Introducing Fortinet
Fortinet was founded in 2000 by the Cannes brothers in California. The company started with the vision of providing extensive and integrated security with high performance in the IT infrastructure. Fortinet is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of network security equipment and one of the first companies to provide Unified Threat Management (UTM) equipment. Fortinet is a leader in the Integrated Attack Management (UTM) market. And provides the best network security equipment, including firewall, antivirus, VPN, intrusion prevention system, spam prevention, site filtering, and traffic management, in network security solutions. The company initially started as AppligationInc, but eventually changed its name to Fortinet. Fortinet’s first product was introduced two years after the start of the company because the first two years in the company were spent on research and development. In fact, the company’s first product was introduced to the market in 2002. Growth and expansion of the company Fortinet grew to a 10-fold revenue from 2002 to 2003. Westcon Canada began distributing FortiGate products in Canada in December 2003, followed by Norwood Adam in the UK in February 2004. In 2009, CRN Magazine’s annual report ranked Fortinet first in network security hardware, up from seventh in 2007. Fortinet’s annual revenue in 2010 was $ 324 million. From 2012 to 2015, the company has achieved three notable cases. The company acquired the XDN hosting service (formerly known as 3Crowd) in December 2012, Coyote Point in 2013, and hardware company Wi-Fi Meru Networks in 2015. In June 2016, Fortinet acquired IT security, software vendor monitoring and analytics AccelOps. In 2016, Fortinet launched a program called FortiVet to recruit Army troops for cyber security jobs. In January 2017, it was announced that Philip Quade, a former NSA member, would become the company’s chief intelligence officer. At the end of 2017, Fortinet reported revenue of $ 416.7 million, up 15 percent from the previous year. In June 2018, Fortinet acquired Bradford Networks, the maker of IoT access control and security solutions. company products Fortinet released its first product, FortiGate, in 2002, followed by anti-spam and anti-virus software. FortiGate has been updated to use the Integrated Circuit Architecture (ASIC) application. Fortinet products later integrated network security, including firewalls and anti-spam and anti-virus software into one device. In April 2016, Fortinet began building its integrated security architecture so that multiple network security products could communicate as a platform. In the same year, the company added Information Security and Event Management (SIEM) products, which analyze hardware and software security alerts, high GIGABYTE port density, and network security features for medium-sized businesses and corporate locations. On security, the cloud integrates. In September 2016, the company announced that it would integrate SIEM products with other vendors’ security systems. In 2017, Fortinet established an independent subsidiary, Fortinet Federal, to develop cybersecurity products for government agencies. In July 2018, FortiGate SD-WAN launched its dedicated SD-WAN service. The FortiGate SD-WAN was included in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for WAN Edge infrastructure the same year. In 2018, Fortinet released FortiGuard (AI) to better identify new and unknown threats, and also expanded version 6.0 of its FortiOS security operating system with advanced centralized management and cloud capabilities. Fortinet’s main goal from the beginning has been to provide high security, integration and efficiency in the IT infrastructure. The large company provides network and content security at a high rate. Security fabric, which is an integrated fortinet system, with a combination of security processors, an intuitive operating system and artificial intelligence of hazards, has improved security, exceptional performance and better control. Provides easier management. Fortinet has provided a dedicated product for every type of network security need, and here are a few examples: This product is the best and most famous product of Fortinet company, which is one of the firewalls with excellent performance and high level in the field of network security. FortiGate network security devices provide a single platform for high-performance end-to-end network security. Fortinet commercial firewall platform The Fortinet commercial firewall platform, called FortiGate, is available in a wide range of categories, tailored to any environment, to offer a wide range of security features and next-generation networks. Complementary products can be combined with a FortiGate to provide a simple and stable end-to-end security infrastructure by covering the following features:
  • Management and Analytics
  • Multi-Cloud security
  • Web Application Security
  • Secure Unified Access
  • Advanced Threat Protection
  • Email security
  • Endpoint security
  • Network security

FortiManager

If your network equipment is large and the number of Fortinet security devices makes it difficult to manage and control the equipment, Fortinet has developed Fortimanager equipment to solve your problem. These devices have the ability to centrally manage Fortinet devices using a single panel. Fortimanager equipment lowers Total cost of ownership (TCO) to control and implement networks based on Fortimanager equipment while also reducing redundancy and operating costs.

FortiAnalyzer

A NOC-SOC security analysis tool built with an operational perspective. Storing and reviewing security device reports such as Fortinet firewalls and UTMs called FortiGate is very important.

In fact, Fortianalyzer is one of the products of Fortinet company, which examines and analyzes the logs sent from other Fortinet products, especially FortiGate.

FortiSandbox

Another product from Fortinet company that prevents malicious files from entering the organization’s network by examining and identifying them. Since each security solution works independently, this creates a gap between different layers of security. Sandboxing provides a way to close security gaps so that you can detect new attacks that previous security technologies can detect. Identify have not been.

FortiWeb

FortiWeb can provide complete security against OWASP Top 10 security risks and many other threats to web-based applications on internal and external networks with the help of a related and advanced multilayer approach. A multi-layered solution to protect web applications against known and unknown attacks. WAF also fully covers attacks identified in the OWASP Top 10 category. WAF or FortiWeb blocks the threats detected in the Forti sendbox. In other words, WAF creates a security point between the end user and a web application.