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New AuthPoint Time Schedule Policy

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Earlier this year, we launched the AuthPoint Risk Framework, a powerful and flexible way to manage authentication policies. We are now happy to announce that we have launched the Time Schedule as a new type of policy. The Time Schedule policy enables you to specify the dates and times when...

Knowledge Base Digest - May 2021

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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 Apple iOS clients show security warning when they connect to WPA/WPA2 mixed encryption networks AuthPoint does not sync users from Active Directory Best...

New Fireware update releases

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Key points: WatchGuard has posted new maintenance updates for Fireware 12.7 and earlier branches, 12.5.7 and 12.1.3. The new releases address some issues that have been fixed since the original 12.7 release. See details in the Release Notes. WatchGuard is moving away from providing customer specific...

Knowledge Base Digest - April 2021

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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 April: Articles Report a Potential Security Issue Firebox Remote Management Best Practices T40 and T40-W models might have an internal LED light that is visible through...

Updates to WatchGuard Technical Support Case Processing

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WatchGuard’s Support and Service team is continually looking for ways to improve how we provide support to our customers. We are pleased to announce several enhancements to our support case experience, starting on 11 May. Panda corporate products cases now routed into WatchGuard systems As part of...

Fireware and Authpoint: The power couple.

Fireware 12.7 is now generally available, with a new simple integration between Authpoint and the Firebox. This new integration of two key products in the WatchGuard portfolio makes it easier to set up strong multi-factor authentication for VPNs through the Firebox. Security and convenience make...

New AuthPoint Time Schedule Policy Beta

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Earlier this year, we launched the AuthPoint Risk Framework, a powerful and flexible way to manage authentication policies. The latest AuthPoint beta focuses on time-based policy objects, which enable you to specify the dates and times when authentication policies apply to user authentications. You...

Released: New AuthPoint Self Service Portal Feature

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We are excited to announce that the Self-Service Portal feature is now available in AuthPoint! This feature gives the users autonomy to activate their own tokens, both mobile and hardware, by accessing their company’s IdP portal. Users that are enrolling for the first time and still do not have an...

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