WatchGuard

Seattle Kraken Bring on WatchGuard’s Unified Security Platform®

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Donnerstag, Mai 16, 2024
Cloud, Organization, SVP, Seattle Kraken, Wi-Fi, CMO, Workflow, WatchGuard, Unified, Risk management

SEATTLE, May 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WatchGuard® Technologies , a global leader in unified cybersecurity, is proud to announce the recent deployment of its Unified Security Platform® architecture for the Seattle Kraken, providing comprehensive protection against cyber threats for the NHL’s 32nd franchise.

Key Points: 
  • SEATTLE, May 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WatchGuard® Technologies , a global leader in unified cybersecurity, is proud to announce the recent deployment of its Unified Security Platform® architecture for the Seattle Kraken, providing comprehensive protection against cyber threats for the NHL’s 32nd franchise.
  • “Using WatchGuard has been a great experience,” said Sean Rawlins, Seattle Kraken director of IT.
  • "A key part of that value proposition is the simplicity and ease of use our Unified Security Platform provides to IT security pros so they can efficiently stop threats faced by their organizations.
  • “WatchGuard Advanced EPDR is a lightweight and powerful agent that utilizes best-in-class security and features ease of use from one single Cloud dashboard.”

WatchGuard Earns Nine 2024 Top Rated Awards from TrustRadius

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Mittwoch, Mai 8, 2024
Multi-factor authentication, CMO, Glass, Policy, Endpoint, Strategic management, Marketing, Authentication, Firewall, Response, Network security, MFA, SVP, Unified, WatchGuard, Endpoint security, Identity management, Community, Organization, Risk management

This year’s TrustRadius Top Rated Awards showcase WatchGuard’s strength across the Unified Security Platform® architecture.

Key Points: 
  • This year’s TrustRadius Top Rated Awards showcase WatchGuard’s strength across the Unified Security Platform® architecture.
  • “WatchGuard's Network Security, Endpoint Security, and AuthPoint solutions have been recognized with TrustRadius Top Rated awards, highlighting their exceptional performance and customer satisfaction,” said Allyson Havener, SVP of Marketing & Community at TrustRadius.
  • Since 2016, the TrustRadius Top Rated Awards have become the B2B’s industry standard for unbiased recognition of excellent technology products.
  • Below are several reviews from verified users that contributed to WatchGuard’s TrustRadius Top Rated Award wins:
    "We use WatchGuard firewalls at multiple locations.

CyberPower Hosts Coast-to-Coast Canadian Transistor Tech Tour 2024

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Dienstag, Mai 7, 2024
Wearables, Mobile Technology, Technology, Mobile, Wireless, Other Technology, Telecommunications, Batteries, Hardware, Electronic Design Automation, Consumer Electronics, TeamViewer, Ricoh, City, Targus, CyberPowerPC, WatchGuard, Kingston Technology, PFU, Tree Canada, OpenText, Maple syrup

Held May 15, 2024 through August 16, 2024 and spanning eight provinces and 28 cities in Canada, the tour includes about 40 events.

Key Points: 
  • Held May 15, 2024 through August 16, 2024 and spanning eight provinces and 28 cities in Canada, the tour includes about 40 events.
  • The events will be hosted by CyberPower resellers and system integrators and will be attended by their customers.
  • The tour kick-offs in Montreal, Quebec and concludes with stop in Mississauga, Ontario for a tour wrap-up party, followed by a lunch the next day on August 16, 2024.
  • In conjunction with the tour, CyberPower is raising funds this summer for Tree Canada, dedicated to planting and nurturing trees in rural and urban environments in every Canadian province.

Current ACFW's Leave Gaping Holes in Enterprise Operational Efficiency Metrics

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Donnerstag, April 18, 2024
Cloud, Forcepoint, Risk management, SonicWall, Policy, Fortinet, Amazon Web Services, Senior, Microsoft, WatchGuard, Azure, Risk assessment, AWS, Organization

Unlike tests from any other organization, SecureIQLab combines security efficacy metrics with operational efficiency assessment metrics which are critical in securing and improving the overall security investment strategy for enterprises.

