Ensure No Expired Subscription Licenses

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Description

Licensing is used to enable various features on Sophos Firewall regardless whether the license is for hardware or software/virtual firewall. Reviewed in the Sophos Firewall web admin console (SFOS has no plain-text configuration export to audit offline).

How it is checked

Audit method: Manual review

This recommendation cannot be checked automatically. A scan lists it with these instructions when you pass --include-manual.

Navigate to 'System > Administration > Licensing'. Verify under 'Module subscription details' under 'Status' to ensure there is no expired licenses for all the subscriptions.

How it is fixed

Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch

Navigate to 'System > Administration > Licensing'. Under 'Module subscription details' and click 'Synchronize' to connect to the licensing server to get latest subscription details. Or contact Sophos immediately to renew the expired licenses.

Properties

Operating systems: Any
Tags: sophosupdates
Reference: CIS Sophos Firewall v22 Benchmark v1.0.0 - 3.5 Ensure No Expired Subscription Licenses