Press Releases

2014

• 19 December
  WatchGuard Technologies Urges Action, Not Panic for IT Professionals in Face of Sony Attack
  WatchGuard’s Global Director of Security Strategy predicted a “Hollywood”-worthy infrastructure attack a year ago today
• 18 December
  WatchGuard Technologies Helps Hotels and Restaurants around the World Secure Guest Wi-Fi Networks and Prevent Malware Infestations
  71% of global hotels, restaurants and other hospitality organizations jeopardize customers with inadequate security controls
• 10 December
  WatchGuard Predicts Five Information Security Trends You Should NOT Worry About in 2015 – and Five You Should
  From passwords and the Internet of Everything to nation-state cyber warfare and jumping mobile malware, WatchGuard helps you gain some security perspective for 2015
• 20 November
  New Generation of WatchGuard Firewalls Enable Mid-Size Enterprises to Keep Pace with Explosive Growth in Encrypted Traffic
  Dramatic increase in security horsepower vaults WatchGuard’s new Firebox® M400 and M500 firewalls past competition by up to 149 percent in encrypted traffic inspection and up to 61 percent in overall performance
• 5 November
  WatchGuard Technologies Partners with Fujitsu Fsas to Deliver Managed Network Security Solutions in Japan
  WatchGuard Next Generation Firewalls and Unified Threat Management appliances selected for breadth of security services, system management and real-time visibility tools
• 24 October
  WatchGuard Technologies and Global Restaurateur HMSHost Partner to Secure Networks at Airports and Motorways Worldwide
  World's largest supplier of food and beverage services for travelers chooses WatchGuard firewalls for combination of security and performance
• 16 October
  WatchGuard's APT Blocker Named Advanced Persistent Threat Security Solution of the Year by Computing Security Awards
  Just seven months on the market, WatchGuard's advanced malware solution wins against industry-leading solutions such as FireEye, Fortinet's FortiSandbox and Palo Alto's WildFire
• 6 October
  WatchGuard Warns IT Pros: If You're Still Applying 'One Security Policy to All,' You're Not Getting the Benefit Out of Your Network Segmentation Work
  New WatchGuard Firebox M440 UTM/NGFW appliance makes it easy to apply the right policies to the correct network segment – without complex configurations
• 23 September
  WatchGuard Technologies Earns “Recommended” Rating from NSS labs for Next Generation Firewall Appliances
  WatchGuard XTM 1525 blocks 97.8 percent of all tested attacks and proved effective against all evasion techniques
• 8 September
  WatchGuard Technologies' New Policy Map Provides 'X-Ray' Vision Into Firewall Configurations and Network Traffic
  Newest enhancement to award-winning visibility solution, WatchGuard Dimension™, allows admins to see policy misconfigurations and optimize traffic
• 15 August
  WatchGuard Technologies Recognized for the Fifth Year in a Row as a Leader in Gartner's 2014 Magic Quadrant for Unified Threat Management
• 14 August
  WatchGuard Technologies Firebox T10 "Bursting with Security Features" in Six Star PC Pro A-List Review
  WatchGuard Firebox T10 recognized as a "remarkable little appliance" with an affordable price and more features than any other Unified Threat Management firewall in its market
• 4 August
  WatchGuard Technologies Named Champion, Wins Value and Trend Setter Award, in Info-Tech Research Group's 2014 Next Generation Firewall Vendor Landscape Report
  Unprecedented affordability and reporting innovations, such as Dimension, separate WatchGuard from the pack
• 31 July
  WatchGuard Technologies New Partner Program Sets Industry High Water Mark for Profitability
  New WatchGuardONE program ties higher margins to higher customer service levels and allows resellers to get unprecedented combined discounts of more than 70 percent
• 5 June
  WatchGuard Technologies a Leader in Three Key Unified Threat Management and Next-Generation Firewall Categories in Frost and Sullivan Report
• 29 May
  WatchGuard Technologies First To Deliver True Integration of Wired and Wireless Network Security
  Fireware® 11.9 allows users to deploy, configure and manage wireless access points from a WatchGuard UTM or NGFW threat management appliance without requiring additional hardware
• 13 May
  WatchGuard Technologies Announces Interim CEO
• 4 April
  WatchGuard Technologies Helps Convenience Store Chain, Super Kiosko, Protect Network and Critical Customer Data, and Improve PCI Compliance
  Mexico's leading convenience store chain can now deliver advanced network security and centralized management to more than 200 stores
• 3 April
  WatchGuard Technologies Reinvents Advanced Persistent Threat Management for Security Platforms with launch of WatchGuard APT Blocker
  New APT solution provides real-time, advanced-threat visibility for Unified Threat Management and Next-Gen Firewall appliances
• 26 March
  Leading K-12 School in Dominican Republic Uses WatchGuard Technologies to Secure Student Web Access and Critical Network Data
  WatchGuard's Unified Threat Management solutions, with WatchGuard Dimension, drives down cost and improves overall network visibility for real-time threat identification