Fortinet Network Security

Fortinet Security Solutions

Fortinet’s award-winning FortiGate series of ASIC-accelerated Unified Threat Management (UTM) network security systems cost-effectively defend against current and emerging network and content level threats. Fortinet FortiGate solutions detect and eliminate multi-layered security threats such as viruses, worms, intrusions, inappropriate Web content and more in real time - without degrading network performance.

A comprehensive array of fully integrated security and networking functions are provided including antivirus / antispyware, firewall, virtual private networking (VPN), intrusion detection and prevention, Web filtering, antispam and traffic optimization. In addition to FortiGate network security solutions, Fortinet also provides FortiMail email messaging security appliances and FortiClient endpoint security software for personal computers and mobile smart phones.

Fortinet FortiManager and FortiAnalyze solutions enable fully integrated centralized management, logging and reporting across all products. FortiGuard subscription services are maintained by Fortinet's dedicated global threat research team that provides rapid response solutions to current and emerging security threats, Real-time updates for antivirus / antispyware, intrusion prevention, Web filtering and Antispam are automatically pushed to Fortinet products via the FortiGuard global distribution network.

Customers deploy these products to provide security for a wide variety of network environments. Some typical network deployment scenarios include protection for core infrastructures, remote / branch offices, data centers, switching infrastructures, perimeter deployments and end-points.  The below diagram illustrates how our products may be deployed in a large, distributed network environment.