Introduction

WatchGuard XTM 1050 NG firewall is best for offices that work as headquarters or datacenters for large scale organizations. WatchGuard XTM 1050 NG firewall is capable of supporting up to 1,250,000 bi-directional concurrent sessions, while having unlimited numbers of LAN IPs in the network. By providing up to 10 Gbps and 2 Gbps firewall and UTM throughputs respectively, WatchGuard XTM 1050 NG firewall appliance proves to be the best security solution for enterprises at reasonable cost. With the help of additional security subscriptions, WatchGuard XTM 1050 NG firewall can provide almost foolproof security to the network.

Who Should Buy?

WatchGuard XTM 1050 NG firewall appliance is manufactured and is useful for:

• Headquarters – Ofices that are considered to be used as headquarters can exploit WatchGuard XTM 1050 NG firewall as the device already includes almost all required features. WatchGuard XTM 1050 NG firewall appliance makes it easier for the administrators to manage multiple WatchGuard devices with the help of 4-device management tool that allows administrators to manage up to 4 WatchGuard appliances.
• Datacenters – Buildings that are used as datacenters for the organizations can also use WatchGuard XTM 1050 NG firewall appliance for increased security and improved performance. Since WatchGuard XTM 1050 NG firewall appliance can provide enterprise level security, the device is best suited for the datacenters where sensitive information is stored and retrieved on a regular basis.

What Purposes It Serves?

WatchGuard XTM 1050 NG firewall appliance allows security administrators to:

• Use Fiber Optic Media – As per the requirements, administrators can optionally choose fiber-optic enabled WatchGuard XTM 1050 NG firewall appliance in order to experience high data transmission speed without EMIs. Fiber-optic media can be used to connect multiple branch offices in the same premises by using the media as the backbone cables.
• Easily Manage Appliances – Because the flexible management tool included with WatchGuard XTM 1050 NG firewall allows security administrators to manage up to 4 WatchGuard devices, administrators can easily configure and administer multiple WatchGuard security appliances from a central location, hence expediting the entire management and administration process.

Top Features and Benefits

• VPN Connections – WatchGuard XTM 1050 NG firewall appliance supports:
• ✓ VPN Failover
• ✓ 2 Gbps of VPN throughput
• ✓ 7000 VPN tunnels to branch offices
• ✓ 15000 Mobile VPN IPsec tunnels
• ✓ 15000 Mobile VPN SSL tunnels
• Security – Since WatchGuard XTM 1050 NG firewall appliance is a dedicated security device especially designed for datacenters and headquarters, it supports:
• ✓ 10 Gbps firewall throughput
• ✓ Threat Protection (from Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, spyware, malicious elements, etc.)
• ✓ Deep Packet Inspection (DPI)
• ✓ Stateful Packet Inspection
• ✓ Proxy Firewall
• ✓ 2 Gbps Unified Threat Management (UTM) throughput
• ✓ 3.9 Gbps Intrusion Prevention Services (IPS) throughput
• Networking – Apart from other general networking features, WatchGuard XTM 1050 NG firewall appliance also supports:
• ✓ High Availability (Active/Passive and Active/Active load balancing)
• ✓ Multi-WAN load balancing
• ✓ Multi-WAN failover
• ✓ NAT (Static, Dynamic,  IPsec NAT traversal, Virtual IP for Server Load Balancing)
• Voice over IP (VoIP) – Security administrators can also manage VoIP by:
• ✓ H.323
• ✓ SIP
• ✓ Session Security
• Single Sign-on (SSO) – This feature allows administrators to integrate WatchGuard XTM 1050 NG firewall appliance with an existing Windows Active Directory environment to configure one time authentication. Single Sign-on (SSO) eliminates the requirements of providing users’ credentials every time data or resources are accessed.

Hardware Specifications – Hardware specifications of WatchGuard XTM 1050 NG firewall appliance include:

• 12 x 10/100/1000 copper interfaces
• 4 x 1G SFP+ fiber-optic interfaces (optional) or 2 x 10G SFP+ fiber-optic interfaces (optional)
• 1 serial interface
• Up to 500 VLANS

Paid Subscriptions

In order to enhance the security of the network, and make the WatchGuard XTM 1050 NG firewall appliance work even more efficiently, security administrators can purchase any or all available subscriptions:

• Application Control – Security administrators can purchase subscription for Application Control that allows them to monitor and control the access of web applications such as Skype, etc.
• Reputation Enabled Defense – Reputation Enabled Defense (RED) adds an additional layer of security to the network by preventing users from accessing malicious webpages.
• WebBlocker – This subscription allows security administrators to block unwanted websites, hence restricting users from accessing inappropriate contents available on the Internet.
• Intrusion Prevention Service – Security administrators can purchase this subscription in order to detect and automatically prevent any intrusion attempts into the network.
• SpamBlocker – This subscription secures the network from unwanted virus oriented spam emails, hence allowing secure communication between internal and external networks.
• Gateway Antivirus – This subscription protects the network from virus attacks. When this subscription is purchased, viruses are blocked at the gateway itself.

Upgrades