Fortinet FortiGate Cloud Reviews

FortiGate Cloud is used for web application firewall, DDoS protection, intrusion prevention, and indicator of compromise in conjunction with the FortiAnalyzer. There are much more functions, including an IP firewall.

FortiGate Cloud has many features that we like. For example, we're using it for security incident management, threat intelligence, and vulnerabilities check. It's integrated with several Fortinet tools like FortiAnalyzer and FortiSandbox controlled through FortiManager. 

We also find Fortinet's hub-and-spoke setup useful because I can manage security from where I am, while the IT engineers in branch offices can handle it on their end.

I use the solution in my company's data center and for our customers, including both small and big ones, like hotels, hospitals, or production companies. We use the tool very often in our company.

The solution's most valuable feature is its ease of use. The tool has many stable, good, and clear-to-understand functions. You can organize the tool in a very good way. With Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, if you have your own desktop, you can manage and have everything you need to support and monitor.

I am using FortiGate Cloud in my landing zone, connecting on-premises data centers with Microsoft Azure Cloud. It acts as a site-to-site VPN connecting various locations.

The main advantage of FortiGate Cloud is its reliability, scalability, and pricing. I have deployed FortiGate devices both on-premises and in the cloud, and both are working great. The device is reliable despite being on cloud infrastructure, and the hypervisor part is managed by Azure. This reliability and the easy-to-configure GUI have been significant for our operations. Additionally, I have never faced any hardware malfunctions with these devices.

We have FortiGate Cloud deployed on all three major cloud providers: AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure. The configuration varies from case to case. Azure is different from Google Cloud, which is entirely different from AWS. We have the documentation needed to deploy it on AWS, GCP, or Azure. We also have all the documents to use it on KBR for Fortinet. I don't use the latest version because updates typically have bugs. If it's on version 7.4, I prefer to use 6.4 or something like that.

The most valuable FortiGate Cloud feature is logging. It's there seven days a week, and there is no hard limit on logs or size restrictions. This much capacity will show up for that seven days. FortiGate Cloud offers many other valuable features like Fortinet Secure Gateway, SASE, and the Fortinet Security Fabric. 

Fortinet Security Fabric combines so many Fortinet products, allowing you to monitor them from a single vendor. Fortinet Security Fabric, the log features, and FortiGuard integration are all useful features. Fortinet Cloud also offers data integration with private and public clouds. The configuration isn't too complicated, either. It's pretty manageable and easy to understand. 

We are currently only using Fortinet VPN from Fortinet's suite of applications and solutions. During the nearly two years that I've been working here, we've experienced zero incidents with the Fortinet FortiGate Cloud hardware or software. However, our operational system lacks high availability, which became evident during two fires. 

The easy part involves policy creation, which is very straightforward. It helps to keep you in control. 

The solution is primarily used for firewalls, border protection, and network gateway protection.

It's a UTM solution. It covers layer four to layer seven in terms of firewall functionality. It doesn't only cover the network. It also covers application cases. 

It also has an IPS module. It has an anti-malware module. Usually, customers can extend the license, and they can have Fortinet agents which will help them enforce the policies also when they are outside the network. 

It's a comprehensive solution compared to other solutions.

The initial setup is relatively easy.

I use the product as a security and networking gateway. I have deployed instances in Azure and AWS as virtual appliances, and my main use cases are for connecting VPNs, routing, and securing connections between the outside and inside of the environment.

The platform's most helpful features for security management include anti-DDoS, antivirus, intrusion prevention, and anti-malware systems. I find it particularly helpful for certificate inspection and setting up anti-DDoS, intrusion prevention, antivirus, and file inspection policies.