WatchGuard AuthPoint MFA
WatchGuard's multi-factor authentication solution

Overview:

Passwords Are Insufficient

Every day, cyber criminals use stolen credentials to access and infect systems or steal data. What’s most needed to reverse this trend is for authentication to require additional proof of identity beyond simple username and password, and to be widely deployed by all companies – no matter their size.

MFA Keeps Imposters Out

WatchGuard AuthPoint™ is the right solution at the right time to address this security gap with multi-factor authentication on an easy-to-use Cloud platform. With a simple push notification, the AuthPoint mobile app makes each login attempt visible, allowing the user to accept or block access right from their smartphone. WatchGuard’s unique approach adds the “mobile phone DNA” as an identifying factor to further ensure that only the correct individual is granted access to sensitive networks and Cloud applications.

Intuitive, Cloud Management

MFA has been out of reach for some organizations due to the complex integrations and burdensome on-premises management, which makes it impossible to implement without a large IT staff and considerable up-front expense. By contrast, WatchGuard’s AuthPoint solution is a Cloud service, so there’s no expensive hardware to deploy, and it can be managed from anywhere using WatchGuard Cloud’s intuitive interface. Additionally, our ecosystem offers dozens of integrations with 3rd party applications – ensuring that MFA protection is broadly applied for access to sensitive Cloud applications, web services, VPNs and networks. AuthPoint users can sign in once to access multiple applications, and they appreciate being able to add 3rd party authenticators, such as for Facebook or Google Authenticator, to the friendly mobile app.

Insecure password practices are exploited in 81% of cyber attacks worldwide,
and 61% of all attacks target businesses with less than 1,000 employees.
-Verizon’s 2017 Data Breach Investigations Report

Features & Benefits

• Online (push) and offline (QR code and OTP) authentication
• Low TCO Cloud service
• Mobile device DNA check for a strong identity match
• Lightweight, full-featured mobile app in 11 languages
• VPN, Cloud and PC login protection all included
• Web Single Sign-On (SSO) portal
• Easily protect VPN, Cloud apps and web services using the integration guides

Three ways to Authenticate with the App

 

WatchGuard Cloud

WatchGuard Cloud allows you to manage and report on your security from just one powerful platform. Whether you want to reduce or eliminate infrastructure costs, accelerate your set-up, deploy remote sites at any scale, simplify your security management tools, or gain greater visibility into your network, WatchGuard Cloud can help.

Simplify with Centralized Management and Visibility

No need to jump from tool to tool to manage your security or inventory. With WatchGuard Cloud, you can deploy Firebox appliances in minutes, allocate AuthPoint licenses, and monitor your network all from one, centralized location.

Ditch Your Infrastructure to Save Money and Time

The days of sizing, upgrading, and maintaining infrastructure are gone. With WatchGuard Cloud, there’s no infrastructure to deploy or maintain. Lower your total cost of ownership (TCO) with flexible data retention options and with set-up that only takes a few minutes.

Secure Your Business in Minutes with RapidDeploy

RapidDeploy is a powerful, Cloud-based deployment and configuration tool that comes standard with WatchGuard Firebox appliances. It’s fully built into WatchGuard Cloud, enabling you to get your Fireboxes up and running in minutes. Simply upload a configuration, then all new Fireboxes will call home and start securing your business. There is minimal user intervention required, and it can be done from anywhere, at any time. It’s that easy.

Manage AuthPoint from the Cloud

Managing AuthPoint, WatchGuard’s innovative multi-factor authentication solution, is simple, intuitive, and centralized through WatchGuard Cloud. The management user interface allows you to view AuthPoint reports and alerts, configure services, and manage tokens all from one location. Getting started is easy with automated token provisioning and de-provisioning, full synchronization with existing user repositories (e.g. Microsoft Active Directory and LDAP), and support for dozens of 3rd party integrations.

100+ Dashboards and Reports for Full Network Visibility

Understand what’s happening in your network with WatchGuard Cloud Visibility. With 100+ dashboards and reports, you can quickly see high-level trends and anomalies, then drill down into detailed information on each for a deeper understanding. The information is actionable and insightful so that you can use it to make informed decisions that keep your network secure.

AuthPoint Mobile App

Simple, Effective Authentication at Your Fingertips

AuthPoint implements multi-factor authentication (MFA) using the AuthPoint app. Any external login attempt creates a secure push notification to the user’s smartphone – showing who and from where someone is trying to authenticate. When this message is part of his/her own login process, they simply accept and quickly gain access to the authorized network resources and Cloud apps. When not, then the authorization attempt is rejected, causing criminals to be blocked from gaining access – even when they are using the correct credentials.

Convenient and Easy

No need to carry keyfobs or thumb drives; instead use the device that’s always at hand…your smartphone. Download the AuthPoint app for free from Apple’s AppStore or Google Play and activate in seconds, and then use it to authenticate from wherever you are.

The Power of Push

MFA using Push or QR code is a superior approach over one-time passwords (OTPs), which can be captured before the legitimate owner has the chance to use it. Also, approving or rejecting a push authentication message is quick and simple, without needing to recall and enter a numeric code.

Offline? No Problem!

In situations where the user has no data connection from the phone, such as when on an airplane, then they can use the same AuthPoint mobile app to authenticate. Just read the QR code presented on the computer screen, and only the user with the right AuthPoint app can read it and access protected resources.

Mobile Device DNA

Mobile device DNA provides an additional identifying factor to ensure that only authorized users can log in to systems and applications. Any attacker attempting to gain access using a cloned phone or app would be issued a non-functional one-time password. and so would not be allowed to continue.

Windows and MacOS Secure Login

Windows and macOS machines usually provide login with a simple username and password, which risks exposure of critical information if credentials are compromised. The Secure Login feature adds additional protection by having users authenticate through the AuthPoint app when logging on to their machines.

Multi-Token Support

WatchGuard’s AuthPoint app allows users to store additional authenticators, allowing greater functionality and value from the single app and creating an incentive to comply with authentication practices.

Multi-Factor Authentication

Secure. Easy. Powerful.

AuthPoint multi-factor authentication (MFA) provides the security you need to protect your assets, accounts, and information. Let your company work confidently and worry-free with the powerful protection of AuthPoint.

Eliminate your company’s #1 risk

Quickly and easily close security gaps that leave your company vulnerable to a breach.

Authentication Service

Keep Criminals Outside Your Network with AuthPoint

Our unique multi-factor authentication (MFA) solution not only helps to reduce the likelihood of network disruptions and data breaches arising from lost or stolen credentials, but we deliver this important capability entirely from the Cloud for easy set-up and management. AuthPoint goes beyond traditional 2-factor authentication (2FA) by considering innovative ways to positively identify users, and our large ecosystem of 3rd party integrations means that you can use MFA to protect access to the network, VPNs, and Cloud applications. Even non-technical users find the AuthPoint mobile app easy and convenient to use!

Ultimately, WatchGuard AuthPoint is the right solution at the right time to make MFA a reality for the businesses who desperately need it to block attacks.

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Documentation:

Download the WatchGuard Authpoint Datasheet (PDF).