WatchGuard unveils Trusted
Wireless Environment framework
atchGuard Technologies, a
leader in advanced network
security solutions, has launched
its new Trusted Wireless Environment
framework, a guiding resource
businesses and solution providers can
use to build Wi-Fi services that offer
market-leading performance, scalable
management and verified, comprehensive
security capabilities. This new initiative
seeks to upset the status quo in the
wireless market, which the company says
has prioritised performance over security
for far too long.
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Organisations that build Trusted Wireless
Environments can enjoy the performance
and scalability they need to run their
business, while at the same time
ensuring protection against today’s most
dangerous Wi-Fi attacks.
“Wi-Fi networks have always served
as low-hanging fruit for cybercriminals
looking to steal valuable information,
primarily because vendors and
businesses alike have made the
mistake of looking at Wi-Fi security
capabilities as an added benefit, rather
than a primary feature,” said Ryan
Orsi, Director of Product Management
at WatchGuard Technologies. “We’re
seeing a massive, industry-wide need
to fundamentally re-evaluate what we
expect from Wi-Fi products, so we’re
advocating that businesses of every
size – and even competing vendors
– examine our framework for what it
takes to build and operate a Trusted
Wireless Environment.
“WatchGuard’s cloud-based secure Wi-
Fi products are truly unique in that they
offer both industry-leading performance
and unrivalled protection against every
known category of Wi-Fi security threats,
all delivered in a package that’s easily
managed and highly scalable.”
Trusted wireless environments
WatchGuard’s Trusted Wireless
Environment framework helps
organisations develop complete Wi-
Fi networks that are fast, easy to
manage and, most importantly, secure.
Organisations today are faced with the
inherent responsibility of establishing
Trusted Wireless Environments that
protect their employees, their customers
and their intellectual property from
hackers who can easily exploit the weak
or non-existent security of traditional Wi-
Fi networks.
Some choose to tackle this effort in-
house, however, many small to midsize
businesses and organisations elect
to outsource their IT, including their
Wi-Fi, to a trusted partner, which puts
the responsibility for protecting that
organisation on the VAR, MSP or MSSP
serving that client. u
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