Product and Support News

Knowledge Base Digest - July 2022

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Each month we publish numerous new articles and known issues to the WatchGuard Knowledge Base. Here is the new content published in June and July (note that previously published June Knowledge Base digest was incomplete): Articles Why do I see a "failed to connect B channel" Firebox log message? How...

WatchGuard EPDR earns OPSWAT Gold Anti-malware certification

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WatchGuard EPDR received gold certification from our technology partner OPSWAT. Why is OPSWAT gold certification important? Earning Gold certification required that our products meet OPSWAT’s specific anti-malware criteria and compatibility standards. Through its Certified Security Application...

Knowledge Base Digest - June 2022

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Each month we publish numerous new articles and known issues to the WatchGuard Knowledge Base. Here is the new content published in June: Articles Configure a BOVPN virtual interface in Fireware v11.11.x that uses GRE for dynamic routing to a Cisco endpoint Geoblocking can block connections to...

Supported Operating Systems for WSM

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Supported Operating Systems for WatchGuard System Manager (WSM) To determine when WatchGuard ends support for an operating system our applications run on, we follow the support lifecycle of the operating system vendor. This post provides detail on how Microsoft's lifecycle affects this policy. In...

Knowledge Base Digest - May 2022

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Each month we publish numerous new articles and known issues to the WatchGuard Knowledge Base. Here is the new content published in May: Articles Supervised iOS Devices: Back up and Restore without Losing Data Video or voice calls disconnected while on wireless network Known Issues AuthPoint Logon...

New Beta alert! Take your passwords security to a new level

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Lack of password management is exposing companies to credentials theft. Our AuthPoint MFA helps to mitigate issues related to user authentication, and passwords are indeed one of those factors. They need to be protected as well. To help you and your customers protect passwords, we are launching...

NEW WatchGuard Endpoint Security & N-central Integration

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We are happy to announce the WatchGuard Endpoint Security integration with N-able N-central! N-central is a Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) solution that streamlines and automates management and expands the user technology ecosystem across integrations that significantly reduce operational...

Aether 13 and WG Cloud - New Endpoint Security Release

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Ransomware was assessed as the prime threat in 2020-2021. Unfortunately, attacks are dramatically increasing in scope and frequency year over year, with high-impact, headline-making incidents continuously growing. With this release, we expand our prevention and response technologies in our Endpoint...

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WatchGuard Beta Program

As a WatchGuard partner or customer with an active account, you can join our software beta program to experience our products in the early stages, and give your feedback to influence the course of development.


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End of Life Policy

WatchGuard will periodically announce End-of-Sale and End-of-Life life cycle milestone information along with migration recommendations for our valued customers.


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Product Certifications

WatchGuard security solutions are well-designed, easily deployed, and rigorously tested. We regularly submit our products for third-party evaluation to ensure we meet all industry standards.