Enterprise Network Protection and Threat Prevention

Fortinet’s FortiGate next-generation firewalls (NGFW) provide organizations supreme protection against web-based network threats, including known and unknown threats and intrusion strategies. Deployed on-premise, through virtual hardware, or in the cloud, FortiGate firewalls seamlessly integrate with FortiGuard Labs security services to extend and strengthen an enterprise’s overall security efforts from network edge to core.

Security

FortiGate NGFWs effectively protect company networks from malware, security exploits, and dangerous websites in both encrypted and non-encrypted traffic. Integrations with other Fortinet security services provide additional threat intelligence and other deep security capabilities to significantly increase security visibility and coverage.

Performance

FortiGate NGFWs use advanced security processor (SPU) technology to drive industry-leading security performances with ultra-low latency, helping maintain peak performances and security for SSL encrypted traffic.

Networking

FortiGate NGFWs give organizations a multitude of flexible networking capabilities and integrations, including integrations with advanced layer 7 security and virtual domains. Each firewall provides a variety of high-speed interfaces to help organizations with data center or WAN deployments keep operating costs as low as possible.

Management

FortiGate NGFWs offer security teams an intuitive management console to efficiently build security automations, monitor security performances, and fine-tune policy configurations from a single pane of glass.

Unified Security Fabric

FortiGate NGFWs natively integrate with Fortinet’s substantial portfolio of security services and products (as well as approved partner products) to provide seamless security coverage and control across the entire network.

FortiGate Firewall Services Overview

FortiGuard Antivirus - Available with all FortiGate NGFWs, FortiGuard Antivirus is an enterprise antivirus solution purpose-built to shield company networks and employee devices from the latest and most advanced malware, viruses, spyware, and other malicious threats. FortiGuard Antivirus leverages proactive security technologies and hourly updates to ensure advanced threats are immediately detected and quarantined.

• Multiple advanced detection engines
• Hourly updates
• Multiple control points

FortiGuard IPS - FortiGate NGFWs provide organizations with intrusion protection capabilities through the FortiGuard IPS service. Able to detect zero-day attacks, ransomware, advanced malware, and other malicious threats, FortiGuard IPS allows security teams to quickly detect and block network intrusions before any significant damage or data exfiltration occurs.

• High-performance Security Processor (SPU) technology
• Threat intelligence feeds for security personnel
• Data leak protection

FortiGuard Application Control - The FortiGuard Application Control service available through Fortinet firewalls allow companies to easily control application usage and meet compliance requirements while also improving their overall security posture. FortiGuard Application Control also provides users with real-time visibility into all applications running on the network as well as usage trends over time.

• Control access of specific applications or categories
• Add custom applications
• Custom views, visualizations, and reports

FortiGuard Web Filtering - Available through any FortiGate NGFW, the FortiGuard Web Filtering service protects organizations and company employees from accessing malicious web content or suspicious websites that could put the company network at risk. Organizations can automatically block high-risk web content to ensure no malicious downloads can be initiated and/or transferred to a company device.

• Policy-based controls
• Granular blocking and filtering
• Continuous updates
• Meets CIPA and BECTA compliance requirements

Additional FortiGate Integrations and Services

• FortiCloud Sandbox
• FortiManager Cloud
• FortiAnalyzer Cloud
• FortiConverter Service
• Security Rating Service
• Virus Outbreak Protection Service
• Content Disarm & Reconstruction
• IP Reputation & Anti-botnet Security