Check Point 4000 Appliances vs WatchGuard Network Security

• Management access is difficult to get to and requires a specific client, plus sourcing from a permitted IP address.
• Anti-malware, anti-spyware, and anti-bot engines do a great job at protecting from malicious content.
• Anti-spoofing makes certain exploits like the LAND attack vector as null and void.

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• URL Filtering: Extremely effective for blocking of questionable content and protecting from phishing sites.
• Antivirus: Our clients have seen far fewer active threats when a WatchGuard Network Security Device is in place.
• Data Loss Prevention: A valuable tool for our clients who require more security when it comes to metadata and personal data leaving the network.

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• Steep learning curve for admins
• No packet tracer application like the ASA to test flows prior to putting in new rules, etc.
• Policy packages are all or nothing. I cannot uninstall or turn off a piece of the overall policy, it's all or nothing.

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• Partner communications on technical issues. For example the undocumented feature of SDWAN hidden route. There is still no documentation on that.
• Too infrequent communications about high incidence technical support issues. We do not want to have to be encountering known issues and then having outages or problems that we then have to put in tickets about.
• Pay attention to your most highly technical partners, not just those that sell a lot of equipment. The highly technical partners can and do provide very usable feedback that can make the products better.
• WG wants partners to build relationships with people inside WG so we can drive solutions to problems, but too frequently, we get no response to emails sent to the proper internal resources about legitimate issues.

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• We have not seen a zero-day exploit since implementing the anti-spyware, anti-malware, and URL filtering functionality
• We have not seen a successful intrusion into our systems since the implementation of our checkpoint 4000
• We have had this firewall for 5+ years, and it still has much life left in it.

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• Blocking bad websites has saved many of our clients from any infection which saves time and money from a business being down and needing files restored perspective.
• Automatic end user training has saved time not having to go onsite to do it ourselves.
• Traffic and Security Reports that we use with clients to show them employee usage, blocked security threats, and growth projections.

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