WatchGuard

Seattle, WA, USA
1996
  |  By The Editor
Recent news of a global IT disruption caused by a security vendor’s content update has driven important conversations about quality assurance processes for endpoint products and content updates. At WatchGuard, with more than 30 years of experience in this industry, we know well the sensitivity of the update process and wanted to take this opportunity to highlight the processes we have in place to protect our valued partner community and customers from the impacts of a flawed update rollout.
  |  By Carlos Arnal
In today's digital landscape, businesses heavily rely on third-party software for their daily operations. This reliance has led to a surge in software supply chain attacks, which are becoming increasingly prevalent and sophisticated. These attacks exploit vulnerabilities in external tools or services to gain unauthorized access and compromise systems.
  |  By Sam Manjarres
The modus operandi of cybercriminals is constantly changing. It comes as no surprise that, every so often, hackers switch up their methods to become more evasive. However, contrary to what we might imagine, these changes don’t always have to be innovative, or involve new attack strategies. Cybercriminals are increasingly opting to employ old-school techniques, and couple this with minimal investment.
  |  By Corey Nachreiner
Millions of spectators from around the world will flock to Paris this summer to attend the 2024 Olympic Games. The UEFA European Football Championship and the America's Cup are also taking place this summer, giving us weeks of massive sporting events on both sides of the Atlantic.
  |  By Sam Manjarres
The intersection of identity, endpoint, and network security is becoming increasingly self-evident. Despite all their efforts, modern organizations continue to struggle to safeguard their data and prevent unauthorized access. The Verizon Data Breach Investigations report for 2024 continues to highlight that human elements were a component of 68% of breaches.
  |  By Corey Nachreiner
Today’s global IT outage affecting Microsoft Windows users was caused by a bug in a CrowdStrike product (Falcon Strike) protection content update. The resulting widespread impact demonstrates an urgent importance for maintaining strong quality assurance (QA) processes before products or their updates are released into production.
  |  By Corey Nachreiner
Guiding employees' digital behaviors is key to avoiding potential cybersecurity breaches. However, remote work during summer weeks may disrupt normal routines and change the location of digital assets, leaving companies open to vulnerabilities. According to our latest Internet Security Report, malware detections on endpoints increased by more than 75% during the first months of the year.
  |  By The Editor
We’re excited to share that ChannelVision Magazine has recognized WatchGuard Technologies with a 2024 Visionary Spotlight Award for Cybersecurity in the program’s Business Technology category! The annual award program honors top industry players that have significantly advanced their channel and technological investments over the last year.
  |  By Kirk Jensen
The EU's new NIS 2 Directive raises the bar for cybersecurity, especially for critical infrastructure sectors. But it's not just about technology upgrades – it emphasizes strong leadership involvement in building a cyber-resilient organization.
  |  By Iratxe Vazquez
Managed service providers (MSPs) are key players in enterprise security, providing critical security services for customers who often lack in-house teams to manage them. However, the cyberthreat landscape is growing increasingly complex and challenging, even for these experts.
  |  By WatchGuard
Join WatchGuard CSO Corey Nachreiner and Security Engineer Trevor Collins as they discuss key findings from the WatchGuard Threat Lab’s Q1 2024 Internet Security Report. You’ll learn about the latest malware trends, like network-based detections dropping almost 50 percent, but endpoint detections rising over 75 percent. They’ll also cover the top network exploits, illustrate a common phish our DNS firewall blocked, and much more.
  |  By WatchGuard
This week on the podcast we are with WatchGuard CSO, Corey Nachreiner and Trevor Collins as they explain the recent Global IT outage cause by a CrowdStrike update. We also follow-up on RockYou and the RockYou2024 data dump of 10 billion records. The 443 Security Simplified is a weekly podcast that gets inside the minds of leading white-hat hackers and security researchers, covering the latest cybersecurity headlines and trends.
  |  By WatchGuard
In this daily security byte with WatchGuard CSO, Corey Nachreiner, he explains the recent Global IT outage cause by a CrowdStrike update.
  |  By WatchGuard
This week on #the443podcast, In this daily security byte with WatchGuard CSO, Corey Nachreiner, he explains the recent Global IT outage cause by a CrowdStrike update. We also follow-up on RockYou and the RockYou2024 data dump of 10 billion records.
  |  By WatchGuard
Whether you’re an IT security pro, or a professional goaltender for the Seattle Kraken, being the Last Stop of Defense is an important role for any team. In this episode of The Last Stop, Seattle Kraken goaltender, Philipp Grubauer, joins the Kraken IT team and makes save after save to ensure their organization stays secure.
  |  By WatchGuard
This week on the podcast we discover the newly-disclosed protocol vulnerability in certain RADIUS implementations. Before that, we give an update on the continued fallout from the Snowflake customer databreaches including a new disclosure from AT&T. We also discuss a blog post from JFrog that details how they saved the world from what could have been the worst supply chain attack in history. The 443 Security Simplified is a weekly podcast that gets inside the minds of leading white-hat hackers and security researchers, covering the latest cybersecurity headlines and trends.
  |  By WatchGuard
