Fortinet Expands Its Universal SASE Offering to Securely Connect Any User to Any Application
Fortinet,
the global cybersecurity leader driving the convergence of networking and
security, announced the expansion of its Universal SASE offering
to empower today’s hybrid workforce with FortiOS everywhere.
“The Fortinet
operating system, FortiOS, is the industry’s only enterprise-grade converged
operating system able to support all SASE functions, including firewall,
SD-WAN, secure web gateway, encryption/decryption, CASB, DLP, and ZTNA, whether
deployed in an appliance or cloud-delivered from Fortinet,” said Ken Xie,
Founder, Chairman of the Board, and CEO. “This approach enables over 30
converged networking and security functions to be managed through a single
console. 14 of these functions are accelerated when deployed on our new
FortiASIC Security Processor 5-based FortiGate 120G SASE appliance.”
Expanding Fortinet
Universal SASE
Single-vendor SASE
provides flexible access to critical resources and applications for users and
devices. However, most enterprises rely on different vendors for each SASE
function, which introduces significant challenges of controlling different
operating system functionality and management consoles. Fortinet Universal SASE
takes traditional single-vendor SASE one step further, providing consistent
policies and controls on-prem and in the cloud while delivering seamless
integration across all functions and deployments to better support today’s
hybrid workforce while reducing IT overhead.
FortiOS runs the full
SASE stack, including a bi-directional firewall, SD-WAN, secure web gateway,
encryption/decryption, CASB, DLP, and ZTNA. It also has the flexibility to run
on an appliance in accelerated mode as well as in the FortiSASE cloud,
providing consistent networking, security, and policy management for every
edge. This is further enhanced by FortiGuard
AI-powered Security Services, such as IPS, DNS filtering, URL
filtering, anti-malware, sandboxing, and more.
Today’s news expands
Fortinet’s investment in Universal SASE by expanding the reach of its SASE
stack in three key areas of the portfolio:
Worldwide Coverage of
FortiSASE Cloud Locations
FortiSASE, built on a
global, scalable cloud network, delivers the same SASE stack as FortiGate
appliances through its regional FortiSASE cloud locations. To deliver the best
user experience and higher service availability, Fortinet now delivers over 100 FortiSASE cloud locations
globally.
Bringing Accelerated
SASE to the Campus and Branch
To bring the full
SASE stack to campus and branch locations, Fortinet is announcing the new FortiGate
120G SASE appliance. Because it is powered by Fortinet’s patented
SP5 (Security Processor 5) custom ASIC, it can accelerate many elements of the
SASE stack, such as delivering 3 Gbps of SSL inspection—an average of 6x faster
than the industry average—for visibility into encrypted traffic at scale. The
following Secure Compute Rating table provides a comparison between equivalent
solutions:
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