If you don't have MFA, you're doing it wrong. Do it right with AuthPoint.
December 13, 2019
If you don't have MFA, you're doing it wrong. Do it right with AuthPoint.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with WatchGuard AuthPoint
We're currently using it to secure login to several of our office computers. Now, it's deployed to several key techs as a test. Implementation has gone well, and we have plans to roll it out across the company. As an MSP, it's critical to have our own systems secured to protect the systems our clients use.
Pros
- WatchGuard Authpoint's push notifications are really easy to use
- Migrating 3rd party tokens was really easy when getting a new mobile device
Cons
- The online portal seems a little confusing - specific pre-requisites seem like they could be removed or resolved differently, i.e., having the windows username match the username in WatchGuard AuthPoint.
- WatchGuard Authpoint has helped us better secure our network, and thereby better secure our clients.
WatchGuard AuthPoint integrates with the WatchGuard firewalls and works well with our overall offering. Where possible, we want to minimize the number of different vendors we have to master and implement without sacrificing functionality or security. Watchguard AuthPoint (and other products) fits that well.
We rarely implement cloud services as moving to the cloud, surrenders nearly all control to the cloud provider. For some services, however, the simplicity, capability, and general reliability outweigh this cost. AuthPoint has been extremely reliable (never been unable to login because the cloud services were down/offline), and the cloud-based platform allows mobile workers to sign-in securely even if the main office is offline.
For the users that we've rolled the product out to, activating the app was simple and easy. We're primarily a technical staff, but I feel that with little to no extra instruction, end-users could activate the app themselves.
The ability to sign on to multiple sites directly in a secure manner is super helpful. These days, you should enable MFA on every single account that supports it. If a web/cloud account doesn't support MFA in SOME form, then it's time to consider switching to a provider that does seriously. With that in mind, having to have 30+ rotating codes in your authenticator app gets unwieldy, and having a single launching pad to SSO into your various apps is a huge time saver.
Do you think WatchGuard AuthPoint delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with WatchGuard AuthPoint's feature set?
Yes
Did WatchGuard AuthPoint live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of WatchGuard AuthPoint go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy WatchGuard AuthPoint again?
Yes
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