WatchGuard launches first solution in SASE portfolio

Cybersecurity company WatchGuard Technologies has unveiled the first in a range of solutions designed to enable easier hybrid Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) implementation.

FireCloud Internet Access enables managed service providers to deliver a SASE solution to clients with an adoption model that fits hybrid environments. The solution, which forms part of the WatchGuard Unified Security Platform architecture, integrates with WatchGuard Cloud and shares unified policy management with Firebox to enable it to support networks that combine traditional on-premises and Cloud/firewall-as-a-service (FWaaS) environments.

The company says FireCloud Internet Access provides flexible and scalable licensing and pricing models, and enables administrators to configure and enforce security policies from a single interface for easier deployment.

WatchGuard also plans to follow up the launch by introducing a wider range of FireCloud products covering private access, SD-WAN, zero-trust network access, and cloud access security broker capabilities. The company has also committed to integrating the FireCloud platform with ThreatSync+ software, as well as the soon-to-be-released WatchGuard Universal Agent device management platform.

WatchGuard Chief Product Officer Andrew Young said the FireCloud Internet Access solution aims to provide security for real-world challenges that today’s businesses face.

“As remote and distributed work environments evolve and companies transition to the cloud, the range of threat surfaces and location of endpoints that need protection has expanded,” he said. “Existing solutions don’t allow security teams to seamlessly manage their network security in concert with their SASE deployments, creating security gaps and management complexities. To overcome these limitations, we have developed a new hybrid SASE approach which begins with FireCloud Internet Access.”

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