WatchGuard Network Security

WatchGuard is one of the leaders in the Gartner magic quadrant and gives extreme confort to the client when protected by WatchGuard firewalls.

Currently utilizing Watch Guard Network Security for internal and external network security, Virtual Private Network, rules, IP, and geographical based routing. Watch Guard Network Security provides for all the aforementioned as well as real time network monitoring. There are some issues with failover clustering but workarounds have been made to ensure failover clustering is performed in the event of a node failure of the primary.

WatchGuard Network Security is a fantastic product, one of which I'd readily recommend to others looking for a dedicated hardware solution. It's easily accessible for newcomers with all the information provided online, and readily customizable to fit in near any situation. We currently use it to maintain branch office communications, and have had no issues building it out more as the organization grows.

I use the WatchGuard Network Security for their security features, protecting us from the outside. I also will use the VPN capabilities, but mainly for myself and one or two others that access the sites remotely.

Primary external protection, VPN reporting, tunneling, all the basic use that a company would deploy this product for.

We are all at the mercy of those who would like to steal from us and misuse personal data. Early on, I realized that I needed to place a "firewall" between my local area network and the outside world—the Internet. Time and time again, careful inspection of incoming attempts at breaking in to our local network has proven to me that the WatchGuard system does a super job of blocking unwanted intrusion and helping to prevent our users from accidentally going to malicious web sites. This protects our employees and guests in ways that they would not expect - working behind the scenes to keep them safe without interfering with their use of the Internet. This is the Internet as it was meant to be: easy and safe. I've been in the computer field for 50 years and very glad to have invested in the WatchGuard solution.

We protect clients local and cloud networks with it. There is a lot of PII at many of the firms we handle and we need to protect exposure of this data.

We have T50 and T55 on our vessels as firewall and each vessel has around 100 servers and computers etc.

Because we work in advertising and marketing, it is important for our customers to trust and feel their business assets are safe and secure with us. In this world of sometimes working remotely we know our data--and our customer's data--is safe from outsiders yet lets us be flexible in where we work.

We use WatchGuard Network Security both internally and at most of our clients to provide a secure network firewall that balances ease of configuration and maintenance with a high level of functionality and security. Over the last 8 years I have deployed dozens of WatchGuard appliances and we've been highly impressed with the reliability they've provided, with under 5 units requiring service, and all of those were replaced quickly by WatchGuard to minimize downtime.

We use WatchGuard firewalls with WatchGuard Network Security to secure and connect all 4 of our primary business locations with secure branch office VPN tunnels keeping all locations securely connected at all times. The configuration interface for these firewalls is so simple yet it produces the same level of security that the higher end firewalls that are command line driven provide.

Our various locations are connected via WatchGuard firewalls. They provide basic firewall features as well as content scanning and a point-to-point VPN.

We use it both internally by way of their NFR program for partners and deploy it at our managed service and break-fix clients. Over the past 6 or 7 years, WatchGuard's network security appliances have become the backbone of our network security across all of our clients. If they haven't already been migrated to one of their appliances, then we are currently in talks to have that migration performed.

We have Watchguard appliances at all of our locations. We use them to implement flawless branch-office VPN and mobile user VPN. I do not have to worry about intrusion with the various default security features that come out of the box. I have used competing firewall appliances such as Sonicwall, and find Watchguard to be superior.

Watchguard Firebox helps to defend our network from unwanted intrusions on the internet. It allows us to customize that protection to allow the internet services we need and block the ones we do not want or are potentially dangerous. We use their VPN services to secure staff when working remotely and I like the ability to easily block access to any of our or all services from countries that we do not deal with.

We use a Firebox T40 in this office. It makes remote working easy through VPN for both Windows and Mac. We recently upgraded from a T30 and the transition was seamless. Users' VPN programs didn't need to be reinstalled or reconfigured. Most people didn't even know we changed anything.

We use Watchguard for our primary internet connections in 7 buildings and use IPSec tunnels to keep everything connected.

We have dual internet connections and the functionality the firebox provides is adequate.

Managing the support contracts is the only challenging part, as security changes it would be nice to have better recommendations on what we should be purchasing to have the best value for our money and the best services to keep us protected... this is an area that could use improvement.

Watchguard is the choice Firewall/UTM for the edge of all of our client networks. This is our first line of defense for our client networks as well as handling VPN and ISP failover.

This WatchGuard Firebox T15 worked well for the small office (8 employees) and 100mbps fiber internet. We were only utilizing 3 of the 9 subscriptions as we didn't have a severe data center to protect. When we moved to the new office and ran 20 people, the network was more congested and about the same speed (even on 400mbps coax internet). The final office with about 80 devices and 5 wireless AP's, the network kept suffocating. WatchGuard did recommend we upgrade the device BEFORE we tried using it as it was not recommended. We didn't have $2800 to upgrade, so we're currently with a different security device.

I use WatchGuard Network Security solutions in many customers infrastructures for security, control and manage access. The products are very powerfull and simple to use. A lots of nice features were release every year. The support service is very efficient and the WatchGuard Network Security Italian Team is very helpful to give me advice for the right devices configuration.

We use it for global security and for our WAN.

Watchguard is the perimeter firewall for multiple office. I use it for Site-to-site VPN networking connecting all offices together. its used for the rare need for remote VPN access to internal resources. It is used to provide some content filtering for example porn, hacking, and other sites that are sensitive in a corporate environment. Its nice to have the ability to block access to websites based on countries helps to eliminate some of the more riskier connections outside the US.

We use the Watchguard Firebox firewall in our organization. It protects our network from intrusions with TSS, helps us to host our web server and on-prem MS Exchange servers, and also provides services for our users such as VPN access. We use multiple fireboxes at a few different locations and connect them with the Branch Office VPN feature.

Our organization is comprised of 3 campuses, one fiber connection (1GB), and two Dedicated Ethernet Circuits (MPLS). We implement three Watchguard Fireboxes (M370, M390, T35), one at each campus, with two of the campuses performing MAC filtering. Total number of devices managed is 400-450 on any given day. Watchguard's Basic Security Subscription on each Firebox along with our policies protects our servers, students, and teachers. Reliability has been 100% over the past four years. Not one lock-up. Speed is 650-850mbps at each wired device on our network. Tech support is rarely needed. That is, we may have implementation questions to complete a particular task, but not bug issues when we contact support. Tech support sometimes is instant, and other times, a few hours away. 5 1/2 Years ago we had an appliance fail, a next-day replacement was provided, and a dedicated tech got us back up and running in less than an hour. Is it the least expensive product, no. Is it the most expensive product, no. It is however the best ROI with high performance for the $. We have tried other appliances, Watchguard wins our business.