WatchGuard AuthPoint

WatchGuard Technologies

About this app

WatchGuard’s AuthPoint app allows you to authenticate right from your own phone! No need to carry keyfobs or thumb drives; instead install and activate AuthPoint, and then use it to authenticate to company networks and cloud applications. It enables speedy push-based authentication as well as offline authentication using QR codes with the phone’s camera. This app requires activation of AuthPoint service, offered by WatchGuard.


The AuthPoint app features:
- Convenient, secure authentication in seconds when you approve a push notification message;
- Additional storage for all your third-party authenticators;
- Quick self-service migration of tokens when changing phones;
- Customizable tokens with unique names and pictures.

With AuthPoint, you can do your part to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive systems and data arising from lost or stolen credentials.

Ratings and reviews

I've been a WG partner for 15 years. Their Fireboxes are as solid as they come. Have you seen WG in the news like Fortinet, Sonicwall, Cisco...? No. Now for this app. All they have to add is a SEARCH FUNCTION and/or a way to easily sort the list of tokens. I can't believe after all these years I still can't search for a token. Instead I have to scroll and scroll... so I don't. I just use another app and use AP only when necessary. Too bad...

Has its own proprietary 2FA implementation where you need to approve push-notifications in-app. Great for when it doesn't work! Or lags behind, so when you approve, the requesting client has already timed out. Now I can't even approve the notification without opening the app. Approving from the notification panel always gives an error message, thanks.

Works but the UX is dated and responding to push notifications requires disabling battery optimization which should not be needed.

What’s new

Security enhancements;
Minor bug fixes and improvements.