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WatchGuard® Technologies, a global pioneer in unified cybersecurity for managed service providers (MSPs), announces new investments in frontier AI for application security, expanding access to advanced capabilities from both OpenAI and Anthropic. Unlike vendors aligned to a single AI ecosystem, WatchGuard is pursuing a multi-model strategy designed to continuously evaluate, adopt, and operationalise the most effective AI innovations for cyber defense. As attackers increasingly use AI to aut...

WatchGuard® Technologies, a global pioneer in unified cybersecurity for managed service providers (MSPs), announces the appointment of Vincent Hwang as Chief Product Officer, reporting to CEO, Joe Smolarski. Hwang joins WatchGuard at a pivotal moment as the company sharpens its platform and AI innovation strategies to help MSPs simplify operations, reduce tool sprawl, and deliver stronger security outcomes at scale. With deep expertise across cloud, endpoint, network, and SecOps, he will le...

WatchGuard Technologies, a global pioneer in unified cybersecurity for MSPs, today announced a new generation of Firebox rackmount appliances designed to help Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and enterprise organizations scale security performance without adding operational complexity. The new Firebox appliances deliver industry-best firewall performance, built-in high-speed connectivity and enterprise-class reliability for large, distributed environments and modern networks. “MSPs and IT...

WatchGuard® Technologies, the pioneer in unified cybersecurity for MSPs, today redefined how managed service providers (MSPs) deliver security at scale with the launch of Rai™. Unveiled at the company’s EMEA Impact Partner Conference, Rai is a new agentic AI digital workforce built specifically for MSPs that proactively performs cybersecurity duties across client environments. Rai is an always-on digital worker that operates as a true extension of the security team, detecting, c...

WatchGuard Technologies, a global entity in unified cybersecurity for Managed Service Providers (MSPs), announced an expansion of its Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services with WatchGuard Open MDR. This addition builds on WatchGuard’s MDR service by extending 24/7 detection and response to third-party tools alongside WatchGuard technologies, enabling MSPs to deliver full-stack managed security services across diverse customer environments without forcing disruptive platform change...

WatchGuard® Technologies now announced the WatchGuard Zero Trust Bundle – a streamlined solution that finally makes zero trust achievable for organizations of all sizes. For years, businesses have struggled to piece together identity, endpoint, access, and network tools, creating high costs, operational friction, and daily disruption. The WatchGuard Zero Trust Bundle solves this by unifying these capabilities into a simple, continuously validating, cloud-delivered framew...

WatchGuard® Technologies now announced that its endpoint security solution delivered outstanding performance in the latest MITRE ATT&CK® Enterprise Round 7 (ER7) Evaluation. The results highlight WatchGuard’s ability to combine strong threat prevention with low-noise detection, giving Managed Service Providers (MSPs) a reliable and efficient way to deliver high-quality security services at scale. WatchGuard’s commitment In the Windows “Hermes” scenario, Wat...

WatchGuard has revealed its top six cybersecurity predictions for 2026, forecasting a year where AI-driven threats, regulatory pressures, and the decline of legacy tools will reshape the security landscape. Corey Nachreiner, chief security officer at WatchGuard Technologies, emphasizes that organizations must prepare for rapid evolution in both attack methods and defensive strategies. Crypto-ransomware goes extinct  In 2026, crypto-ransomware will effectively go extinct, as threat actors aban...

WatchGuard® Technologies, a pioneer in unified cybersecurity and Vector Capital (“Vector”) portfolio company, announced the appointment of Joe Smolarski as Chief Executive Officer. Vats Srivatsan, who had been named interim CEO since May 2025, will continue to serve as a member of WatchGuard’s board of directors, advising the company on growth & strategy. WatchGuard re-energised innovation Under Vats’ leadership, WatchGuard re-energised innovation, strengthened...

WatchGuard Technologies, a global pioneer in unified cybersecurity for managed service, announced a major expansion of its WatchGuard Cloud PSA (Professional Services Automation), now offering deep, native support for ConnectWise Manage, Autotask PSA, and HaloPSA. This broad integration ‒ which includes the entire portfolio of Network, Identity, Endpoint, and MDR services ‒ solidifies WatchGuard's continued commitment to empowering MSPs by embedding security management directly into the core sy...

WatchGuard® Technologies, a pioneer in unified cybersecurity for managed service providers (MSPs), announced that it has been recognized as both a Leader and an Outperformer in the 2025 GigaOm Radar Report for Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR). The GigaOm Radar Report for EDR evaluates vendors across innovation, execution, and deployment models to guide IT and security pioneers in solution selection. WatchGuard’s strength In the 2025 report, GigaOm recognized...

Dan will develop and lead Lancope’s worldwide channel sales and marketing strategy and global partner program Lancope, Inc., a leader in network visibility and security intelligence, announces the appointment of Dan Sibille as Vice President of Channels. Sibille has over 20 years of experience driving channel sales and marketing for networking, security and video collaboration leaders including 3Com, Extreme Networks, Internet Security Systems, WatchGuard Technologies, L...

UTM solution rated for performing nearly 3.5 times faster than competing unified threat management solutions WatchGuard Technologies has been awarded a "Performance Verified Certification" by independent test lab, Miercom, for performing nearly 3.5 times faster than competing unified threat management (UTM) solutions with standard UTM features enabled. The award gives both small and mid-sized enterprises assurance that WatchGuard UTM solutions can deliver the security and perf...

  HD cameras will still account for less than 15% of the total American in-car police surveillance camera market in 2015 IMS Research forecasts that despite police department budgets coming under increasing pressure across the USA, the HD (High Definition) camera market onboard police cars is set to grow at over 20% over the next four years. This is just one of the findings from IMS Research's latest report on the mobile video surveillance equipment market. Currently Watc...