After registering the Sophos XG Firewall with Central Account, go to Synchronized Security and under Synchronized Application Controlsection, tun the Enable Synchronized Application Control feature ON.

The SAC feature on Sophos XG Firewall receives information from the endpoints via the heartbeat, therefore, security heartbeat feature is needed.

Sophos Central Account is needed to enable SAC.

This article illustrates a detailed description on how to configure Synchronized Application Control.

Only connections that are not known by the IPS application control are reported by SAC. Clients needs to install endpoint protection or intercept X or both, then attend the Early Access Program (EAP) if needed. Every application that utilize TCP connection and is related to an executable, is reported by the endpoint.

Synchronized Application Control (SAC) is an extension of Application Control (AC), therefore, AC has to be enabled in the firewall rule controlling the traffic.

How to configure Synchronized Application Control (SAC).The serial number of the firewall synced with the Sophos Central account should now show up. Go to Settings in the left hand navigation.

Verify if Security Heartbeat is enabled.

Add the Email Address and Password for the Sophos Central Admin account to sync with the firewall.

This article provides the steps to enable Security Heartbeat on Sophos XG Firewall.

To block Coc Coc and Zalo we first enable Security Heartbeat and Synchronized Application Control.

This article provides the steps to block Coc Coc Browser and Zalo chat on Sophos XG Firewall.

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