WatchGuard Firebox System 7.0 User Guide

CHAPTER 1IntroductionWelcome to WatchGuard ®In the past, a connected enterprise needed a complexset of tools, systems, and personnel for access control,authentication, virtual private networking, networkmanagement, and security analysis. These costly systemswere difficult to integrate and not easy to update.Today, the WatchGuard Firebox System delivers acomplete network security solution to meet thesemodern security challenges:• Keeping network defenses current• Protecting every office connected to the Internet• Encrypting communications to remote offices andtraveling users• Managing the security system from a single siteThe WatchGuard Firebox System is a reliable, flexible,scalable, and inexpensive network security solution.Its setup and maintenance costs are small, and it supportsa rich feature set. When properly configured andadministered, the Firebox System reliably defends anynetwork against external threats.User Guide 1