This week on #the443podcast, Corey Nachreiner and Marc Laliberte cover OpenSSH's recent critical vulnerability and what it means for systems administrators. Before that, we discuss the CDK Global ransomware attack impacting car dealerships across the U.S., a Korean internet service provider delivering malware to their customers, and a takeover of a popular JavaScript library gone hostile.
  |  By WatchGuard
In the next episode of The Last Stop video series, Seattle Kraken goaltender Philipp Grubauer learns how easy it is to shut out cyber attacks with WatchGuard.
  |  By WatchGuard
This week on the podcast, we cover OpenSSH's recent critical vulnerability and what it means for systems administrators. Before that, we discuss the CDK Global ransomware attack impacting car dealerships across the us, a Korean internet service provider delivering malware to their customers, and a takeover of a popular JavaScript library gone hostile. The 443 Security Simplified is a weekly podcast that gets inside the minds of leading white-hat hackers and security researchers, covering the latest cybersecurity headlines and trends.
  |  By WatchGuard
In the latest episode of The Last Stop, watch how the Seattle Kraken IT team effortlessly defends against cyber alerts with WatchGuard. Join Philipp Grubauer and the team as they demonstrate top-notch cybersecurity strategies, proving they are The Last Stop of Defense.
  |  By WatchGuard
Risk-based authentication both enhances security and user experience by allowing you to rank the resources you want to protect based on risk level and type of user. This gives you the power to create rules that are unique to the security structure in your organization, therefore enabling more flexibility or higher protection only when necessary.
  |  By WatchGuard
Ransomware is one of the most talked about and publicized security threats in the modern era. What started as a few high-profile attacks caused by a handful of malware variants has developed into a virulent threat landscape in which increasingly unskilled attackers are able to execute highly effective ransomware campaigns against organizations of all sizes and levels of complexity. Small-to-midsize businesses disproportionately fall victim to ransomware, as they often lack the technical skills and tools needed to prevent infection.
  |  By WatchGuard
In this eBook we provide you with suggestions on how to start providing some basic but vital security services that will improve the security posture of your customers while increasing your Average Revenue (ARPU), such as endpoint security set-up and monitoring.
  |  By WatchGuard
Cyber attacks grab headlines almost daily. WatchGuard's award-winning network security platform not only provides one of the most complete suites of unified security controls on the market today to detect and prevent these attacks, but our strategy of sourcing the best scanning engines to integrate with our built-in defenses boosts security in critical attack areas. Take a closer look at the WatchGuard security platform's all-star team of best-in-class threat management services.
  |  By WatchGuard
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed business continuity inadequacies at many organizations, and highlighted the slow pace of progress in digital transformation. This new reality necessitates a departure from a traditional network-centric security model that assumes every device and user within the network should be trusted. In this eBook we will explore how the dynamics of COVID-19 have impacted security, outline the importance of a zero-trust approach, and discuss how WatchGuard can help your business deliver the security you need during these trying times.
  |  By WatchGuard
If you are in the retail or hospitality industries, it's important to know exactly how your network security solution maps to PCI DSS standards. This white paper presents a straight-forward review of PCI requirements and how the WatchGuard platform delivers the capabilities you need to ensure mandates are met.
  |  By WatchGuard
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed business continuity inadequacies at many organizations, and highlighted the slow pace of progress in digital transformation. This new reality necessitates a departure from a traditional network-centric security model that assumes every device and user within the network should be trusted.
  |  By WatchGuard
Respected PCI-Qualified Security Assessor Coalfire recently completed a technical assessment of the WatchGuard Threat Detection and Response (TDR) solution, validating it for PCI DSS anti-malware use cases. Download the whitepaper to learn more!

WatchGuard has deployed nearly a million integrated, multi-function threat management appliances worldwide. Our signature red boxes are architected to be the industry's smartest, fastest, and meanest security devices with every scanning engine running at full throttle.

For 25 years, WatchGuard has pioneered cutting-edge cybersecurity technology and delivered it as easy-to-deploy and easy-to-manage solutions. With industry-leading network and endpoint security, secure Wi-Fi, multi-factor authentication, and network intelligence products and services, WatchGuard enables more than 250,000 small and midsize enterprises from around the globe to protect their most important assets including over 10 million endpoints.

The WatchGuard Difference:

  • Intelligent Protection: Effective protection against today’s vast number of evolving threats requires multiple services working intelligently together. Prevent, detect, and instantly respond to cyber attacks with automated policies.
  • Simplified Management: Managing security across your organization has never been simpler. Use out-of-the-box tools to quickly and easily deploy, configure, and maintain your security with the granularity of your choice.
  • Actionable Visiblity: Monitor and report on the health of your IT infrastructure. Actionable visibility tools enable you to proactively identify threats, while providing corrective action against known issues.

In a world where the cybersecurity landscape is constantly evolving, and new threats emerge each day, WatchGuard makes enterprise-grade cybersecurity technology accessible for every company.