20 years with WatchGuard Network Security
November 14, 2023

20 years with WatchGuard Network Security

Milos Dal Moro | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review

Modules Used

  • WatchGuard Network Security
  • WatchGuard AuthPoint
  • WatchGuard Endpoint Security
  • WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi

Overall Satisfaction with WatchGuard Network Security

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.
  • Firewalls
  • Access point
  • Cloud loggin
  • Scheduled updates
  • Firewall cloud management like offline WSM
  • Possibility to use simultaneously cloud management and offline WSM.
  • Import or sync Users and Group with Active Directory
  • Inprove the SSO user identification. When ip change user have to re-login.
  • improve https inspection throughput
  • choice multiple ip source on DNAT option based on network connectivity-sdwan
  • VPN app for smartphones
  • standardization of deploy on customers network
the company I work for, is a WatchGuard Network Security Partner.
We can control update of our customers devices, manage the license, control logging and make report all from a single webpage.

WatchGuard Network Security cloud is very helpful.
Unfortunately when you configure a new firewall device, you can't use both cloud and WSM.
The wifi platform and AuthPoint are very powerfull but not so intuitive.
reliability. a lot of time, other products, crash after updates. cluster members fail after reboot.Rules not works properly or stop working until you reboot the device.

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

Very simple to use and to lean.
The update are very stable and you can schedule the update during non working hours.
Reliability , very nice and helpful documentation. Fast service support.

WatchGuard Network Security Feature Ratings

Identification Technologies
10
Visualization Tools
6
Content Inspection
9
Policy-based Controls
10
Active Directory and LDAP
7
Firewall Management Console
10
Reporting and Logging
7
VPN
10
High Availability
10
Stateful Inspection
9
Proxy Server
9

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