MANILA,
Philippines - Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT) - a world leader in high-performance network security – today announced FortiOS 5.0, the world’s
most advanced security operating system that is the foundation for all Fortinet
FortiGate integrated security platforms. This new release provides more
security, intelligence and control to help enterprises be better protected
against today’s advanced threats and enable more secure BYOD environments.
With
smarter, more effective security policies, Fortinet gives enterprises of all
sizes new technologies to help protect and manage their networks in light of fundamental
changes in both the nature of attacks targeting them as well as how users are accessing
the network. Fortinet is extending its leadership by integrating advanced
identification and management of user and device behavior, including
reputation-based policies, better botnet detection and protection and
inspection of encrypted traffic.
In
addition to the new FortiOS 5.0 operating system for FortiGate devices,
Fortinet announced FortiManager 5.0, FortiAnalyzer 5.0 and FortiClient 5.0 to address the need for increasingly
sophisticated management and analysis of the network infrastructure and
endpoint devices in enterprise, carrier, MSP and SMB environments alike.
Fortinet
is adding more than 150 features and enhancements to FortiOS 5.0. As a result, enterprises
of all sizes will be better equipped to defend themselves against new advanced
threats and manage and protect their network against an influx of new types of mobile devices and
applications. Key benefits
include:
·
More Security to fight advanced threats. A client reputation
feature gives enterprises a cumulative security ranking of each device based on
a range of behaviors and provides specific, actionable information that enables
organizations to identity compromised systems and potential zero-day attacks in
real time. The new advanced anti-malware detection system adds an on-device
behavior-based heuristic engine and cloud-based AV services that includes an
operating system sandbox and botnet IP reputation database. Together with
superior industry-validated AV signatures, FortiOS 5.0 delivers unbeatable
multi-layered protection against today’s sophisticated malware
·
More Control to secure mobile devices and BYOD environments by identifying devices and
applying specific access policies as well as security profiles, according to
the device type or device group, location and usage
·
More Intelligence with automatic adjustment of role-based policies for users and guests
based on location, data and application profile. Enhanced reporting and
analysis also provides administrators with more intelligence on the behavior of
their network, users, devices, applications and threats
“We
are excited about the advancements in FortiOS 5.0,” said Ken Xie, founder,
president and CEO for Fortinet. “Looking back over the last ten years, each
FortiOS release delivered innovation that helped change the market. With
FortiOS 5.0, Fortinet is continuing to lead and define the network
security space. We are providing our customers with the best and broadest
functionality that is fully integrated with our high-performance FortiASICs and
FortiGate system. This combination leads to our customers having the most
superior network security, performance, management and analysis.”
“We’ve come to rely on the
consolidated and advanced security, networking and management services embedded
in FortiOS,” said Ken Smith, senior security solutions architect with Green
Pages. “What’s particularly attractive about this major new release is the
'client reputation' feature that provides a broad view of each client on our
network and the ability to enforce ‘smart policies’ to secure individual users
throughout our organization, regardless of their location, type of device they
use to access network resources or their status as a guest. It’s a major step
forward in strengthening our overall security posture.”
FortiManager 5.0
As
a centralized, single-pane-of-glass management platform for all Fortinet
devices, the new FortiManager 5.0 features significant improvements tailored
for enterprises and service providers:
·
The
ability to manage physical and virtual security devices using a single
Web-based GUI with new functions that include drag and drop policies between
panes, direct in-view policy object editing, full IPv6 support and a new script
UI facility
·
More
granular administrative profiles and greater ease of use
·
Enhanced
provisioning capabilities for large-scale rollouts
·
Improved
reporting and analysis with multi-frame display, drag-and-drop policy between
rule bases and frames, built in logging and reporting and full IPv6 support
Additionally,
carrier/cloud providers will benefit from added XML and JSON API functionality
as well as script UI capabilities that enable auto-provisioning and simplified
creation and modification of policies and objects.
FortiAnalyzer 5.0
The
FortiAnalyzer family of logging, analyzing and reporting appliances securely
aggregates log data from Fortinet devices and other syslog-compatible devices. The
new FortiAnalyzer 5.0 includes the following new key features:
·
Significantly
improved data visualization and analysis to provide customers with critical
visibility into their network security posture
·
Consolidated
reporting for all FortiOS-based devices and endpoints, enabling better insight
on bandwidth consumption, application usage and network utilization
·
Management
of both physical and virtual appliances for consolidated configuration and
universally applied reporting across multiple FortiAnalyzer systems
·
The
ability to synchronize multiple FortiAnalyzers for unified configuration and
reporting
FortiClient 5.0
FortiClient
provides anytime, anywhere endpoint security for Windows and Macintosh devices.
Improvements include:
·
Better
enforcement of security policies in off-net situations to ensure adherence to
corporate policies when not connected to the network
·
Enhanced
integration with FortiGate devices to simplify remote VPN provisioning for ease
of use
“From
the largest enterprises and carriers to smaller distributed retail and SMB
networks, our customers are dealing with more stringent network security
requirements and greater demands for access to data,” said Patrick Bedwell,
vice president of product marketing for Fortinet. “With new attack variants on
the rise and the ‘bring your own device’ revolution in full swing,
organizations need broad security measures that can scale, are highly flexible
when it comes to enforcing granular policies and are easy to deploy. We’re
responding to these market requirements with the release of the industry’s most
advanced network security operating system that works in tandem with our
next-generation management, analysis and client protection technologies.”
Availability
FortiOS
5.0, FortiManager 5.0, FortiAnalyzer 5.0 and FortiClient 5.0 will be available
this month and can be downloaded from the FortiCare Website (https://support.fortinet.com) or customers can contact their reseller.
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About Fortinet (www.fortinet.com)
Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) is a worldwide provider of network security
appliances and a market leader in unified threat management (UTM). Our products
and subscription services provide broad, integrated and high-performance
protection against dynamic security threats while simplifying the IT security
infrastructure. Our customers include enterprises, service providers and government
entities worldwide, including the majority of the 2011 Fortune Global 100.
Fortinet's flagship FortiGate product delivers ASIC-accelerated performance and
integrates multiple layers of security designed to help protect against
application and network threats. Fortinet's broad product line goes beyond UTM
to help secure the extended enterprise - from endpoints, to the perimeter and
the core, including databases and applications. Fortinet is headquartered in
Sunnyvale, Calif., with offices around the world.
