The security company has achieved one of the highest scores for its endpoint security solution, showing 100% detection and prevention of attacks, with minimal operational noise, a key differential for MSPs and security teams seeking to scale services without increasing operational load.
The MITER ATT&CK Enterprise Round 7 (ER7) evaluation highlights WatchGuard’s ability to combine robust threat prevention with low-noise detection, offering Managed Service Providers (MSPs) a reliable and efficient option to deliver high-quality security services at scale.
In the Windows “Hermes” scenario, WatchGuard achieved comprehensive detection and flawless prevention across all adversary techniques tested, maintaining exceptionally low alert volume, without blocking legitimate processes, and with minimal operational friction. These independently validated results reinforce WatchGuard’s commitment to predictable security outcomes that strengthen partner service delivery and drive real value in real-world environments.
“Security teams and MSPs need protection that works without slowing down their business,” said Andrew Young, Chief Product Officer and Senior Vice President of Product Management at WatchGuard Technologies. “These results demonstrate that complete protection does not require more workload. With WatchGuard you get fewer alerts, fewer manual interventions and faster response times, which is exactly what our partners rely on to deliver reliable and scalable security services.”
MITER ATT&CK’s evaluation showed that WatchGuard detected and blocked every malicious step tested, displaying only the most useful information. Across two full attack paths, WatchGuard generated just three high-fidelity alerts, helping MSPs reduce noise, streamline investigations, and reinforce operational security in service delivery.
Main aspects of the evaluation
- One hundred percent visibility of attacks
- Detection of 100% of steps throughout the entire assessment¹
- Detection of 96% of substeps (27 of 28 covered)
- 100% threat prevention
- 100% prevention of all malicious actions³
- Zero operational friction
- Zero blocks of legitimate activity
- Only three high fidelity alerts
These results demonstrate that WatchGuard provides complete visibility into the attack path and reliable protection without generating the alert storms, false positive crashes, or client-impacting outages common in many security tools. This combination of proven security effectiveness and low operational burden clearly differentiates WatchGuard in the endpoint security market.
For MSPs, real-world benefits include better customer outcomes, fewer unnecessary escalations, faster response cycles, and more efficient use of analyst resources.
WatchGuard ensures fewer alerts, fewer manual interventions and faster response times
“We’ve relied on WatchGuard endpoint security for years,” said Neil Holme, founder and CEO of Impact Business Technology, a WatchGuard MSP. “MITRE ER7 simply confirms what we already knew: WatchGuard turns EDR from reactive to proactive. Anything unknown is considered untrustworthy. Every alert comes with the certainty that the response has already been initiated. No guesswork. Just better protection.”
Powered by WatchGuard’s Unified Security Platform architecture, performance in MITER ER7 highlights how WatchGuard enables partners to scale services, reducing complexity and increasing profitability, without compromising security.
