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FortiGate IPS

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What is FortiGate IPS?

Whether part of a firewall solution or a separate standalone appliance, Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) technology is becoming an increasingly ubiquitous part of network security defenses.

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Whether part of a firewall solution or a separate standalone appliance, Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) technology is becoming an increasingly ubiquitous part of network security defenses.


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Fortinet
Year Founded
2000
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Sunnyvale, CA
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NASDAQ: FTNT
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Fortinet makes possible a digital world that we can always trust through its mission to protect people, devices, and data everywhere. This is why the world’s largest enterprises, service providers, and government organizations choose Fortinet to securely accelerate their digital journey.

Recent FortiGate IPS Reviews

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FAISAL S.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"FortiGate IPS Review"
FortiGate IPS is highly regarded for its robust intrusion prevention capabilities.its comprehensive protection against cyber threats, including its...
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4.0 out of 5
"Fortigate IPS is best for Live Third party Traffic."
Fortigate IPS comes with NGFW, just need to purchase a license and enable. It is great for third party between different organization.
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5.0 out of 5
"Fortigate IPS is a fantastic device"
The number of features in the Fortigate is excellent. The interface is also intuitive.
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What do you like best about FortiGate IPS?

FortiGate IPS is highly regarded for its robust intrusion prevention capabilities.its comprehensive protection against cyber threats, including its ability to detect and block malicious traffic using techniques like deep packet inspection (DPI) and virtual patching.Additionally, its seamless integration with other security features such as anti-virus/anti-malware software and firewalls makes it a valuable component of comprehensive cybersecurity strategies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FortiGate IPS?

One common concern is the occasional challenges associated with firewall settings that can trigger the firewall to go into conserve mode, potentially impacting network performance and causing disruptions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is FortiGate IPS solving and how is that benefiting you?

One of its primary functions is mitigating vulnerabilities, both known and zero-day, by effectively detecting and preventing exploitation attempts. This capability significantly enhances overall network security, reducing the risk of data breaches and system compromises. Furthermore, FortiGate IPS offers proactive threat protection, addressing emerging threats in real-time, which is essential in today's rapidly evolving threat landscape Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about FortiGate IPS?

Fortigate IPS comes with NGFW, just need to purchase a license and enable. It is great for third party between different organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FortiGate IPS?

More detail regrading the each signature used as CVE. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is FortiGate IPS solving and how is that benefiting you?

Fortigat IPS perfectly monitors live traffic and also we can give simple exception to each profile and each rule wise. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about FortiGate IPS?

zero-day attacks prevention , self-learning , pre- made rules Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FortiGate IPS?

a bit slow in displaying logs for long periods Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is FortiGate IPS solving and how is that benefiting you?

prevention cyber attacks , availability of services , Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about FortiGate IPS?

The solution is integrated with the fortinet firewall and easy to use and configure. The solution is also cost effective and provides a good ROI.

The reports provided are nice and quire user friendly. The integration with the SIEM tools is seemless and something that can be beneficial in soc monitoring

The solution is best served inline and uses very little firewall resources ensuring optimum utilization of the solution Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FortiGate IPS?

The signatures sometimes are autoupdated and block some application functionality that needs regular monitoring. The integration with outgoing internet traffic some times causes a problem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is FortiGate IPS solving and how is that benefiting you?

The Entire ingress flow is monitored and integration with the forti threat detection and av it is a good second line defense after firewall

The signature wise blocking is good and easy to configure.

The solution also works well in case if any exception is required.

It needs to be innovative and user friendly when configuring using a mobile device. It is difficult to manage using a laptop or PC

Sometimes in case firewall rule audit tools the exports cannot be read by tools which is a problem as then a machine with the tool needs to be connected to the firewall directly which is a problem in WFH scenario Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about FortiGate IPS?

A few features I appreciate about Fortigate is its UTM functionality which comprises beautifully designed ASICs that can handle traffic without any performance impact. Despite being a Next-Gen Firewall, it has Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FortiGate IPS?

The downside of Fortigate are challenges associated with firewall going in the conserve mode. Also have noticed that sometimes SD-WAN functionality does not function properly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering FortiGate IPS:

It does not have a full-fledged signature database like other IPS solutions would have. However, the signature database inbuilt on the Firewall is quite comprehensive and is updated regularly. Overall it is a good choice if you wish to go for a hybrid solution capable of firewalling and IPS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is FortiGate IPS solving and how is that benefiting you?

Fortigate wasdeployed as an internal segmentation Firewall in our network, which routes inter-VLAN traffic along with required security policies. We also use it as an IPS solution to protect our servers from attackers in the internal network. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about FortiGate IPS?

Loads of filters to choose from, including predefined filters Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FortiGate IPS?

Memory intensive on the firewall, cant leave the IPS profiles default Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is FortiGate IPS solving and how is that benefiting you?

It blocks external attackers from gaining access to published servers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about FortiGate IPS?

The number of features in the Fortigate is excellent. The interface is also intuitive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FortiGate IPS?

Sometimes they pull features out of the GUI. Like in version 6.2.x they removed the DLP interface from the GUI. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering FortiGate IPS:

Great value and excellent device. The security updates for the UTM functions are also very good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is FortiGate IPS solving and how is that benefiting you?

Perimeter and internal segmentation, UTM functions in traffic that flows through. VPN. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about FortiGate IPS?

Fortigate IPS is a critical component of network security to protect the infrastructure from old and new vulnerabilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FortiGate IPS?

Some times I faced false positive, so FortiGate team need to take care of it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering FortiGate IPS:

Best product in reasonable pricing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is FortiGate IPS solving and how is that benefiting you?

Protecting the business from know and unknows vulnerabilities Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about FortiGate IPS?

Signature database is really advanced and it runs smoothly. The false positive rate is almost zero. That's why I use it with confidence. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FortiGate IPS?

The IPS module is useful in my opinion and it will definitely be better to develop and use it on a separate appliance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is FortiGate IPS solving and how is that benefiting you?

The IPS module is open as a module on the Internet Firewall we currently use. In the policies we open our applications to the internet, we always assign the IPS profile we make for ourselves. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about FortiGate IPS?

FortiGate IPS the best IPS performance available in the market today. FortiGate IPS, following a different evolution path than traditional IPS, innovates in ways that other standalone IPS products do not. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FortiGate IPS?

Fortigate IPS is an Intrusion Prevention System solution that integrates with many third party solutions and is certified by independent organizations for which it does its job. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering FortiGate IPS:

FortiGate IPS is easy deploy and management tool. This solution integrate with other solution and also use FortiGuard service for detect to suspicious activity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is FortiGate IPS solving and how is that benefiting you?

With FortiGate IPS, Wannacry, petya et al. automatically updated the signature of many threats before an attack occurred, preventing systems from being damaged. We also prevented encrypted layer 7 attacks by integrating our SSL Decryption / encryption solution with Virtualwire feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.