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Fortinet Firewalls Overview

What is Fortinet Firewalls?

High threat protection performance with automated visibility to stop attacks

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Product Description

High threat protection performance with automated visibility to stop attacks


Seller Details
Seller
Fortinet
Year Founded
2000
HQ Location
Sunnyvale, CA
Twitter
@Fortinet
152,053 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
14,397 employees on LinkedIn®
Ownership
NASDAQ: FTNT
Total Revenue (USD mm)
$2,594
Description

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.


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Rick J.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Can't Beat Fortigate"
Fortinet has an excellent reputation as a leader in network/security. We upgraded from another leader in the industry, and these are much better a...
Clyde F.
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Clyde F.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
3.0 out of 5
"Fortinet Experience"
Ease of use but yet very good cli to troubleshoot issue which helps learn traffic flow
Ümit G.
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Ümit G.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Easy manage and Install"
You can manage all forti appliance via web gui interface. It is very user friendly.

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What do you like best about Fortinet Firewalls?

one window operation we have configured behind all server and internet and VPN configuration we have configured policies separately as per our requirement like danger zone many servers in danger zone and also configure internet as a gateway very secure after this we have no problem about security. before this, we had many many challenges like server compromise after Fortinet we are very secure and satisfied. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Fortinet Firewalls?

still not face any problem that really hurt us if face any problem just open ticket 24/7 support is available just problem solved we are very happy to use it thankyou Fortinet Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Fortinet Firewalls:

please use this device as one of the best security device which is available on the market we are using it for the last 5 years very secure no issue frequently update just configure a web-based GUI interface . its support is Awesum 24/7 just open the ticket it will be resolved very soon. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Fortinet Firewalls solving and how is that benefiting you?

very secure and configured separately Policies like internet VPN and many servers are very critical they are in danger zone. So now we are very secure no security risk web-based GUI interface very easy to manage no need for the extra effort.

we have configured VLAN as per our requirement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Fortinet Firewalls?

I love the huge lists of vendors they have code/api for as they know not every network is the same or made up of all one vendor or hardware type. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Fortinet Firewalls?

The CLI is somewhat complex and tedious but similar to Cisco mixed with Linux. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Fortinet Firewalls solving and how is that benefiting you?

They are solving network security along with convergence. Helped implement an SD-WAN environment Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Fortinet Firewalls?

Fortinet firewall provides end to end protections across the network. As per our needs within network we can modify and create Rules in fortinet and easy to manage multi-layered security fuctions. in addition It allows hassle free quick setup for a client for security and routing. The VPN section is very easy to setup with free LICENCE. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Fortinet Firewalls?

In the experience of 3 years using fortinet forewall I do not find such dislike or negative points. So would suggest go for it and make network secure and reliable with fortinet firewall. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Fortinet Firewalls:

I would suggest to configure fortinet with 110% review as it's an best security product which you can trust and invest in. also it is so user-friendly even beginners can also manage this firewall easily.. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Fortinet Firewalls solving and how is that benefiting you?

For me it's very very helpful to manage overall network through single console Interface.as they are provides an centralized management for Switch and AP, reduce complexity when manage Switch, AP etc.. Top most useful feature is VPN is also configured for people who want to connect to office networks from the public internet. so basically we can control our internet bandwidth for each user through FortiGate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Fortinet Firewalls?

An all in one device to protect your network having very advanced capabilities to detect and stop external threats from gaining access to your network Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Fortinet Firewalls?

Fortinet is a leader on Gartner there is nothing to dislike Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Fortinet Firewalls solving and how is that benefiting you?

Fortigate protects the network from external threats and controls internet traffic for the users Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

TN
Information Security Engineer
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What do you like best about Fortinet Firewalls?

Fortinet Firewall can act as a VPN Server for Client to Site Connection with many flexible kinds of connection (such as IPSec VPN, SSL VPN, L2TP support for Windows, ...).

