A firewall, an essential part of your company’s IT security, functions as a barrier against malicious traffic, securing your data and prohibiting unwanted access.

Your firewall should be the backbone of your network, choosing what traffic to let in and what to block, whether through hardware or software.

What is FortiGate Firewall?

Next-gen firewall from Fortinet, FortiGate offers the ultimate threat protection for businesses of all sizes. By leveraging FortiGuard threat intelligence and FortiGate’s purpose-built security processors, FortiGate firewalls provide unmatched performance and protection for your network.

While the Fortinet FortiGate-20 series is ideal for small offices and retail networks, the FortiGate-1500 series is best suited for large enterprises. 

 

How Does FortiGate Firewall Work?

The data that enters your network is examined by a FortiGate firewall, which determines if it is safe to transmit through to your organization. 

Generally, lower-spec firewalls may review this data based on information such as its location and origin. This data will then be compared to a list of permissions to determine whether or not it can be passed through.

A firewall acts as the first line of defense against cyber-attacks. However, as malicious hackers get more skilled, relying solely on a firewall to protect against several cyber-security threats becomes increasingly challenging.

FortiGate firewalls offer advanced protection for your organization, including against encrypted traffic, thanks to dedicated security processors from FortiGuard and top-of-the-line threat detection.

 

What are the Features of the FortiGate Firewall?

• Cyber threats like Malware and Social Engineering cannot harm your business with high-performance threat protection, such as web filtering, antivirus, and application control.
• In order to ensure the safety of the network segment, scalable segmentation and low latency are used. 
• Automation of workflows and auditing features relieves the IT department of some responsibilities.
• Security ratings are based on best-practice security measures and are provided by FortiGate.
• Threat information that is independently validated and updated on a regular basis ensures that you are safe from known and undiscovered threats.
• You can control security assets from anywhere with enterprise-class security management.
• In order to provide speedy and automated protection, Security Fabric integration shares threats throughout the whole IT security architecture. 

 

Find Your Next FortiGate Firewall

 

The number of users your network must handle is the most critical factor when purchasing a Fortinet next-generation firewall. An organization’s network defines a user as any computer, tablet, phone, printer, or other devices with Internet access. 

Get an exact count of every user in your system for maximum security. If your business expands or you need to accommodate visitor users, it’s ideal to leave extra room for them. This also ensures that bandwidth is available for resource-intensive applications.

 

 

The throughput of a firewall is an indicator of the total Internet traffic that can travel through it at any given time, dependent on the hardware’s processing power. Throughput is measured in megabits per second (Mbps) and gigabits per second (Gbps). 

 

Fortinet Firewall datasheets offer several throughput statistics based on the type of security services, traffic, and protocol handled by the firewall.

 

 

Because it reflects the highest feasible processing speed of the hardware when no additional services are deployed, Max Firewall Throughput is the highest throughput metric you’ll read on any datasheet. In most cases, this represents the out-of-the-box speed of a firewall and doesn’t reflect how it would perform in a real-world scenario.

 

 

SSL and VPN are communication protocols that govern how information is encrypted and delivered between a source and a destination.

 

The safest way for offsite employees, outposts, and branch offices to receive information from the core database is using SSL VPN tunnels. Since VPNs work by encrypting and decrypting data, the throughput speeds are determined by the type of data and encryption capabilities of the gateway.

 

 

Simulated data traveling via a firewall is referred to as IMIX, and it is used to model how the hardware would behave in a real-world context. IMIX throughputs are the maximum speeds a firewall can accomplish while dealing with a wide range of packet sizes and traffic patterns.

 

 

The overall shape of appliance hardware is known as its form factor. Most firewalls will come in either a desktop or a rackmount configuration. 

 

 

Some businesses prefer wireless firewalls over devices that require Cat5E/Cat6 cabling. Wired networking solutions are often thought to be more dependable and secure because signals are not affected or impeded by other networks.

 

Data transfer speeds are improving thanks to the development of Gigabit connections, making wired appliances significantly faster. Wireless environments are also easier to set up since they necessitate less equipment and planning.

 

What Threats Does FortiGate Firewall Prevent?

The FortiGate next-generation firewall can defend against a variety of security threats. Including:

• Malware
• Spyware (Grayware)
• Schemes involving phishing and social engineering
• Pharming attacks
• Viruses that infect instant messaging
• Peer-to-Peer networks
• Attacks on many networks at the same time
• Email
• Intrusions

 

Why should you go with FortiGate Firewall?

IT security risks are continuously changing, and your company must adapt to keep up. As we evolve towards a more connected corporate world than ever before, one data breach might have catastrophic ramifications for your company.

A FortiGate firewall can provide you and your company peace of mind by ensuring that you are protected from the latest dangers.

 

Get in touch with us (+971585811786) (sales@gntme.com) today to discover more about the advantages of using a FortiGate firewall.