This article will focus on some of the Pros and Cons of central versus distributed architectures with respect to Network Access Control (NAC) solutions.
For the third consecutive year, WatchGuard has achieved a “Recommended Rating” in the NSS Labs Next Generation Firewall Group Test. In the new report for 2019, WatchGuard earned high security effectiveness and low total cost of ownership, and is one of the only two products to block 100% of evasions.
We are pleased to announce the availability of WatchGuard Dimension 2.1.2 Update 2. This maintenance release is now available from the Software Downloads Center, together with release notes and update instructions.
This notice impacts Fireware v12.1 and earlier. Fireware versions 12.1.1 and later are not affected.
This year, WatchGuard will upgrade the engine used to power the Gateway AntiVirus (GAV) service. To continue to use Gateway AV, you must upgrade your Firebox to the latest version of Fireware (or a minimum of Fireware v12.1.1). WatchGuard recommends you upgrade to Fireware v12.4.1 for all the latest updates.
PT Prospera Aswindra Teknologi announced today that WatchGuard Technologies, a global leader in network security and intelligence, secure Wi-Fi and multi-factor authentication products, has named it as the APAC Project of the Year winner in the company’s 2019 Partner Awards program. WatchGuard and its channel community gathered in Da Nang, Vietnam to celebrate another year of tremendous growth and momentum, and honor top-performing partners.
Given the availability of the new WatchGuard AP125 access point with the latest 802.11ac Wave 2 technology, WatchGuard has decided to announce the End-of-Life (EOL) of the AP120 access point. We have not yet announced EOS (End of Sale) for the AP120 access point since some customers will continue to purchase them after the AP125 is released.
WatchGuard® Technologies, a leader in advanced network security solutions, today issued its quarterly Internet Security Report for Q4 2018. It found that network attacks targeting a vulnerability in the Cisco Webex Chrome extension increased in popularity dramatically, rising to be the second-most common network attack after being almost nonexistent in early 2018. Phishing campaigns showed a dangerous increase in sophistication in Q4, with new attacks utilizing advanced methods such as threatening to release recordings of users visiting adult content online, customizing emails for specific targets and creating fake banking login web pages.
In line with WatchGuard’s commitment to maintain the highest security standards for our customer data, Threat Detection and Response (TDR) will upgrade the TLS certificates used by the Host Sensor and AD Helper. From 26 June 2019, versions of the Host Sensor and AD Helper lower than 5.6.3 will no longer communicate with TDR. To ensure that your Host Sensor and AD Helper continue to function as expected, please upgrade to version 5.6.3 or higher before 26 June 2019.