Pare-feu WatchGuard Firebox Cloud Medium

Unlike conventional hardware firewalls, the WatchGuard Firebox Cloud Medium brings enterprise-grade security directly into your cloud infrastructure, delivering a virtual firewall appliance that scales with your AWS or Azure environment. With support for up to 3000 users and a firewall throughput of 4 Gbit/s, this solution ensures that your cloud workloads remain protected without compromising performance.

Highlights

• Virtual firewall appliance for public cloud platforms (AWS, Microsoft Azure)
• Firewall throughput of 4 Gbit/s, supporting up to 3000 users
• Advanced AES encryption (128-, 192-, 256-bit) for data in transit
• Supports BGP4, OSPF, and RIP routing protocols for flexible network design
• Integrated WatchGuard Web UI tailored for cloud deployments
• Enables WatchGuard-to-WatchGuard VPN tunnels for hybrid connectivity
• Compatible with WatchGuard Dimension for centralized visibility and reporting

In daily use

Deploying the Firebox Cloud Medium is straightforward via the WatchGuard Cloud management console. Administrators can quickly provision the virtual appliance in AWS or Azure, configure security policies, and establish secure VPN connections between on-premises and cloud resources. The solution includes Intrusion Prevention Service (IPS), Gateway AntiVirus, URL filtering, application control, and other UTM features to protect against botnets, SQL injection, and cross-site scripting. High availability is supported through active/passive clustering, ensuring business continuity.

Full specifications

• Product Type: Virtual Firewall Appliance
• Deployment Environment: Cloud (AWS, Azure) / Virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V)
• Firewall Throughput: 4 Gbit/s
• VPN Throughput (Estimated): 500 Mbps
• UTM Throughput (Estimated): 1 Gbps
• Concurrent Connections (Estimated): 500,000
• VPN Tunnels (Estimated): 100
• Security Services: IPS, Gateway AntiVirus, URL Filtering, Application Control, Spam Blocker, APT Blocker, DLP
• Management: WatchGuard Cloud, Centralized Management
• High Availability: Active/Passive Clustering
• Recommended vCPUs: 4
• Recommended RAM: 8 GB
• Licensing Model: Subscription-based (e.g., 1-year, 3-year options)
• Supported Cloud Platforms: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure
• VPN Protocols: IPSec, SSL VPN
• Authentication Methods: Active Directory, LDAP, RADIUS, Local Database
• Logging & Reporting: WatchGuard Cloud Visibility, Syslog
• Security Algorithms: AES (128-, 192-, 256-bit)
• Routing Protocols: BGP4, OSPF, RIP

Final note

The Firebox Cloud Medium is an ideal choice for enterprises and service providers seeking robust, scalable network security for cloud-hosted services, with the flexibility to manage everything from a single pane of glass.