Symantec Advanced Threat Protection vs WatchGuard Network Security

• USB Control. Only allow certain usb devices to be connected and allow on certain users to have the ability to us usb keys.
• Easy of Administration, configuration and installation.
• Support is excellent. When I've called in for help they go above and beyond to help you resolve you issue or answer your questions on a certain configuration.

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• Great combination of easy to configure but still maintaining a lot of in-depth features and control available if desired
• WatchGuard Cloud [is ]included on basic and total security packages to provide [a] valuable look into [an] activity that passes through the firewall. (A lot of other platforms such as Meraki you need to simply use Syslog and third-party tools to get insights and look for issues that need remediation)
• Cohesive integration with other products such as AuthPoint for MFA adds value you can't get from traditional RADIUS only integrations of other platforms.

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• The interface can be a little wonky at times and can slow to a crawl when trying to do too much.
• Having to manually (or use another tool such as Symantec Enterprise Manager) to upgrade the endpoints is not the best way to implement clients.
• Pricing for purchase and upgrade is a little strange and takes more thinking than it should.
• They were recently purchased by Broadcomm and the new regime has been making some changes that appear to be more for larger customers.

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• It would be nice to have a fully functional web interface [for the] server manager. The server manager is often very slow over remote connections.
• Better support for OpenVPN server, or at least an easier way of creating tunnels using OpenVPN.
• user VPN user management is a little confusing until you understand that all users need to be created under SSL users, regardless of VPN type.
• Would be nice to have traffic statistics on traffic management objects.

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• We haven't ever suffered from a serious security compromise, and I owe that to our Symantec AV.
• Once installed and set up, it's difficult to pull it out of the environment and try something else, so it has a way of keeping itself stable.
• Some customers have a hard time paying the price because they don't "see" it do anything, and wonder what they are paying for.

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• VPN has meant my users are secure even when they are not in the office, this has reduced risk when they are using public networks and home networks that IT cannot regulate.
• The increased security provided by the firewalls has enabled us to positively answer questions on customers' RFI assessments to their potential customers.
• Central Management in Dimension saves our engineers time by not having to jump onto every firewall one by one.

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