WatchGuard Intrusion Prevention Service Reviews

Rainer Albrecht

General Manager at Gemcom

Sep 04 2019

Detect and prevent hacker attacks and has stable hardware and software

What is most valuable?

Just a few days ago one of our customers had a brute force attack detected and prevented and for us, it is very important that we get alarmed beforehand from the included feature WatchGuard Dimension.

How has it helped my organization?

I cannot really remember any hacker attack at our WatchGuard customers due to successful intrusion over years.

What needs improvement?

Integration of additional cloud services to be even more effective.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The best is, that the Intrusion Detection and Prevention Module is included in Standard Security. Bu the solution has two suites, the Basic and the Total Security Suite with comprehensive and powerful… more»

If you previously used a different solution, which one did you use and why did you switch?

We used a dedicated solution but switch to WatchGuard because it is more comprehensive due to the Unified Threat Management (UTM) approach, where IPS is included and it focuses on our SMB customers.

What other advice do I have?

I have a request for a feature in the next version and that would be to not only have detection and prevention but also action, for example, to shut down the whole system over an application… more»

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What is WatchGuard Intrusion Prevention Service?

Online attacks and malware continue to evolve, using sophisticated methods to exploit victims. WatchGuard Intrusion Prevention Service (IPS) provides a preemptive approach to network security that adds an essential layer of threat detection and prevention. IPS protects your network from a wide range of malicious activities, including SQL injections, cross-site scripting, and buffer overflows.

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WatchGuard IPS

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