WatchGuard

 

Small networks are the new big target, given they are less likely to be well protected than larger enterprises – and they make easier victims. In fact, 44% of them have already been breached by threats no less sophisticated that those targeting larger targets.

Enter the WatchGuard Network Security Appliances. They are fast. REALLY fast – blowing past the competition in overall UTM performance by 218%. And maybe even more important, they are 385% faster at inspecting encrypted traffic streams, based on Miercom Labs performance test results. Given that nearly 75% of all traffic is expected to be encrypted by 2016 – that horsepower couldn’t be more critical to protecting sensitive data. These truly are the industry’s most powerful, enterprise-strength firewalls engineered specifically to protect you.

 

 

Seattle-based WatchGuard has deployed nearly a million of its integrated, multi-function threat management appliances worldwide, to businesses that range from SMEs to large distributed enterprises. Recognizing an unmet need for a security solution that addresses the rapidly evolving threat landscape, WatchGuard architected its high-throughput, highly scalable, and flexible Fireware® operating system to form the backbone of its products. This platform yields dramatically higher performance at a much lower cost than competitors in environments where multiple security engines are enabled.

 

WatchGuard differentiates itself from competitors through:

Scalability with hardware advances: WatchGuard’s use of industry-standard hardware ensures that its product performance scales with processor advances from Intel and Freescale.

Best-of-breed technology: WatchGuard’s modular architecture is based on its Fireware operating system, which runs full versions of the industry’s leading third-party scanning engines. This offers best-of-breed security at every price point, and with maximum flexibility to meet the changing threat landscape.

Segment-leading manageability: WatchGuard’s policy-based management console provides a single interface to easily configure and control all security engines, with the flexibility to manage network security from anywhere (such as headquarters to branch locations), without having to install management software.

Award-winning visibility: The award-winning WatchGuard Dimension™ visibility tool distills oceans of security data into key trends and critical events to quickly and effectively identify potential threats and productivity issues. Operating from any public or private cloud, Dimension requires no installation and runs from any browser.

 

 

Advanced threats, including APTs (advanced persistent threats) and zero day malware, once plagued governments and large enterprises exclusively. Now the target has shifted, with mid-size and small businesses under increasing attack from polymorphic threats that are particularly difficult to detect and extremely dangerous. The service integrates with WatchGuard Dimension™, the big-data style visibility tool that is included with every WatchGuard solution. Dimension distills oceans of log data into actionable security intelligence, providing an instant, single view of advanced threats. You’ll see which files are blocked and why, along with other top trends, applications and threats covered by WatchGuard security technologies.