Product and Support News

Now Available: Firebox M270

New Firebox M270 is the fastest entry level rack mount appliance It's a busy time with new product launches at WatchGuard! Alex posted last week about the new Authpoint multi-factor authentication (MFA) product, and today I'm excited to announce the release of our newest Unified Threat Management...

AuthPoint – WatchGuard Cloud’s MFA Service is Here!

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Passwords are not as effective as they used to be, with employees simplifying or mishandling them and hackers demonstrating more ways to steal them. AuthPoint multi-factor authentication (MFA) makes password strength irrelevant, providing additional proof of identity when accessing applications and...

Wi-Fi Cloud 8.6 Maintenance Update

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Hello WatchGuard Wi-Fi Cloud Users, WatchGuard Wi-Fi Cloud services will be upgraded starting on Friday, July 20, 2018. These upgrades include: WatchGuard Wi-Fi Cloud and AP firmware 8.6.0-634 Analyze service is upgraded to greatly reduce captive portal splash page downtimes for future upgrades When...

Threat Detection and Response AD Helper 5.3.x and older End of Life

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In line with WatchGuard’s commitment to maintain the highest security standards for our customer data, Threat Detection and Response (TDR) will discontinue the use of TLS 1.0. Beginning on 20 June 2018, versions of the AD Helper lower than 5.4.0 will no longer communicate with TDR. To ensure your AD...

Wi-Fi Cloud Maintenance Update

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Hello WatchGuard Wi-Fi Cloud Users, We are planning maintenance on Thursday, 31 May from 04:00 AM UTC to Friday, 1 June 10:00 AM UTC to deploy improvements to Wi-Fi Cloud. Wi-Fi Cloud management will be inaccessible during the maintenance activity and you will not be able to perform configuration...

New maintenance release - Fireware 12.1.3 is now available

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Fireware 12.1.3 General Availability We are pleased to announce the General Availability (GA) of Fireware 12.1.3 and WSM 12.1.3. These maintenance releases don't include new features, but they provide resolution to many issues that have been reported by customers. WatchGuard partners and customers...

WatchGuard will be doing website maintenance

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When: Sunday, May 20, 2018 at 12AM PDT / 7AM UTC Maintenance Window: 1 hour Expected Impact/Duration: During the maintenance window, users will not be able to log into to the WatchGuard.com website and will receive a maintenance notification page in lieu of the authentication page. Customers who are...

Fireware 12.1.1 is now available

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Fireware 12.1.1. General Availability We are pleased to announce the General Availability (GA) of Fireware 12.1.1 and WSM 12.1.1. Key highlights include: Support for the new DNSWatch security service, as announced by Todd in his blog post earlier this week. Adding more options for Dynamic DNS...

DNSWatch is Now Available

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Phishing is one of the greatest threats facing small and midsize enterprise organizations today. WatchGuard DNSWatch service provides additional security to protect users at the DNS level, and adds a layer to RED and WebBlocker capabilities to block malicious connections on all ports and protocols –...

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