WatchGuard NDR Release Notes

WatchGuard NDR offers enhanced network detection and response, network device identification, and advanced reporting for Fireboxes, third-party firewalls, and LAN infrastructure.

For a full description of WatchGuard NDR features and functionality, go to NDR Help.

Release Information Date
Latest WatchGuard NDR Update 1 October 2026
Release Notes Revision Date 1 October 2026

Release notes include customer-reported issues that were resolved in this release. Routine internal maintenance, localization updates, and other low-impact changes are not individually documented.

Latest Release

Release Date: 1 October 2026

New Features

Active Directory Integration

You can now monitor Microsoft Active Directory activity to detect identity-based threats and access anomalies. Deploy a Windows Log Agent on your domain controllers to collect Active Directory events and Windows Domain Security Logs. This feature associates Active Directory activity with users and groups for better traceability.

10 policies can be configured to generate policy alerts:

  • Unusual Increase of User Accounts with Password not Required
  • Unusual Increase of User Accounts with Administrative Privileges
  • Unusual Increase of User Accounts Whose Passwords Never Expire
  • Unusual Increase in Number of Users Logging in
  • Unusual Increase in Number of User Accounts Deleted
  • Unusual Increase in Number of User Accounts Created
  • Unusual Increase in Number of Computer Accounts Deleted
  • Unusual Increase in Number of Computer Accounts Created
  • Unusual Increase in Number of Empty Security Groups
  • Unusual Change in Number of Domain-Related Log Records

Active Directory users and groups appear on the Users page with a new Active Directory origin filter, and Active Directory devices appear on the Network Summary page. You can schedule a Microsoft Active Directory Defense Goal Report to assess your Active Directory security posture. For more information, go to WatchGuard NDR Help. [NDR-3705]

Resolved Issues

  • Minor updates and bug fixes.

Previous Releases