Alert Logic Web Security Manager vs WatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product

Alert Logic Web Security Manager

Great at web-based attack protection.
Easy to add sites within a few minutes once familiar with the interface and process.

IT Security Infrastructure Coordinator

Northside HospitalHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees

WatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product

WatchGuard XTM comes in different models, so you can choose the model best suited for your company size. I think it works well in small as well as very large networks. I have not used this feature, but you can create a "FireCluster" to connect member devices of the same model if you need to put multiple WatchGuard XTMs in your environment. Coming from command line, it took a little adjusting to learn which screen to use to set up the different rules. Once you understand how to set up policies, it is simple to create more. New firewall administrators would appreciate the ease of creating policies, and expert administrators should find everything they need plus extra features.

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Analyst in Information Technology

Automotive Company, 501-1000 employees

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Pros

Web-based attack protection
Site monitoring
Notification and alerting from the vendor

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Brian Hoadley

IT Security Infrastructure Coordinator

Northside HospitalHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees

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GUI configuration.
Security features for the price point.
Consolidates management of VPN tunnels.

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Hyler C Cooper

Senior System Administrator

BrainSurfInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Cons

Initial professional services engagement for setup/implementation
Vendor change management without notification

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Brian Hoadley

IT Security Infrastructure Coordinator

Northside HospitalHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees

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Support can be hard to work with. While they are typically knowledgeable, there can be a language barrier. Also, most troubleshooting seems intrusive which is a problem in a production environment.
The throughput of the cheaper models leaves something to be desired.
Have had some issues running VOIP behind these, but have not been able to narrow down the issues to the phone provider or WatchGuard yet.

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Hyler C Cooper

Senior System Administrator

BrainSurfInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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While these are all great firewalls, the price of the Palo Alto and Cisco boxes were high enough to make them not a viable option. I believe that the WatchGuard is in a leauge of its own in the price point. While there are nicer offerings out there, you will need to have a much larger budget to get into them

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Hyler C Cooper

Senior System Administrator

BrainSurfInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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