Introduction

WatchGuard XTM 3 series firewall appliances are best suited for small scale organizations supporting up to 40,000 bi-directional concurrent sessions, and unlimited numbers of LAN IPs.  These security appliances are useful where security is considered to be a major aspect, but the budget is still limited. With the help of WatchGuard XTM 3 series firewall appliances, security administrators can avail most features of advanced firewall devices, which are generally not present in other firewall appliances manufactured for small or medium scale industries.

With the help of easy-to-use and user-friendly management tools, security administrators can configure the policies quite easily and within no time. Fireware of WatchGuard XTM 3 can also be upgraded to Fireware XTM Pro to avail more advanced features offered by the security appliance.

Who Should Buy?

Although WatchGuard XTM 3 series security appliances are cheap and best security solutions for most organizations, they can best suit the business needs of:

• Small-Scale Businesses – Organizations that currently fall under the category of small scale businesses, but are gradually developing on a regular basis can use WatchGuard XTM 3 security appliances.
• Branch Offices – Branch offices of main offices can also use WatchGuard XTM 3 if they contain sensitive information, and still want to communicate with the external network and allow main offices to access their internal networks through secure channels.

What Purposes It Serves?

WatchGuard XTM 3 security appliances allow security administrators to:

• Easily Manage Appliances – With the help of easy-to-use management tools, administrators can easily and quickly create security policies and can implement them.
• Create IPsec/SSL VPN Tunnels – With the help of secure VPN tunnels, remote access to branch or main offices can be made secure by encrypting the entire communication.
• Establish Dual Band Wireless Network – Wireless Models of WatchGuard XTM 3 firewall appliances support IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n networks that allow devices using 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz frequencies to interact with the network using secure channel.

Top Features and Benefits

• VPN Connections – WatchGuard XTM 3 series firewall appliances support:
• ✓ VPN Failover
• ✓ Up to 240 Mbps of VPN throughput
• ✓ IPSec and SSL VPN connections
• ✓ Up to 50 VPN tunnels to branch offices
• ✓ Up to 55 Mobile VPN IPsec tunnels
• ✓ Up to 55 Mobile VPN SSL tunnels
• ✓ Up to 50 PPTP VPN tunnels
• Security – Since WatchGuard XTM 3 firewall appliances are dedicated security devices, they support:
• ✓ Up to 1.4 Gbps firewall throughput
• ✓ Threat Protection (from Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, spyware, malicious elements, etc.)
• ✓ Deep Packet Inspection (DPI)
• ✓ Stateful Packet Inspection
• ✓ Proxy Firewall
• ✓ Up to 190 Mbps Unified Threat Management (UTM) throughput
• 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 the appliance with an existing Windows Active Directory to configure one time authentication.

Hardware Specifications – Hardware specifications of WatchGuard XTM 3 security appliances include:

• Up to 7 x 10/100/1000 copper interfaces
• Up to 2 USB interfaces
• 1 serial interface
• Up to 75 VLANs

Paid Subscriptions

In order to enhance the security of the network, and make the WatchGuard XTM 3 series firewall appliances work even more efficiently, security administrators can purchase any or all 6 of the 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 – 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

Fireware for WatchGuard XTM 3 series firewall appliances can be upgraded to Fireware XTP Pro to exploit several advanced features that are compatible with the upgraded version. The advanced features that can be used when the Fireware of a WatchGuard XTM 3 is upgraded to Fireware XTP Pro include:

• WAN Load Balancing
• VLAN Support
• Real-time monitoring
• Rich reporting