Secure Networking
Forrester Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) study reveals 318% ROI and $10.6M in cost benefits achieved with the Fortinet Data Center cybersecurity solution
Download the StudySecure Digital Acceleration
Growing and scaling digital business while protecting a distributed infrastructure has never been more critical or complex. Networks today are center of innovation and enable digital acceleration using network modernization. Fortinet’s Secure Networking converges networking technologies with AI-powered security across all edges to close security gaps and help organizations achieve better user experience.
Fortinet's Secure Networking
Digital acceleration has led to a rapid expansion of attack surfaces and creation of new network edges, including LAN, WAN, 5G, remote workers, and clouds. Fortinet’s Secure Networking approach is the industry’s only converged networking and security platform. This convergence enables AI-powered defense of today’s highly dynamic environments while enabling better productivity and user experience.
Leading Innovations of Networking and Security
The FortiGate NGFW is the core component of Secure Networking. FortiGate is powered by the FortiOS operating system and purpose-built security processors (SPUs). These innovations enable the most complete convergence of networking and security by eliminating the need for point products. Our unified offering of SD-WAN, NGFW, SWG, ZTNA enforcement, LAN and WLAN, and wireless WAN 5G/LTE are available to deploy on any network edge.
FortiGuard Labs monitors the worldwide attack surface and employs AI to mine data for new threats, ensuring you are prepared for what’s coming. Our threat experts work around the clock to develop, enhance, and enrich FortiGuard AI-Powered Security Services with the very latest threat intelligence. These services are integral to providing Fortinet’s Secure Networking solution with market-leading security capabilities. These solutions and services work together to provide the best protection for your applications, content, web traffic, devices, and users located anywhere.
Challenge: Securing Network Edges
Architectural Complexity
Disjointed security & networking solutions lead to multiple management consoles and inconsistent security policies
Poor User Experience
Slow inspection of encrypted traffic and an inability to steer traffic intelligently impacts users
Difficult to Troubleshoot
Fractured visibility for traffic, devices, and applications leaves finding root cause time consuming
Expensive to Support
No network- and security-wide visibility, analytics and orchestration increases daily operational costs
Industry Analyst Recommendations
Security Transformation
I&O networking leaders are being asked to deliver secure networks with automation as organizations digitally transform.
Gartner Hype Cycle for Enterprise Networking, 2022
Convergence
49% of companies report that “There are dedicated, separate groups responsible for security and networking, but we are actively unifying these groups”
ESG A Network Perspective on Network and Security Convergence, January 2024
Hybrid Workplace Enablement
Security leaders must adopt a unified security approach to protect their assets and users in any location.
Gartner Hype Cycle for Network Security, 2022
Key Benefits of Secure Networking
50%
reduction in network outages
<6
month payback
318%
return on investment
50%
increase in productivity of security and network teams
Better Protection
FortiGuard AI-Powered Security Services enable faster coordinated prevention, detection, and response in real time across your broader security infrastructure to reduce risk and business interruptions.
Reduced TCO
Simplified architecture and management with converged network and security at any scale that streamline processes and save resources
Optimized User Experience
Automation and AI/ML help operational efficiency and keep employees productive
FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall
FortiGate NGFWs deliver industry-leading enterprise security for any edge at any scale.
Product Resources
- Forrester Study: 318% ROI with Fortinet Data Center Security
- 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Network Firewalls
- Seven Major Challenges Impeding Digital Acceleration
- Protecting Every Edge To Make Hacker's Jobs Harder, Not Yours
- Flat Networks Inevitably Fall Flat When Attacked - Using Secure Segmentation
- Protecting Your Hybrid and Hyperscale Data Centers
- Free Product Demo
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Secure and Modern Networking Technology
The convergence of security and networking closes security gaps and simplifies management, saving time and costs.
Comprehensive and Consistent Security Everywhere
Fortinet’s entire portfolio of firewall solutions run on the same FortiOS operating system, enabling a hybrid mesh firewall approach. This means firewalls can be deployed across campus, branch, data center, cloud, and hyper-scaler locations with consistent security across all locations. Centrally managed and orchestrated, leveraging the same real-time threat intelligence, this mesh architecture enables visibility and control across the entire attack surface to simplify and unify network security.
SD-WAN and LTE/5G for WAN Transformation
Fortinet delivers fast, scalable, and flexible Secure SD-WAN for cloud-first, security-sensitive, and global enterprises. Our Secure Networking approach converges SD-WAN, next-generation firewall (NGFW), and advanced routing to deliver a secure and better user experience. FortiGate provides an SD-WAN and LTE/5G controller at no extra cost to deliver instant ROI.
Secure Switches and Wireless with Secure Connectivity
Secure Connectivity equipment from Fortinet converges networking and security into a secure, simple-to-manage architecture with a single point for management and configuration. By leveraging Secure Networking, Fortinet allows organizations to secure Ethernet switches and wireless LAN without the need for costly and complex licensing schemes.
Universal ZTNA Enforcement
FortiGate NGFW is the only network security solution in the industry with ZTNA enforcement to enable explicit application access. With flexible deployment offerings, Fortinet enables universal ZTNA enforcement for the hybrid workforce.
Centralized Management and Network Automation
Centralized management enables provisioning and management of both networking and security products with one console. Network automation uses network and security software tools to maximize efficiency and functionality of the network to further reduce complexity.