Key Points: 
  • Unlike tests from any other organization, SecureIQLab combines security efficacy metrics with operational efficiency assessment metrics which are critical in securing and improving the overall security investment strategy for enterprises.
  • On average operational efficiency was 74%.
  • Operational-efficiency metrics play a critical role in assessing factors that impact the ease or complexity of managing security products, thereby influencing human resource spending."
  • The solutions were subjected to thousands of threats across multiple attack surfaces targeted across two dozen threat categories and evaluated for operational efficiency using twelve key metrics that Enterprises are focusing on.

WatchGuard Threat Lab Analysis Shows Surge in Evasive Malware Supercharging an Already Powerful Threat Wave

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Mittwoch, März 27, 2024
Maas, Organization, PowerShell, TLS, Prevalence, Intelligence, WatchGuard, Research, Software, Trojan, USF

The average malware detections per Firebox rose 80% from the previous quarter, illustrating a substantial volume of malware threats arriving at the network perimeter.

Key Points: 
  • The average malware detections per Firebox rose 80% from the previous quarter, illustrating a substantial volume of malware threats arriving at the network perimeter.
  • Zero-day malware detections jumped to 60% of all malware detections, up from 22% the previous quarter.
  • However, zero-day malware detections with TLS fell to 61%, which was a 10% decrease from Q3, showing the unpredictability of malware in the wild.
  • Both variants redirect users to malicious links, and both malware loaders attempt to load DarkGate malware on the victim’s computer.

Versa Next Generation Firewall Achieves Recommended Rating and 99.90% Security Effectiveness Score from Independent Testing Lab CyberRatings.org in Cloud Network Firewall Evaluation

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Mittwoch, April 3, 2024
Telecommunications, Satellite, Networks, Internet, Hardware, Technology, Mobile, Wireless, Security, Cloud, RSA, Conference, Organization, NGFW, Palo Alto Networks, Environment, WatchGuard, Research, AWS, Barracuda, Amazon Web Services, Cisco, Data-rate units, Fortinet, Network, Network throughput, Online shopping

Versa achieved an overall security effectiveness score of 99.90% with the fastest Rated Throughput of any vendor.

Key Points: 
  • Versa achieved an overall security effectiveness score of 99.90% with the fastest Rated Throughput of any vendor.
  • As a result of CyberRatings’ rigorous testing of 11 cloud network firewall vendors, Versa NGFW once again demonstrated superior performance, security effectiveness, and value.
  • CyberRatings.org uses empirical data from their testing to illustrate the relative value of security investment options for the cloud network firewall products tested.
  • Using the AWS cloud and CyberRatings’ Austin, Texas, facility, the organization conducted an independent test of Versa Operating System against the Cloud Firewall Test Methodology v2.1.

WatchGuard Earns Second Consecutive Champion Recognition in 2023 Canalys Cybersecurity Leadership Matrix

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Montag, Februar 26, 2024
SMB, MSP, Annual report, Contender, Unified, WatchGuard, Partner

SEATTLE, Feb. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WatchGuard® Technologies , a global leader in unified cybersecurity, announced today it has been recognized as a Cybersecurity Channel Champion in the 2023 Canalys Global Cybersecurity Leadership Matrix .

Key Points: 
  • SEATTLE, Feb. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WatchGuard® Technologies , a global leader in unified cybersecurity, announced today it has been recognized as a Cybersecurity Channel Champion in the 2023 Canalys Global Cybersecurity Leadership Matrix .
  • The recognition marks the second consecutive year that WatchGuard achieved Champion status in the Canalys report.
  • This recognition is well-deserved.”
    To attain Champion recognition, Canalys identified vendors that demonstrated not just the highest levels of excellence in channel management and market performance in cybersecurity but also ongoing momentum.
  • The 2023 Cybersecurity Leadership Matrix assessed 30 vendors based on the following criteria: partner feedback, vendor performance, and analyst insights into their vision and strategy, leadership, partner initiatives, and enablement.

