WatchGuard Application Control 1-Year Subscription for Firebox M270
Secure your business network with WatchGuard Application Control, providing one year of advanced threat protection and traffic management for your Firebox M270.
- Continuous Protection: Access to updated threat intelligence to defend against emerging application-based threats.
- Granular Control: Coverage for detailed policy creation to manage and block specific applications or categories.
- Enhanced Visibility: Protection against unauthorized application usage that can consume bandwidth or pose security risks.
- Compliance Support: Entitlement to logging and reporting features that aid in meeting regulatory compliance requirements.
Product Overview
Product Overview
WatchGuard Application Control is a vital security subscription for your Firebox M270, offering one year of enhanced network visibility and control. It empowers you to identify, monitor, and manage the use of thousands of applications running across your network, ensuring that only authorized and safe applications are in use.
This solution is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals in small to mid-sized businesses who need to maintain a secure and efficient network environment. It integrates directly with your Firebox M270 firewall, providing a critical layer of defense and policy enforcement within your existing IT infrastructure.
- Application Awareness: Identify and classify over 2,500 applications and 250,000 micro-categories.
- Granular Policy Control: Create custom policies to allow, deny, or limit bandwidth for specific applications or categories.
- Real-time Visibility: Monitor application usage in real-time to detect and respond to threats or policy violations.
- Threat Prevention: Block applications known to carry malware or exploit vulnerabilities.
- Bandwidth Management: Prioritize critical business applications and prevent bandwidth abuse by unauthorized apps.
Empower your IT team with precise control over network traffic and application usage, ensuring a more secure and productive business environment.
What This Enables
Enable granular control over network applications
Enable teams to identify and manage thousands of applications running on their network. Streamline policy creation to allow, deny, or throttle specific applications based on business needs.
on-premises network, managed firewall, business continuity, network segmentation
Enhance security posture against application threats
Streamline threat detection by blocking applications known to carry malware or exploit vulnerabilities. Automate the process of identifying and mitigating risks associated with unauthorized application usage.
perimeter security, threat intelligence, security policy enforcement, network access control
Optimize network bandwidth utilization
Enable teams to prioritize critical business applications by allocating dedicated bandwidth. Automate the throttling of non-essential applications to prevent performance degradation for vital services.
network performance management, traffic shaping, quality of service, resource allocation
Key Features
Application Identification
Gain deep visibility into all applications traversing your network, including encrypted traffic, to understand actual usage patterns.
Granular Policy Enforcement
Create and enforce specific rules for thousands of applications, allowing, blocking, or limiting bandwidth to ensure business priorities are met.
Real-time Monitoring and Reporting
Access up-to-the-minute insights into application activity to quickly identify and respond to security threats or policy violations.
Threat Intelligence Updates
Stay protected against emerging application-based threats through continuous updates to the application signature database.
Bandwidth Management
Prevent non-critical applications from consuming excessive bandwidth, ensuring optimal performance for essential business services.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require strict control over network traffic and application usage to comply with regulations like PCI DSS and SOX, and to protect sensitive customer data from unauthorized access or exfiltration.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must adhere to HIPAA regulations, necessitating robust security measures to protect patient health information (PHI) and ensure the integrity of medical systems against application-based threats.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services organizations handle highly confidential client data, requiring strong network security and application control to prevent data breaches and maintain client trust.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments often rely on specific operational technology (OT) applications and require secure, predictable network performance, making application control essential for preventing disruptions and cyber-physical threats.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is WatchGuard Application Control?
WatchGuard Application Control is a security subscription that provides granular visibility and control over applications running on your network. It helps you identify, monitor, and manage application traffic to enhance security and optimize performance.
What is the duration of this subscription?
This specific subscription provides one year of access to WatchGuard Application Control features for your Firebox M270.
How does this product improve network security?
It enhances security by allowing you to block risky or unauthorized applications, detect and prevent application-based threats, and gain visibility into potential security policy violations.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Low — self-service
Fulfillment
Digital Delivery
License keys / portal provisioning
Support Model
Zent Networks Managed
Renewal, add-license, and lifecycle management included
Subscription Terms
Cancellation
Cancel anytime — no charge on next cycle
You may cancel this subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will not be charged for the following billing cycle. Access remains active through the end of the paid term.
Returns
Subscription licenses are non-refundable
Digital software licenses and SaaS subscriptions cannot be returned once activated or provisioned. Contact a Zent Networks account manager if you have questions before purchasing.