Introduction

WatchGuard XTM 5 series firewall appliances are specially designed for medium scale organizations and support up to 350,000 bi-directional concurrent sessions. WatchGuard XTM 5 series security appliances and are capable of handling up to 28,000 new connections per second and also support unlimited numbers of LAN IPs.

Unlike other XTM series firewall appliances by WatchGuard that require Fireware to be upgraded to Fireware XTM Pro in order to get advanced security features enabled, WatchGuard XTM 5 series security appliances provide various advanced features pre-enabled without upgrading the Fireware and without any extra cost. The appliances can be centrally managed with the help of user-friendly and easy-to-use management tools. Security administrators can also use scriptable command line interface or web interface to configure and manage the appliances. XTM 515 and XTM 535 models of WatchGuard XTM 5 firewall appliances are upgradable to 535 and 545 models respectively.

Who Should Buy?

WatchGuard XTM 5 security appliances are manufactured and are useful for:

• Medium-Scale Businesses – Organizations that currently fall under the category of medium scale businesses and are gradually progressing to get to the level of large-scale. Since such organizations may have multiple branch offices scattered around the globe, which require consistence remote connections to the main offices, deploying WatchGuard XTM 5 security solutions would a smart and wise approach.

What Purposes It Serves?

WatchGuard XTM 5 security appliances allow security administrators to:

• Easily Manage Appliances – With the help of easy-to-use management tools, web interface and command line interface, administrators can easily and quickly create security policies and can implement them to secure the network.
• 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. Multiple concurrent secured VPN sessions can be established.

Top Features and Benefits

• VPN Connections – WatchGuard XTM 5 series firewall appliances support:
• ✓ VPN Failover
• ✓ Up to 750 Mbps of VPN throughput
• ✓ Up to 600 VPN tunnels to branch offices
• ✓ Up to 1000 Mobile VPN IPsec tunnels
• ✓ Up to 600 Mobile VPN SSL tunnels
• ✓ Up to 50 PPTP VPN tunnels
• Security – Since WatchGuard XTM  firewall appliances are dedicated security devices for middle size industries, they support:
• ✓ Up to 3.5 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 1.2 Gbps 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 environment to configure one time authentication.

Hardware Specifications – Hardware specifications of WatchGuard XTM 5 security appliances include:

• Up to 1 x 10/100 copper interfaces (FE)
• Up to 6 x 10/100/1000 copper interface (GbE)
• Up to 2 USB interfaces
• 1 serial interface
• Up to 400 VLANS

Paid Subscriptions

In order to enhance the security of the network, and make the WatchGuard XTM 5 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