Item: WatchGuard Network Security
Rating: 8
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have an unusual setup for our daily offsite backup. We do not use a cloud storage company, as we have our own NAS that is off site. We use WatchGuard at both endpoints in order to make the backup more secure. Our network genius recommended WatchGuard to us as a secure way to backup in the way we wanted our backup to be set up.

Pros and Cons

Protects our direct line for backup
Is easy to set up
Provides good documentation

Differentiating between WatchGuard's various products
It was hard to know which WatchGuard product we needed

Return on Investment

We can sleep at night and feel comfortable with our network
It's not something we need to check on every day
CISA was here and examined our backup configuration and gave a nod

WatchGuard Partner

No we did not.

WatchGuard Unified Security Platform

It's good to have a unified platform in our case.

WatchGuard Cloud

The products work just fine together. For our unusual setup it made it easier.

Other Software Used

Microsoft SQL Server

Key Insights

Do you think WatchGuard Network Security delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with WatchGuard Network Security's feature set?

Yes

Did WatchGuard Network Security live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of WatchGuard Network Security go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy WatchGuard Network Security again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

In our case, we needed backup security for backing up to our offsite network attached storage. Since we did not use a cloud service, we had to consider how secure a setup of this type would be. Our IT person recommended that we use WatchGuard security products for this unusual setup and use it at both endpoints. It's kind of been a 'set it and forget it' product for us. We haven't had any security problems with our backup and all has run smoothly.

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Overall Satisfaction with WatchGuard Network Security