Wick Hill shipping WatchGuard Firebox M440 UTM/NGFW appliance

Wick Hill is now shipping the WatchGuard Firebox ® M440 UTM/NGFW appliance. The Firebox M440 makes it easy to apply the right policies to the correct network segment – without complex configurations. It is the first appliance rich in truly independent ports, removing the need for complex configurations such as VLANs and instantly simplifying the critical process of applying traffic-appropriate policies across multiple network segments – a process that to date, has often been beyond the technical reach of many IT organizations.

Plus, WatchGuard's visibility solution, Dimension™, provides the industry's only real-time, single-pane-of-glass view of the effect each policy is having on that segment's traffic.

Ian Kilpatrick, chairman Wick Hill Group, commented: “WatchGuard has provided two very topical solutions to major security issues for organisations, providing both strong, easy segmentation and clear network activity visibility. These are market-leading solutions solving a real and current problem and we will see strong sales. The M440, with its high port density and competitive pricing, is also ideal for local authorities and other organisations connecting to the PSN.”

"Network security solutions are only good if they're not too difficult for IT pros to use," said Dave R. Taylor, vice president of corporate strategy and product management for WatchGuard. "The Firebox M440 makes it drop-dead easy to create segments, map the traffic, create custom policies based on what traffic is in each segment, and instantly see how it affects traffic. Applying the appropriate security policies to the correct traffic flows is what truly defines the success of your segmentation strategy and the Firebox M440 takes the configuration complexity out of the process."

Firebox M440
The Firebox M440 incorporates the same strong security, high performance and flexible management tools that distinguish WatchGuard’s other UTM and NGFW solutions, but this model delivers especially robust port density with twenty-five 1Gb Ethernet ports and two 10 Gb SFP+ (fiber) ports. Eight of the ports provide Power over Ethernet (PoE), which is ideal for WatchGuard Access Points.

Because it's rich in independent ports, the Firebox M440 is an excellent platform for defining different network segments, which industry experts acknowledge as the best practice for securing and protecting data. WatchGuard makes it easy to define policy and add security services for each segment. The new policy map feature in WatchGuard Dimension™, which comes standard on all M440 appliances, provides excellent visibility to the traffic in each segment.