Overview
What is WatchGuard Network Security?
WatchGuard Network Security is a network security and firewall software. WatchGuard includes secure Wi-Fi, multi-factor authentication, and network intelligence products and services designed for SMB’s.
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Popular Features
- Policy-based Controls (410)8.787%
- Firewall Management Console (404)8.686%
- Content Inspection (397)8.585%
- Reporting and Logging (401)8.181%
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Features
Firewall
A firewall is a filter that stands between a computer or computer network and the Internet. Each firewall can be programmed to keep specific traffic in or out
- 8.6Identification Technologies(377) Ratings
Policy-based visibility and control over applications, users and content
- 7.7Visualization Tools(373) Ratings
Visualization tools present administrators with data on applications traversing the network, who is using them, and the potential security impact.
- 8.5Content Inspection(397) Ratings
Inspecting permitted application traffic by means of threat prevention, URL filtering and data filtering
- 8.7Policy-based Controls(410) Ratings
Firewall policy controls enable administrators to create firewall policies controlling what data is allowed to traverse the firewall
- 8.5Active Directory and LDAP(346) Ratings
Integration with Active Directory and LDAP directories
- 8.6Firewall Management Console(404) Ratings
Either command-line or web-based interface for centralized control and management
- 8.1Reporting and Logging(401) Ratings
Custom and summary reports, and log files enabling analysis of security incidents, application usage and traffic patterns
- 8.9VPN(394) Ratings
VPN's implement encryption and anonymize IP addresses
- 8.6High Availability(355) Ratings
Built-in capacity to prevent exposure if primary firewall stops working
- 9Stateful Inspection(371) Ratings
Stateful inspection analyzes packet headers and contents of packets
- 9Proxy Server(266) Ratings
A proxy server changes your IP address and masks the origin of your network traffic
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What is WatchGuard Network Security?
WatchGuard Network Security Features
Firewall Features
- Supported: Identification Technologies
- Supported: Visualization Tools
- Supported: Content Inspection
- Supported: Policy-based Controls
- Supported: Active Directory and LDAP
- Supported: Firewall Management Console
- Supported: Reporting and Logging
- Supported: VPN
- Supported: High Availability
- Supported: Stateful Inspection
- Supported: Proxy Server
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Deployment Types | On-premise |
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Operating Systems | Windows, Linux, Mac |
Mobile Application | No |
Supported Countries | Global |
Supported Languages | English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese, Chinese |
WatchGuard Network Security Downloadables
- WatchGuard M270 & M370 Datasheet: UTM performance, ideal for small and midsize organizations with up to 150 users looking for a rack-mounted solution.
- WatchGuard M270 & M370 Datasheet: UTM performance, ideal for small and midsize organizations with up to 150 users looking for a rack-mounted solution.
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- WatchGuard Total Security Suite Brochure
- WatchGuard M4800 & M5800 Datasheet: Typically deployed at the corporate headquarters, these appliances serve as the “hub” appliance, responsible for managing and securing all communications between the head office and all remote employee and small business sites.
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- 9.6Likelihood to Renew32 ratings
- 9.1Availability2 ratings
- 9.1Performance2 ratings
- 9Usability114 ratings
- 2.4Support Rating26 ratings
- 8.2Online Training3 ratings
- 9.1In-Person Training4 ratings
- 9.4Implementation Rating263 ratings
- 10Configurability1 rating
- 9.1Product Scalability2 ratings
- 7.3Ease of integration1 rating
- 9.1Vendor pre-sale1 rating
- 9.1Vendor post-sale1 rating
Reviews
(1-25 of 426)Loving my WatchGuard
- Web Blocking keeps my users safe. and allows me to block time wasting sites..
- WatchGuard is our first line of defence, we saw multiple RDP attacks on PCS through our previous Firewall, the WatchGuard stopped them dead in their tracks.
- setting a bypass password for newly registered websites as well as some other categories allows users to think twice after they have clicked a link.
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- Good pricing
- Upgrade options
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- High reliability
- High availability
- Our system was able to allow 100% remote access for our 150 users over IKE VPN during the onset of COVID.
- New device configuration is typically easy to implement using past configuration files as templates.
- The use of clustered firewalls significantly reduces downtime during maintenance operations.
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- Gateway security is handled
- Peace of mind
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- The most important for us is the uninterruptible access provided by clusters as we have roaming users all over the world that heavily depend on data access for business.
- The price is very right-sized, for example, having an active/passive cluster needs only one total security license to cover the cluster, not 2 such as other well-known companies.
- Old devices, no longer supported, could be used for "light security" such as internal routers with great firewalling, NAT, and so on.
- Once you have one, there's no learning curve if you change models, physical or virtual, all use the same interface and work the same.
- A negative point is that I don't know how the support handles issues, as I have had none in 15 years.
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- Our objective is to keep the business secure - WatchGuard Network Security does that well.
- We make a small amount of money from WatchGuard purchases, but nothing substantial.
- The portal allows our engineers to monitor and address issues from one unified portal, which helps internal efficiencies.
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- ROI
- Easy to manage clients
- Helpful technologies
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- WatchGuard simplifies a complicated process
- Updates are automated
- Easy reporting
- The protection provided between AuthPoint and the Firewall has reduced our overall threat penetration allowing us to know what is actually gaining access.
Dependably Reliable, Without the Curve.
- MSSP Program provides low point of entry, fair monthly rate - immediate ROI.
- Implementation is significantly less learning curve than competitors, with equivalent protection.
- Very low training overhead to internal staff for ongoing policy modifications.
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- Protection from Crypto Locker Viruses
- Geo Filtering out known virus factory countries
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- Most companies with WatchGuard firewall installed never experienced hacking from outside
- With advanced replacement maintenance policy, downtime was minimal when the appliance was damaged
- When ransomware was attacked, this device did not provide protection. May need to find alternative solutions to prevent a future breach.
- $800 a year for a fully fledged firewall compared to ~$1000 a month for a Azure Firewall for example.
WatchGuard Security
- It makes changes needed faster, instead to be on the phone for a third party to fix it, the team can actually focus on the tasks at hand.
- One centralized management system for the network, love that.
- In 15 years of using WatchGuard Network Security Firewalls, we have not had a single successful incursion.
- Having a *real* firewall makes PCI certification much easier saving us from needing to hire a PCI professional
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- Feels redundant but stable vpn connection
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- Geolocation Blocking has been amazing, I checked the stats and on average we have 100,000 hits that are blocked from outside Countries that we do not do any kind of business with.
- Application Control is great as well, we don't want employees watching Netflix and Hulu so instead of URL blocking I App block them. Simple check box.
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- Easy for a non-experienced veteran to manage
- Support is very responsive and helpful
- Licensing can be done by a non technical resource
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- ROI is good
- Adds well to defense in depth
WatchGuard gives you the tools you need
- Failover
- Interfaces are set up cleanly
- VLANs
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- Graphical interface saves time over Cisco command line
- Fairly easy migration from old Cisco firewall to WatchGuard
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- Neutral - Just needed to do business
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- Easy to setup and maintain
- Affordable price
- Long standing hardware
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