Awards and Reviews

For the second year in a row, WatchGuard Technologies was featured as one of Washington State’s Best Workplaces, a prestigious list compiled based on employee feedback and sentiment.

WatchGuard’s AuthPoint multi-factor authentication service won a Developers’ Choice Award from HostingAdvice.com for delivering an easy-to-implement, enterprise-grade MFA solution at prices accessible to any business.

WatchGuard was voted a ChannelPro 2018 Readers’ Choice Awards winner, taking home the Bronze medal for Best Security Hardware Vendor.

WatchGuard was recognized with three honors in Network Products Guide’s 13th Annual 2018 IT World Awards, winning Gold in the Security Hardware category once again for the WatchGuard Firebox M370.

IT Pro honored WatchGuard’s Firebox T55-W with five stars and recognized the security appliance with its prestigious Editor’s Choice Award for offering a remarkable range of easily configured security features and providing excellent value.

WatchGuard Firebox T15 earned five stars from IT Pro’s expert product review team and was awarded with a prestigious Editor’s Choice recommendation for being the perfect, super-strength network security appliance for small businesses.

WatchGuard’s Coletta Vigh and Michelle Welch have been honored by CRN as part of its 2018 Women of the Channel. This also marks the third consecutive year that Vigh has earned a spot on CRN’s prestigious Power 100 list.

CRN recognized WatchGuard as one of the “30 Coolest Mobile Security and Device Management Vendors” as part of its 2018 Mobility 100 list of influential vendors that are bringing innovative mobile products and services to market.

WatchGuard was recognized as MSSP Ally of the Year at the Channelnomics MSP Awards 2018. These awards honor vendors that provide successful, effective and channel-friendly partner programs that offer significant support and innovative technologies.

WatchGuard was named a Leader in the Security Company of the Year category, WatchGuard CTO Corey Nachreiner won Editor’s Choice for CTO of the Year, and the Firebox M470 and Firebox T35 were recognized as Most Innovative in the Firewall and Unified Threat Management categories, respectively.

Once again, WatchGuard has been awarded five stars by CRN in their annual Partner Program Guide, recognizing the strongest and most successful partner programs in the channel today.

For the third year in a row, WatchGuard has been recognized as a top network security vendor by CRN's Security 100 list as one of its 20 Coolest Network Security Vendors.

BizTech Magazine reviewed WatchGuard's feature-packed Firebox T15-W, remarking on its enterprise-grade security protections, simple setup for IT teams, and other major advantages.

WatchGuard Named Grand Trophy Winner in Info Security Products Guide’s 14th Annual Global Excellence Awards, and the WatchGuard APT Blocker won Gold for Advanced Persistent Threat Detection and Response.

CRN named WatchGuard’s Director of Global Channel Programs, Coletta Vigh, and Partner Marketing Manager, Bryce Hjalseth, to its prestigious list of top IT channel leaders.

WatchGuard took home four honors in the 2018 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards, including a Gold award in the Network Security category for the Firebox M470.

WatchGuard has been recognized by ChannelPartner/IDG as one of the top vendors and best market performers in Security.

IT Pro awarded the WatchGuard AP420 with a five-star score and an Editor’s Choice award for excellent, enterprise class wireless security, slick cloud management and its competitive line-up of features.

The Firebox T70 won Best Security Appliance of 2017 in IT Pro’s Product of the Year Awards for its exceptional performance and unbeatable price.