Network Critical Content Pattern. Asus updates them about once-twice a month. And not even automatically.

Noticed the irregular updates too but for me it updates automatically but only once or twice a month.

 

[Kongo]

That is too much setup; I welcome port scanners

It's not that difficult. Normally a router should come preconfigured and doesn't need much configuration at all. Maybe consider resetting the whole router and see what changes it does to it's security settings. A working firewall within the router is a must have nowadays.

 

[Parkinsond]

It's not that difficult. Normally a router should come preconfigured and doesn't need much configuration at all. Maybe consider resetting the whole router and see what changes it does to it's security settings. A working firewall within the router is a must have nowadays.

My modem router was recently reset to factory settings with changing its password and its firewall is always set to the maximum level.

 

[Kongo]

My modem router was recently reset to factory settings with changing its password and its firewall is always set to the maximum level.

Let's discuss this further in private chat if you want. We are hijacking the thread right now. Maybe I can help out a little.