WatchGuard Technologies announced the release of the Firebox T35-R. This industrially hardened, network security appliance allows midmarket businesses, distributed enterprises, and the managed service providers that support them, to extend WatchGuard?s industry-leading security services and performance beyond traditional office and data center settings to protect against malware, intrusions and other threats in the industry?s harshest environments.

?As cyber criminals set their sights on the massive wave of newly adopted and potentially insecure industrial internet of things (IIoT) devices, businesses need network security solutions that can withstand the unforgiving deployment conditions present in harsh environments,? said Brendan Patterson, VP of product management at WatchGuard.

?The T35-R is designed to meet this growing demand, offering the same industry-leading, enterprise-grade performance and security protections as our conventional network security appliances, with added resistance to temperature, moisture and dust concerns often found in manufacturing, oil and gas plants, utilities sites, agricultural environments and other rugged locations.?

The Firebox T35-R offers the best combination of performance, ruggedization and price on the market today. Key features that make it the perfect solution for rugged environments include:

• An IP64-Rated Industrial Enclosure ? The appliance is fully dust- and splash-proof, and capable of operating in temperatures of -40 to +60 degrees Celsius, providing reliable security and connectivity that persists despite the extreme conditions often found in nontraditional network environments, and eliminating need to build custom enclosures.
• DC Power ? The appliance can operate on 12v to 48v DC power, or alternatively use an optional AC power supply.
• Industry-leading Network Security ? The T35-R makes site-to-site VPN connectivity simple, reliable and manageable and empowers administrators to confidently enable advanced security protections including APT Blocker, Threat Detection and Response, DNSWatch, IPS, Gateway AntiVirus, and more, without slowing network speeds. NSS Labs recently recommended WatchGuard Firebox in their annual NGFW report as one of only two vendors that successfully defeated all evasion attempts.
• Simplified Deployment ? Industrial organizations and the IT solution providers that support them can easily configure, deploy and manage the T35-R using RapidDeploy, WatchGuard?s centralized zero-touch configuration solution, and the WatchGuard Cloud management platform. Users can pre-configure appliances for quick and nontechnical installation, saving travel time and man-hours for individual security deployments at remote industrial sites.
• SCADA IPS Signatures ? Included with WatchGuard?s Basic and Total Security Suite, the Firebox T35-R leverages these signatures to protect against known industrial control system (ICS) and SCADA threats and enable security use cases in harsh deployment environments.

WatchGuard Technologies is a global leader in network security, secure Wi-Fi, multi-factor authentication, and network intelligence.