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I'm new to UTMs. &nbsp;A client has an XTM 25 for 6 users. &nbsp;They recently got infected from cryptowall 3.0 with another consultant. &nbsp;Now I have them (I guess they didn't like that the other consultant didn't protect them?).<br />
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They have a watchguard xtm 25 and no subscription services. &nbsp;Some questions:<br />
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a) if nothing else, the subscriptions can't hurt adding another layer of protection and likely help<br />
b) which would you recommend without too much (any?) degredation of performance?<br />
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thanks!
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I'm new to UTMs.  A client has an XTM 25 for 6 users.  They recently got infected from cryptowall 3.0 with another consultant.  Now I have them (I guess they didn't like that the other consultant didn't protect them?).

They have a watchguard xtm 25 and no subscription services.  Some questions:

a) if nothing else, the subscriptions can't hurt adding another layer of protection and likely help
b) which would you recommend without too much (any?) degredation of performance?

thanks!

what Watchguard subscription services do you recommend?

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