Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

WatchGuard Technologies, a leading provider of unified cybersecurity solutions, today revealed its participation in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Accelerate Program. This co-sell initiative connects AWS Partners offering software solutions that operate on or integrate with AWS, helping them drive new business by directly linking ISVs with the AWS Sales team.

Nowadays, most aspects of business are digitalized and it’s essential to ensure your company is cyber resilient. Just as you've struggled to weather the ups and downs of the market, it's time to protect sensitive data and confidential information from increasingly sophisticated threats. With an average of 75,520 attacks per day, according to WatchGuard's threat landscape, it is clear that enterprises must go beyond detection and response.

WatchGuard Senior Product Marketing Manager Stephen Helm discusses how XDR can harness AI across your entire IT environment – correlating data from networks, Cloud services, VPN logs, and more into a single, AI-driven security framework. Cyber threats are evolving fast, and your clients rely on you to stay ahead.

2024 is behind us, but the cybersecurity lessons it left behind are still highly relevant. Data breaches remain a persistent threat to large enterprises and government agencies, as the data they store is prized by organizations and a prized target for cybercriminals. Attacks have economic consequences and serious reputational and legal repercussions, putting business stability at risk.

We are thrilled to share that WatchGuard Endpoint Security Solutions has achieved outstanding results in the December 2024 PassMark Performance Benchmark Report, reinforcing our commitment to delivering top-tier security with minimal impact on system performance. PassMark, a trusted third-party benchmarking authority, evaluated the performance impact of 10 leading endpoint security solutions in enterprise environments, assessing them across 9 key performance metrics, including.

From predictive systems to the recent proliferation of generative AI-based virtual assistants such as ChatGPT, artificial intelligence has become a key driver in many sectors, and cybersecurity is no exception. The disruptive impact of GenAI has popularized AI use recently but this technology has actually been deployed for over 20 years in the security sector, serving as an additional and critical tool for proactive threat management that enhances operational efficiency.

Enterprises today are facing a complex working environment, where digitalization is advancing by leaps and bounds and technological tools are multiplying. This change has brought with it a key challenge: protecting and managing access to sensitive data. IT teams are overloaded with password-related tickets, while employees are dealing with multiple credential-management fatigue, a problem that affects both productivity and security.

WatchGuard acquired ActZero, a leading provider of MDR services with proactive, rapid and automated threat response and cross-platform AI-driven threat analysis designed to outpace threats at machine speed. This move further expands and matures WatchGuard’s innovative 24/7 MDR service and was signed and closed on December 17, 2024.