Sophos XG: How to configure anti-brute force features of IPS on Sophos XG

Overview

Brute Force Attacks is the technique of getting passwords by using a trial and error approach and hoping, eventually, to guess correctly. This is an old attack method, but it’s still effective and popular with hackers

How to configure

• Login to Sophos XG by Admin account
• PROTECT -> Intrusion Prevention -> IPS Policy -> Click Add to create a new policy

• Enter Name for policy
• In Clone rules: Choose one of rules which you want to apply for this policy

-> Click Save

• Click icon Edit in the policy which was created before

• Click Add to get antibrute-force feature

• Choose Select Individual signature -> Choose Category

• Choose Brute Force features which you want to apply
• Choose Action

-> Click Save

• Create firewall policy
• Firewall -> Add firewall rule -> User/Network rule
• In Intrusion Prevention: Choose policy which created before

-> Click Save

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