Network Operations Center Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
MSP
Top 5
Jun 18, 2026
We are using WatchGuard Firebox for network maintenance for one of our clients, and if any network outage happens, we troubleshoot the issue and try to fix it as soon as possible as per our SLA. We use the T80 model, which is one of the very good products for a mid-range firewall. I can see that this product is very good for medium-sized company deployments. We actually did not deploy this firewall; we are only maintaining the network for this device. Maintenance for WatchGuard Firebox is not necessary on our end since it is installed in a client server office and we access it remotely. We only track alerts and investigate issues. It does not require much maintenance, provided the temperature in the server room is good. We only need to take care of the software or firmware upgrades as per the recommended version.
Director Técnico de Ciberseguridad at Electroautomática Onieva, Sociedad Limitada
Real User
Top 10
Jun 17, 2026
WatchGuard Firebox serves as the main use case for perimeter protection in my company. I use WatchGuard Firebox for perimeter protection as the core of the network, where subnet segmentation is carried out. We could also add everything related to geolocation services, geolocation of connections, traffic inspection, and network intelligence in terms of how we use WatchGuard Firebox in the core of the network for perimeter protection.
Sales Director at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Top 10
Jun 15, 2026
My main use case for WatchGuard Firebox is MSSP. It depends on the requirements of the customers. For example, we have a food company with two branches. We have an M390 as a main firewall and an M390 high availability as the backup firewall, with two T80s in the branches. We have a VPN for the connections.
I use WatchGuard Firebox mainly for perimeter security, secure remote access, and traffic inspection in our organization. I use WatchGuard Firebox to control inbound and outbound traffic. For example, we block suspicious IPs, restrict risk applications, and manage VPN access for remote employees. This is very helpful for our company.
WatchGuard Firebox is configured as a perimetral firewall across all our locations. We have two sites that are connected to the internet, and each site has WatchGuard Firebox configured as a firewall. The most significant features for network security in WatchGuard Firebox are the VPN and the firewall, including the configuration of the entrance and in-out ports for communication with external sites. We have many site-to-site connections, and we use this feature frequently.
My experience with WatchGuard Firebox has been that it operates similar to other firewall services available in the market, such as Palo Alto and Fortinet, however, it does not provide the same level of throughput and features. We are using it as a firewall, enabling geofencing, creating policies to allow or block traffic, and setting up site-to-site VPN connections on the box. WatchGuard Firebox is deployed on-premises, as it is a hardware box.
I actually use the host ransomware prevention feature of WatchGuard Threat Detection and Response, and we haven't had issues with that. This is currently maintained by our partner in the WatchGuard management. We are a town hall, but there is an enterprise provider that is currently managing all the WatchGuard Threat Detection and Response installation. I am not familiar with the automated remediation tools in WatchGuard Threat Detection and Response and how they help in reducing manual intervention because this is managed by our provider. I have not yet utilized the cloud sandboxing feature in WatchGuard Threat Detection and Response.
Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Reseller
Top 5
May 13, 2025
The main use cases for the WatchGuard Firebox are to protect our customers' network, VPN connection or IPsec, or SSL VPN, as by default, it's a protection of the network and the users, and servers.
I'm using it in the banking sector only. Basically, I'm using it for security and other purposes, including data loss prevention. Security is the main purpose in banks.
We use the solution to ensure that no data breach, such as credit card details and national insurance numbers, leaves the company. However, we have to allow some information to go through because we send a lot of information to the National Healthcare Service.
Owner / CEO at Midwest Technology Specialists LLC.
Consultant
Oct 8, 2021
The big issue with data-loss protection is the end-to-end encryption between the user and whatever site they're connecting to. And that diminishes the effectiveness of the data loss protection because it can't inspect all of the data contents. Formatting is still reliant on numbers, letters, and sequences recognizable as credit cards, driver's license birthdays, etc. There's a lot of other sensitive material that could be at a client site, for example, that doesn't have a known methodology. It can be challenging to set it up to recognize instances of information unique to an environment. Unfortunately, it's even the case with a company like Microsoft. I would compare it to the data loss protection within Office 365 and say that it has the same inherent problems that you see with any encrypted email.
