Fortinet Fortigate NGFW

What differentiates Fortinet Fortigate NGFW from other similar products?

The cost !

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Security features.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Support assistance.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

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What differentiates Fortinet Fortigate NGFW from other similar products?

Fortinet Firewalls differ from others because they have an easy-to-configure interface, their installation is quick because their process does not take too long, they provide high performance and low latency, they are capable of carrying out high-speed inspections of network traffic , the one that enters and leaves so that the business network is only managed by means of legitimate traffic and at the same time a pleasant and non degraded user experience can be counted on, they can be integrated with other Fortinet software, as well as solutions third-party security in a multi vendor environment.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

What is most attractive to me is that by integrating with software such as FortiGuard and FortiSandbox, which are powered by artificial intelligence, they allow protection against known and zero day threats and also an improvement in operational efficiency is obtained through their integration. With Fabric Management Center, on the other hand, its secure socket layer inspection, web filtering, and IPS grant total visibility and protect any edge, all of which makes it possible to obtain a high performance business network.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Its configuration can be somewhat complex if it is about users who have never interacted with this type of spftware so it is best to go to their support team, also in the presence of any problem solving the process is not very easy.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Your perception of its interface can be at first glance something that will be easy, but if you want to use the software for something more advanced it becomes somewhat more complex, so it is important to have knowledge of this type of software.

What differentiates Fortinet Fortigate NGFW from other similar products?

This Firewall platform differs from others because it provides the user with a series of firewalls with a high speed in their interfaces, high port density and high performance, being these capable of providing a totally advanced protection, their administration is carried out from a single console which gives visibility of the entire business network under its protection, it is capable of carrying out a high performance inspection thanks to the fact that it runs at a high speed allowing to observe the incoming and outgoing traffic, it also provides networks driven by the security for complete application visibility.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I like the one that provides security driven networks to achieve complete visibility of applications, threats and networks, thus protecting any edge, the one that allows managing internal security risks, thanks to its segmentation that reduces and inhibits the ability to propagate any attack, in addition to its IPS also helps with the management of vulnerabilities preventing attacks or known threats and zero day.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I do not like that it has few stable versions, since the ideal is to have more current versions that are capable of providing updates that help to deal with any new threat, also its application filtering does not usually work as it should.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Fortinet firewalls ensure that business websites remain accessible, responsive and provide an optimal user experience - thanks to their unique functions they are capable of dealing with threats that often affect the business network.