Next-generation Firewall Market worth $8.6 billion by 2028 - Exclusive Report by MarketsandMarkets™

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Donnerstag, Februar 29, 2024
Cloud, Palo Alto Networks, IPsec, Investment, Check Point, Growth, SME, Organization, WatchGuard, SIEM, Virtual private network, SSL, SOAR, Wildfire, Next, Firewall, NGFW, Cato Networks, Cloud computing, Microsoft, Partnership, Azure, SSL/TLS, Digital India, Classification, MEA, SonicWall, NVIDIA, AI, Intelligence, DNS, Secure, ASIC, URL, Policy, Barracuda Networks, Travel, Risk management

The cloud/virtual deployment mode has the largest market size in the Next-generation Firewall Market due to several factors such as agility, scalability, reduced hardware costs, simplified management, and improved accessibility.

Key Points: 
  • The cloud/virtual deployment mode has the largest market size in the Next-generation Firewall Market due to several factors such as agility, scalability, reduced hardware costs, simplified management, and improved accessibility.
  • To provide detailed information related to the major factors (drivers, restraints, opportunities, and challenges) influencing the growth of the Next-generation Firewall Market.
  • To analyze opportunities in the market for stakeholders by identifying high-growth segments of the Next-generation Firewall Market.
  • To profile the key players of the Next-generation Firewall Market and comprehensively analyze their market size and core competencies in the market.

Next-generation Firewall Market worth $8.6 billion by 2028 - Exclusive Report by MarketsandMarkets™

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Donnerstag, Februar 29, 2024
Cloud, Palo Alto Networks, IPsec, Investment, Check Point, Growth, SME, Organization, WatchGuard, SIEM, Virtual private network, SSL, SOAR, Wildfire, Next, Firewall, NGFW, Cato Networks, Cloud computing, Microsoft, Partnership, Azure, SSL/TLS, Digital India, Classification, MEA, SonicWall, NVIDIA, AI, Intelligence, DNS, Secure, ASIC, URL, Policy, Barracuda Networks, Travel, Risk management

The cloud/virtual deployment mode has the largest market size in the Next-generation Firewall Market due to several factors such as agility, scalability, reduced hardware costs, simplified management, and improved accessibility.

Key Points: 
  • The cloud/virtual deployment mode has the largest market size in the Next-generation Firewall Market due to several factors such as agility, scalability, reduced hardware costs, simplified management, and improved accessibility.
  • To provide detailed information related to the major factors (drivers, restraints, opportunities, and challenges) influencing the growth of the Next-generation Firewall Market.
  • To analyze opportunities in the market for stakeholders by identifying high-growth segments of the Next-generation Firewall Market.
  • To profile the key players of the Next-generation Firewall Market and comprehensively analyze their market size and core competencies in the market.

WatchGuard Threat Lab Report Shows Rise in Threat Actors Exploiting Remote Access Software

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Mittwoch, Dezember 6, 2023
Microsoft, Medusa, Software, Research, TeamViewer, CISA, WatchGuard, Stacked, SQL, FBI, Organization, Intelligence, Threat, Commoditization, CMS, PowerShell, Cryptocurrency

Key findings from the data show increasing instances of remote access software abuse, the rise of cyber adversaries using password-stealers and info-stealers to thieve valuable credentials, and threat actors pivoting from utilizing scripting to employing other living-off-the-land techniques to initiate an endpoint attack.

Key Points: 
  • Key findings from the data show increasing instances of remote access software abuse, the rise of cyber adversaries using password-stealers and info-stealers to thieve valuable credentials, and threat actors pivoting from utilizing scripting to employing other living-off-the-land techniques to initiate an endpoint attack.
  • “Modern security platforms that include firewalls and endpoint protection software can deliver enhanced protection for networks and devices.
  • These findings indicate to Threat Lab researchers that threat actors continue to utilize multiple living-off-the-land techniques, likely in response to more protections around PowerShell and other scripting.
  • For a more in-depth view of WatchGuard’s research, read the complete Q3 2023 Internet Security Report here: https://www.watchguard.com/wgrd-resource-center/security-report-q3-2023 .