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We are using WatchGuard Firebox for network maintenance for one of our clients, and if any network outage happens, we troubleshoot the issue and try to fix it as soon as possible as per our SLA. We use the T80 model, which is one of the very good products for a mid-range firewall. I can see that this product is very good for medium-sized company deployments. We actually did not deploy this firewall; we are only maintaining the network for this device. Maintenance for WatchGuard Firebox is not necessary on our end since it is installed in a client server office and we access it remotely. We only track alerts and investigate issues. It does not require much maintenance, provided the temperature in the server room is good. We only need to take care of the software or firmware upgrades as per the recommended version.
WatchGuard Firebox serves as the main use case for perimeter protection in my company. I use WatchGuard Firebox for perimeter protection as the core of the network, where subnet segmentation is carried out. We could also add everything related to geolocation services, geolocation of connections, traffic inspection, and network intelligence in terms of how we use WatchGuard Firebox in the core of the network for perimeter protection.
My main use case for WatchGuard Firebox is MSSP. It depends on the requirements of the customers. For example, we have a food company with two branches. We have an M390 as a main firewall and an M390 high availability as the backup firewall, with two T80s in the branches. We have a VPN for the connections.
I use WatchGuard Firebox mainly for perimeter security, secure remote access, and traffic inspection in our organization. I use WatchGuard Firebox to control inbound and outbound traffic. For example, we block suspicious IPs, restrict risk applications, and manage VPN access for remote employees. This is very helpful for our company.
We use it for data loss prevention, firewall, and malware protection.
WatchGuard Firebox is used in my organization for detection and response and firewall functionalities.
WatchGuard Firebox is configured as a perimetral firewall across all our locations. We have two sites that are connected to the internet, and each site has WatchGuard Firebox configured as a firewall. The most significant features for network security in WatchGuard Firebox are the VPN and the firewall, including the configuration of the entrance and in-out ports for communication with external sites. We have many site-to-site connections, and we use this feature frequently.
My experience with WatchGuard Firebox has been that it operates similar to other firewall services available in the market, such as Palo Alto and Fortinet, however, it does not provide the same level of throughput and features. We are using it as a firewall, enabling geofencing, creating policies to allow or block traffic, and setting up site-to-site VPN connections on the box. WatchGuard Firebox is deployed on-premises, as it is a hardware box.
I actually use the host ransomware prevention feature of WatchGuard Threat Detection and Response, and we haven't had issues with that. This is currently maintained by our partner in the WatchGuard management. We are a town hall, but there is an enterprise provider that is currently managing all the WatchGuard Threat Detection and Response installation. I am not familiar with the automated remediation tools in WatchGuard Threat Detection and Response and how they help in reducing manual intervention because this is managed by our provider. I have not yet utilized the cloud sandboxing feature in WatchGuard Threat Detection and Response.
The main use cases for the WatchGuard Firebox are to protect our customers' network, VPN connection or IPsec, or SSL VPN, as by default, it's a protection of the network and the users, and servers.
I'm using it in the banking sector only. Basically, I'm using it for security and other purposes, including data loss prevention. Security is the main purpose in banks.
We use the solution to ensure that no data breach, such as credit card details and national insurance numbers, leaves the company. However, we have to allow some information to go through because we send a lot of information to the National Healthcare Service.
The big issue with data-loss protection is the end-to-end encryption between the user and whatever site they're connecting to. And that diminishes the effectiveness of the data loss protection because it can't inspect all of the data contents. Formatting is still reliant on numbers, letters, and sequences recognizable as credit cards, driver's license birthdays, etc. There's a lot of other sensitive material that could be at a client site, for example, that doesn't have a known methodology. It can be challenging to set it up to recognize instances of information unique to an environment. Unfortunately, it's even the case with a company like Microsoft. I would compare it to the data loss protection within Office 365 and say that it has the same inherent problems that you see with any encrypted email.
We use it to meet our compliance.