During an independent test of the Watchguard TechnologiesFireboxM670 V12.5.3, the product offered excellent security, very good plain text and SSL/TLSperformance/functionality, and a very competitive total cost of ownership. Customers were largely satisfied with quality, capabilities, and price, but felt the centralized management split between on premises and cloud left room for improvement. Security Effectiveness was excellent; WatchGuard blocked 264 out of264 evasions, 2,247 out of 2,331 exploits, and passed all the stability and reliability tests. The Plain Text Rated Throughput was very good with 1,908 Mbps, the HTTPS Rated Throughput was good, with 837 Mbps, giving WatchGuard a combined Rated Throughput of 1,158 Mbps.

Product ratings give decision-makers clear, forward-looking insight into the effectiveness of products tested. This report employs a letter rating system, which provides a forecast about a product’s capacity to meet its obligations to consumers over time. Products are assigned letter ratings ranging from AAA-D, calculated on a scale from 0 to 800. The highest rating of ‘AAA’ indicates that the product’s capacity to meet its commitments to consumers is extremely strong while a product rated ‘D’ is actively being breached by known threats and is unable to protect consumers. Ratings inform consumers, enhancing transparency and enabling them to focus on considerations that are most critical to their organizations.