#1 most frequent
United States of America
39.8%2,837 installations of 7,122
What is FortiGate?
FortiNet FortiGate is a firewall option with high integrability. It offers a variety of deployment options and next-gen firewall capabilities, including integration with IaaS cloud platforms and public cloud environments.
Categories & Use Cases
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Top Performing Features
Proxy Server
A proxy server changes your IP address and masks the origin of your network traffic
Category average: 8.5
High Availability
Built-in capacity to prevent exposure if primary firewall stops working
Category average: 9.3
Stateful Inspection
Stateful inspection analyzes packet headers and contents of packets
Category average: 8.8
Areas for Improvement
VPN
VPN's implement encryption and anonymize IP addresses
Category average: 9.1
Visualization Tools
Visualization tools present administrators with data on applications traversing the network, who is using them, and the potential security impact.
Category average: 8.2
Reporting and Logging
Custom and summary reports, and log files enabling analysis of security incidents, application usage and traffic patterns
Category average: 8.3
Who Buys & Uses Fortinet FortiGate
#2 most frequent
Canada
6.2%440 installations of 7,122
#3 most frequent
Brazil
5.3%376 installations of 7,122
Pros
- Robust network security and comprehensive threat protection
- Effective web filtering for application control and SSL inspection
- Reliable VPN capabilities for remote access and secure tunnels
Cons
- High cost of licensing and Forti-tokens
- Firmware and software stability issues, including vulnerabilities and glitches
- Challenges with user interface and command-line interface navigation
All Rounder Next Gen FortiGate Firewall
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Use case : Its deployed at Network Perimeter.
Who handles, In out traffic in the corporate network. Allowing legitimate and Blocking unwanted traffic and keeping corporate network safe from cyber threats.
UTM - NGFW provides best UTM features, Web Filtering, App Control , Antivirus,IPS, HTTPS Inspection etc.
SDWAN- Gives granular level of control to stearing WAN traffic.
Integration - Integration with Identify Service Provider to configure user based policies.
Who handles, In out traffic in the corporate network. Allowing legitimate and Blocking unwanted traffic and keeping corporate network safe from cyber threats.
UTM - NGFW provides best UTM features, Web Filtering, App Control , Antivirus,IPS, HTTPS Inspection etc.
SDWAN- Gives granular level of control to stearing WAN traffic.
Integration - Integration with Identify Service Provider to configure user based policies.
Pros
- Advance Threat Protection
- SDWAN
- HTTPS Inspection
- Application Control, Web Filtering, Antivirus, IPS
- AD VPN
Cons
- Export Policies option for SDWAN Rules
Return on Investment
- Less disruption in corporate network
- Security from advance cyber threats
- So users are focused on their desire tasks.
- As there is high availability which indirectly impacts on organisational growth.
Usability
Alternatives Considered
CheckPoint
Other Software Used
CheckPoint, Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, SonicWall NSA Series
Robust Network Security with Room to Grow A Practical Review of Fortinet FortiGate
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
It helps to protect our organization from cyber attack. Moreover, it helps us to block suspicious website and apps when user tries to access it. It provides report for the threat detection and get us the analysis. We can easily protect our branch offices as well as our data center through this Fortinet FortiGate.
Pros
- It helps us to block social media during office hour
- It helps us to protect us from DoS attack
- Check HTTPS before entering into a website
Cons
- The license cost is high
- Sometimes it's difficult to find a feature from web portal
Return on Investment
- Fortinet FortiGate has increased productivity since no more attack
- FortiGate replaces VPN , web filter, IPS which reduces the cost
- Quick deployment and scalability has allowed faster expansion
Usability
Other Software Used
FortiManager, VMware ESXi, Splunk Attack Analyzer
Excellent Next Generation firewall
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We are using the Fortinet FortiGate firewall to protect the organization's network and resources from cyber threats. It not only provides you with a comprehensive cyber security solution but also offers you advanced features like load balancing, failover, application control, website filtering, bandwidth optimization, VPN, etc. It comes with a user-friendly interface that simplifies configuration, monitoring, and management of firewall settings.
Pros
- It protects organization's network and resources from various cyber threats
- Fortinet FortiGate firewall manages high traffic efficiently and maintains low latency.
- It helps your organization meet various security and compliance requirements
- It supports zero-trust architecture
- It offers excellent web filtering and application control features
Cons
- Pricing should be competitive
- The Fortinet VPN client is available only on selected Fortinet firewalls.
Return on Investment
- It is protecting our organization's network and resources from various cyber threats.
- With its web filtering and application control feature we able to optimize bandwidth uses
- It ensure us higher availability
Usability
Alternatives Considered
SonicWall TZ
Other Software Used
AnyDesk, JioMeet, Foxit eSign, Foxit PDF Editor
Fortinet FortiGate for eveyone
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
The Fortinet FortiGate are actually used in our organization for sdwan topology (spoke and hub) and some other clusters are used for north/south filtering. We're using all the featured on different branches and also have a great view of the solution. In addition, we're managing devices through Fortimanager for some of them, and we're collecting all the logs to our FortiAnalyzer.
Pros
- SDWAN
- Webfiltering
- Security Fabric
- Documentation
Cons
- FortiOS has a lot of CVE published
- Upgrade time has CVE patching
- Change in code between 2 major release
Return on Investment
- The price is cleary the first ROI
- Easy way to find administrator is a postive impact
- Centralization of the solution with our entities is a great impact
Usability
Alternatives Considered
FortiAnalyzer, FortiManager and Fortinet Secure SD-WAN
Other Software Used
FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, FortiOS
Fortinet FortiGate is a partner for Network Securtiy Blue Team
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
There are many uses of Fortinet FortiGate solution.
We are using at first time how Perimeter's Firewall soluction. We knew its technology when migrate Cisco`s ASA to this vendor.
Inmediatly we detected many other uses case such as Wireless solution (FortiAP), Web Application Firewall (FortiWeb) an another more.
Don't forget that Fortinet FortiGate have a concept like an ecosystem; its name is "Fabric".
We are using at first time how Perimeter's Firewall soluction. We knew its technology when migrate Cisco`s ASA to this vendor.
Inmediatly we detected many other uses case such as Wireless solution (FortiAP), Web Application Firewall (FortiWeb) an another more.
Don't forget that Fortinet FortiGate have a concept like an ecosystem; its name is "Fabric".
Pros
- Have many solution for resolv diferente requirement. All of them have full internetworking.
- The interfaces to manage its soluction are really easy to learn.
- Bring solution to different type of customer. As small much as Huge.
Cons
- Make easier than cisco asa deply vpn service.
- Full integration with all componente tu Forti Analyzer (FAZ).
- Really effective to use SSO from link to Microsoft Active Directory
Return on Investment
- The Fortinet FortiGate's project deployment are fast and cheap.
- In the next weeks atther that desploy Fortinet FortiGate, we have been seen complete information about security visibility and incidents stops for these securtiy controls.
- We achieve easier ISO 27002 compliance.
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services
Other Software Used
Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365, Kaspersky EDR Optimum, Tenable Security Center