Founded in 1996, WatchGuard has been making enterprise-grade security accessible to all types of organizations for over 25 years. The company's unique approach to delivering best-in-class security offerings and enabling managed service providers (MSPs) to easily deploy and manage these solutions has driven the widespread adoption of advanced cybersecurity.

During its joint ownership by Vector Capital and Francisco Partners for over a decade, WatchGuard evolved from a trusted network security provider to a provider of comprehensive cybersecurity platforms. Today, the company's Unified Security Platform enables more than 17,000 MSPs to protect the environments, users, and networks of over 250,000 businesses worldwide.

Building on its previous ownership, Vector Capital is well-positioned to partner with the WatchGuard management team to further accelerate the company's growth. WatchGuard will continue to invest in critical areas including, but not limited to, cloud transformation, Secure Access Service (SASE), Extended Detection and Response (XDR), Managed Detection and Response (MDR), and further innovation in security automation and simplification for MSPs.