Futher more, with hareware accelerate for IPSec and SSL encrypt/decrypt, FortiGate's unit can accelerate for IPSec and SSL VPN traffic - this provide good user experience for connecting Application through the VPN Client to Site Tunnel. As the NGFW, we can also do security scanning (IPS, Antivirus, Application Control) for traffic that coming from VPN Client to Site tunnel to the Application Server. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Fortinet Firewalls?

- The stability of FortiGate's Firmware is not good.

- Need compatibility about Firmware of FortiGate and Firmware of FortiClient (Agent installed on the Endpoint device to provide VPN Connection). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Fortinet Firewalls solving and how is that benefiting you?

Providing High-performance VPN Server for Client to Site. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Brandon G.
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Information Services Supervisor
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Fortinet Firewalls?

The GUI is very easy to navigate and the security built in to these firewalls is solid when compared to other firewalls I have previously used. By far the best. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Fortinet Firewalls?

Not that big of a deal but they are a bit noisy. I have them setup in my office to configure and it is hard to talk on the phone with the fans going on in the background Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Fortinet Firewalls:

If you are wanting a security based firewall from a company that is laser focused on what a firewall should do then Fortinet is definitely the route to go. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Fortinet Firewalls solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are now able to consolidate our endpoint protection, dns protection and log analyzer all into one location instead of having three different vendor's software to do each. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

KP
Associate Engineer
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Fortinet Firewalls?

It provides high performance,multi-layered security fuctions, deep visibility of end to protections across the network is the very best things on Fortinet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Fortinet Firewalls?

Here is not easy thing scalability, we have to change the hardware box of here to scale the organization on here. this is a very big disadvantage here. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Fortinet Firewalls solving and how is that benefiting you?

I solved some configuration issues on our customer network and configure the ACLs, firewall rules, license upgrades kind of things here. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SI
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What do you like best about Fortinet Firewalls?

1) Fortinet firewall ensures latest threat protection for your organization.

2) its load balancing feature helps to optimise internet uses and minimize link downtime.

3) we can control user web access category wise.

4) it's mac id based policy helps to mange user web/application access more efficiently.

5) It is most reliable for enterprise data and email security Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Fortinet Firewalls?

I don't have any point to dislike Fortinet firewall. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Fortinet Firewalls:

Best network security appliance for your enterprise Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Fortinet Firewalls solving and how is that benefiting you?

1) it ensures us latest enterprise network security.

2) we are now able to control web/application for user more efficiently using mac id based policies and rules.

3) link outage issue has been minimised because it's intelligent architecture switch links automatically with less time.

4) it helped us to lower hacking or phishing attacks with its powerful security features.

5) it provides quick alert over email regarding network health so quick troubleshooting can be done. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Fortinet Firewalls?

Fortinet Firewall (FortiGate) has features called "Switch Controller" and "WiFi Controller" to centralized control the FortiSwitch and FortiAP, and those features do not require additional license or fee.

With Switch Controller and WiFi Controller, the FortiGate can control both Wire and Wireless Environment (Configure VLAN, SSID, Assign VLAN to FortiSwitch's Port, Assign SSID to FortiAP) and further more, we can create a Firewall Policy to controller Layer 2 traffic (Firewall Policy control traffic from VLAN to VLAN, from SSID to VLAN, etc, ...). This feature helping the Administrator manage the network security in the flexible way in the single console (FortiGate Admin Console). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Fortinet Firewalls?

I do not have any dislike point for this product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Fortinet Firewalls solving and how is that benefiting you?

Centralized Management for Switch and AP, reduce complexity when manage Switch, AP, Firewall through Single Console Interface on the FortiGate to manage all those device. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Hunter B.
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What do you like best about Fortinet Firewalls?

Fortinet lays out its interface very neat and straightforward. It allows for a quick setup for a client for security and routing. The VPN section is very easy to setup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Fortinet Firewalls?

Sometimes you cannot perform all actions through the GUI. You have to use the CLI, which requires some research on proper commands. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Fortinet Firewalls solving and how is that benefiting you?

Fortinet firewalls are cheaper than their Cisco counterparts. It allows us to provide a cost-effective networking solution to our customers. In some cases, we can put in an entire package of routing and manage WIFI which Fortinet does very well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.