FortiGate: Next Generation Firewall (NGFW)

FortiGate next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) utilize a purpose-built security processor and intelligence security services from Forti Guard’s AI-powered labs to provide high-rated protection, high-performance inspection of clear and encrypted text traffic. The new generation of firewalls reduce cost and complexity with full visibility into applications, users and networks and provide the best possible security. As an integral part of the Fortinet Security Fabric, new generation firewalls can communicate within Fortinet’s comprehensive security portfolio as well as third-party security solutions in a multivendor environment to share threat intelligence and improve security posture.

When companies consider how to provide comprehensive visibility and advanced layer 7 security, including threat protection, intrusion prevention, web filtering and application control, they face major hurdles that complicate managing these point products without integration and lack of visibility. Gartner predicts that by 2019.80% of corporate traffic will be encrypted and 50% of attacks targeting companies will be hidden in encrypted traffic to infiltrate networks or extract data, therefore using HTTPS checking is a must.

FortiGate: Next-Generation Firewall News

FortiGate NGFW is available in many different models to meet your needs from entry-level hardware to ultra-high-end devices to meet the most demanding threat protection performance requirements. This ensures that the corporate campus, core data center, or internal segment, FortiGate can seamlessly fit into your environment.

FortiGate: Chassis-based NGFW

Fortinet Customers and Partners emphasize the value-proposition of FortiGate’s Next Generation Firewall in the Gartner Peer Insights Review for Network Firewalls.

FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall offers flexible deployment from the network edge to the core, data center, internal segments, and multiple clouds, enhancing a custom built security processor (SPU) that delivers high performance from advanced security services such as threat protection, SSL inspection, IPS without fear of degradation for mission critical environments. FortiGate NGFW provides seamless integration with multiple clouds and enables the secure delivery of business applications and services.

FortiGate NGFW provides fully automatic visibility to all internal segments, applications and network flows to detect and recover any malware and pave the way for consistent security policies regardless of asset location. FortiGate NGFW is the first vendor to offer support for the latest encryption standard called TLS 1.3 which provides a stronger security framework and makes Fortinet customers future ready.

FortiGate NGFW has been Recognized as the Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls. This is the 10th time Fortinet has been recognized in MQ for Network Firewall.

FortiGate NGFW has received its 6th consecutive “Recommended” rating in the NSS Labs 2019 NGFW Group Test and continues to receive positive feedback from users at Gartner Peer Insights.

Here’s what some of our customers have to say about FortiGate NGFW.

“Fortinet FortiGate is perfect for businesses of any size to protect their internal network”

Software Engineer, Knowledge Specialist, company size- $ 50 million- $ 250 million, Education Industry

“We have two firewalls, one in each data center. They are configured as active-passive. All incoming and outgoing traffic passes through them for the entire organization. This ensures that all packages to and from the user are managed and controlled. If you have an immediate need, this is a good horse. We’re not at the console every day. Mostly set it up and forget it for us. If this is what you need, it’s not a bad solution. ”

“Powerful CLI Functions, API Integration, and Advanced Features”

Security Analyst, Security and Risk Management, company size – $ 50 million – $ 250 million, service industry

“We use Enterprise Firewall at our location around 3+. This product is quite successful in terms of integration in terms of architecture. The API provided by the manufacturer allows very successful integration. Designed with integration security in mind. We can assign permissions via a role-based API. The Next Generation Firewall has a firewall feature. It includes advanced features for security. Especially our firewall and automation tool integration works smoothly. We managed to block the intelligence data we were feeding on the firewall. Performs very well in high traffic. However, the log flow is about an hour behind. The use and management of the product is not too difficult and complex. SIEM command functions and functionality include utilities for admins managing products. ”

“Easy Implementation, Simple GUI”

Network Engineer, company size – $ 500 million – $ 1 billion, Manufacturing industry

“We have been using Fortinet Firewall for some time now. We were running FortiOS 6.0.4 which performed very well. The GUI is easy to operate and we really like this product.

“Are You Thinking Of A Firewall Solution? No Need To Think Twice For FortiGate “

Server Administrators, Infrastructure and Operations, company size – $ 50 million – $ 250 million, Health industry

“FortiGate offers several sizing options to suit any size organization, from small businesses to large companies. The licensing options are also flexible, allowing organizations to choose their level of protection. Options include antivirus, web filtering, DNS filtering, application control, intrusion prevention, anti-spam, web application firewall, and SSL inspection. They also include a cloud sandbox with their offering. ”

“The Most Stable And Versatile Product with Outstanding Features And Outstanding Performance”

Project Manager, company size – $ 3 B – $ 10 B, Industry construction

“If I were to talk about my experience as a whole, I would say it is a wonderful product that can be implemented easily and is considered an integral part of the business. Very helpful in achieving our goals. This gives us an easy way to handle the system. It is undoubtedly the most reliable product. He offers great support with his efficient team providing quick responses to our questions. ”

“Top Level Performance, Top Level NGF Firewall Features”

Security Engineer, Security & Risk Management, company size- $ 50 million – $ 250 million, Service industry

“Next Generation is one of the most successful Firewall products with a Firewall feature. Antivirus engines are very successful against high-level threats. You can start the automation process by detecting the same threat through the logs. It also works in high traffic. When you finish your segmentation correctly, the visibility level will start to increase. This product has many capabilities that work, such as SSL inspection and bandwidth settings at the Application level. The product log has official support for many SIEM systems. Syslog sends and sends incoming quality. You can raise awareness in your incident response process by creating various alerts about SIEM. ”

“Fighting Cyber ​​Threats with Peace of Mind”

Vice President, Financial Industry, company size – $ 10 billion – $ 30 billion, Finance industry

“After different Firewall POCs became available on the market, our network security team found Fort gate Firewall to be the best gadget available. FortiGate This device receives continuous threats and intelligence updates from the FG Labs security service. Intrusion prevention, anti-malware, and, application control and web filtering protect your company from both known and unknown advanced attacks. ”

Gartner Peer Insights reviews are the opinions of individual end users based on their own experiences, and do not represent the views of Gartner or its affiliates.