Watchguard Endpoint Security

We are a school with 220+ students and 45+ faculty members across 3 campuses. The WatchGuard Endpoint Security has eliminated any successful malware installations, which is our main focus on why we us it. The WatchGuard Endpoint Security protection has not hampered our network speed and we are extremely happy with this product.

• When I arrived at this school, I was expected to spend one to two hours on malware/virus issues accross our student devices. Which at that time numbered about 80 devices. Now, we are greater than 300 devices and I am spending zero time cleaning student machines.
• Although over the years the cost has gone up, so has the efficiency of Watchguard Endpoint Security. Again, less work for me.
• It meeting our protection needs, we renew when subscription needs to renewed, knowing the the product is rock solid. All we have to do is get mutliple quotes from authorized vendors (becuase some are willing to make less profit than others) and then install the key. Less time to hunt for new products = more time I may devote to other Network Administration duties.

Norton 360

WatchGuard Network Security, Malwarebytes, Microsoft Defender for Business

We have it deployed on three Windows Servers and over 20 endpoints. Everything has been easy to manage once it's set up, although the setup process could be streamlined a bit.

• Too soon to tell.

Norton 360

Malwarebytes

I use several Watchguard products in my organization. I love the fact that all the products are managed from the cloud and that I have one central location to access them all. Over the years we have had several viruses get through the network, but none since I have used Watchguard. It is nice that I can manage my endpoints remotely and that I don't have to worry about updates.

• They replace my Firewall at no cost when it was struck by lightning
• They have a great support staff and sales staff
• They onboarded every product for me with out extra cost. most companies don't do that.

Fortinet FortiGate and SonicWall Email Security Appliances

Unitrends, Cisco 350X Series Stackable Managed Switches, NETGEAR Insight Managed Wireless Access Point

We were looking to change the existing Signature-based EP Protection to an ML & AI cloud native Management solution. We found that WG EPDR is a best-of-breed solution, considering the option of Patch Management & Encryption management capabilities.

• best option for SME's looking at the skillset availability
• ease the compliance
• make sense to consolidate all silos in single windows with single agent

Authlogics MFA, Barracuda Application Protection

We use to have 2 WatchGuard Endpoint Security firewalls till not so long ago. The primary one was connected to the fiber optics connection. And the second one was a backup unit connected to the cable Internet connection. The fail over never worked properly and manual work was required. The unit’s dashboard was clunky and cluttered, especially the log. The rules where somehow easy to set up and worked properly. The paid yearly services were a bit expensive, but that depends on the amount of security that you are trying to implement. the VPN features worked OK as well. The technical support was from overseas.

• Sometimes our main internet connection would go down and the firewall’s fail over service did not work as expected. Manual user intervention was required..
• The VPN client installation should be easy for any user without previous experience to be able to install it and con it without being a hassle.

SonicWall TZ, Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services