Product and Support News - Authentication

New Versions Available for ADFS and RD Web AuthPoint Agents

New versions of the agents for ADFS and RD Web are now available from your AuthPoint downloads page in WatchGuard Cloud, fixing minor issues and improvements. These updates help us maintain our applications on track with the latest vulnerability prevention practices.

New Beta alert! Take your passwords security to a new level

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Lack of password management is exposing companies to credentials theft. Our AuthPoint MFA helps to mitigate issues related to user authentication, and passwords are indeed one of those factors. They need to be protected as well. To help you and your customers protect passwords, we are launching...

New AuthPoint policy: Geofence

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Earlier this year, we launched the AuthPoint Risk Framework, a powerful and flexible way to manage authentication policies, and on our continuous path towards Zero Trust, we have added policies for Network Location (policies based on the end user´s network) and Time Schedule (based on the day and...

New AuthPoint Gateway 7.0 Available

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The AuthPoint Gateway is an on-premise, lightweight software that runs on Windows, that provides four main functionalities: User and group sync with Active Directory or any LDAP service User authentication with Active Directory or LDAP RADIUS server interface to firewalls and remote access gateways...

AuthPoint Agent for MacOS Monterey is released!

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We are happy to announce that a new version of the AuthPoint Agent for MacOS, supporting the new MacOS Monterey 12.0.1, is now available through WatchGuard Cloud. Version 1.11.0.92 of the agent can be downloaded through the "Downloads" section of AuthPoint management. Make sure to upgrade your agent...

AuthPoint Inherited Users

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As a Service Provider, you might manage dozens of customer accounts and need access to your customers' systems and environments, such as a VPN or a server. With the user inheritance feature, you can request that customer accounts inherit an AuthPoint user from your account. These inherited users can...

AuthPoint Inherited Users Beta

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As a Service Provider, you might manage dozens of customer accounts and need access to your customer’s systems and environments, such as a VPN or a server. With the user inheritance feature, you can request that customer accounts inherit an AuthPoint user from your account. These inherited users can...

New AuthPoint Time Schedule Policy

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Earlier this year, we launched the AuthPoint Risk Framework, a powerful and flexible way to manage authentication policies. We are now happy to announce that we have launched the Time Schedule as a new type of policy. The Time Schedule policy enables you to specify the dates and times when...

New AuthPoint Time Schedule Policy Beta

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Earlier this year, we launched the AuthPoint Risk Framework, a powerful and flexible way to manage authentication policies. The latest AuthPoint beta focuses on time-based policy objects, which enable you to specify the dates and times when authentication policies apply to user authentications. You...