Press Releases

2015

• 3 September
  WatchGuard Technologies Recognized as a Visionary in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for the Unified Threat Management (UTM) Market
• 25 August
  Three New Executives Bring Valuable Depth and Experience to WatchGuard Technologies
  WatchGuard names Andrew Young, Wayson Vannatta and Erik Halvorsen vice presidents as company growth continues
• 11 August
  Frost & Sullivan Recognizes WatchGuard's APT Blocker with the 2015 New Product Innovation Award
  Award-winning Solution Brings Enterprise-grade Advanced Malware and Zero-day Threat Protection to SMBs
• 21 July
  Award-Winning WatchGuard Dimension Changes Set the Bar for Network Security Visibility
  Sleeker interface, role-based controls, and new management features make it easier and more intuitive for network IT pros to see threats and stop them instantly
• 9 June
  Game Over for Students Surfing the Web at Luca Pacioli Institute; WatchGuard Helps IT Secure Educational Networks
  WatchGuard security appliances help manage more than 1,800 network and mobile devices; monitor students' digital behavior including peer-to-peer messaging and online games
• 3 June
  Cyber Warfare Comes to Main Street: WatchGuard Introduces New Firewalls to Arm Small Businesses with Industry's Most Powerful Protection
  Small companies are the new big target: SMBs represent the majority of businesses and nearly 44 percent have already been attacked¹
• 20 May
  Cyber Security Hits the Big Screen with WatchGuard Presenting at the Motion Picture and Television Engineers Conference
  How can the broadcast community avoid another Sony-like data breach? Security expert, thought-leader and WatchGuard CTO, Corey Nachreiner, talked threat landscape and the impact of the cyber kill chain
• 20 May
  WatchGuard Strengthening Leadership Team to Capitalize on Explosive Market Growth in Network Security
  Security thought-leader Corey Nachreiner named to key Chief Technology Officer role; former SafeNet marketing head, Michelle Welch, joins as new marketing VP
• 13 May
  WatchGuard's Firebox M440 Firewall Awarded Five Stars, Named 'Pick of the Litter' by SC Magazine in Latest SIEM/UTM Appliance Group Test
  Power, functionality and great price drive top rating for the M440 and make it SC Magazine's Recommended UTM Product
• 23 April
  WatchGuard Technologies Targets 'Time Crime' in its Newest Fireware Operating System Upgrade
  Up to 80 percent of employee web time has nothing to do with work; 'cyberloafing' or 'time crime' can drain organizational profits as much as network breaches
• 20 April
  WatchGuard Technologies Wins Most Innovative Firewall and Cutting Edge SIEM Solution from Cyber Defense Magazine
  WatchGuard's Firebox M500 firewall continues streak of industry recognition for its ability to inspect encrypted traffic 149 percent faster than competing solutions
• 15 April
  WatchGuard Technologies Names Prakash Panjwani New Chief Executive Officer
  Interim CEO, Mike Kohlsdorf, joins WatchGuard Board of Directors
• 6 April
  WatchGuard Technologies Outlines Seven Steps for IT Pros to Win the Network Security Budgets They Need - Before There's a Breach
  Workbook helps get C-suite buyoff to keep networks and companies secure
• 3 April
  WatchGuard Technologies Named to JMP Securities' Fast 50 List of Hottest Privately Held Security and Networking Companies
  Report highlights WatchGuard's modular platform approach, ability to continually innovate to keep up-to-date with ever-changing threat landscape
• 26 March
  WatchGuard Named Company of the Year at 2015 Network Computing Awards
  Company also honored with Best Hardware of the Year award for its powerful Firebox M440 Next Generation and Unified Threat Management Firewall
• 25 March
  WatchGuard Technologies Awarded 5-Star Rating in CRN’s 2015 Partner Program Guide For Second Year in a Row
  Best channel partner programs in the market recognized in annual guide
• 25 February
  WatchGuard Technologies' Vice President of Worldwide Sales Honored as One of CRN's 50 Most Influential Channel Executives
• 5 February
  WatchGuard's Firebox M440 Achieves 5-Star Review and is Named Editor's Choice by IT Pro Magazine
  WatchGuard's Firebox M440 impresses editors with superb value, top performance, extensive security measures, high port density and integral wireless gateway controller
• 4 February
  WatchGuard and Frost & Sullivan Offer Three Simple Steps to Help Future-Proof Network Security
  New eBook explores how organizations can unlock the full potential of Unified Threat Management
• 14 January
  WatchGuard Earns Top Spot in Network World Product Shootout for UTM Firewall Appliances
  WatchGuard's Firebox® T10 stands out with its real-time visibility tool Dimension™, great user management interface, and new services like Advanced Persistent Threat protection