Fortinet has announced it has been recognized as a Leader in the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls. This marks the 11th time Fortinet has been recognized in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls for completeness of vision and ability to execute. Fortinet’s FortiGate Next-generation Firewalls (NGFWs) are an integral component of Fortinet’s Security Fabric platform, which provides broad visibility and protection across the entire attack surface. Fortinet FortiGate NGFWs protect any edge and at any scale because they are powered by purpose-built Security Processing Units (SPUs) resulting in the industry’s highest Security Compute Rating. Fortinet continues to drive innovation with its Secure SD-WAN offering as well, with advanced routing and industry’s most flexible security options via an integrated NGFW or SASE-based cloud-delivered security.
Rajesh Maurya, Regional Vice President, India & SAARC at Fortinet
“We believe Fortinet delivers the broadest and most complete security platform in the industry. We have pioneered the Security-driven Networking approach, integrating security into every element of the network and enabling customers to protect any edge, at any scale. Fortinet has been named a Leader in this year’s Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network Firewall. Fortinet also recently announced its placement as a Leader in the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Edge Infrastructure. We credit our continued
successes to our ongoing commitment to innovation, unique and flexible security platform, and approach to securing the entire attack surface – whether on-prem or in the cloud.”
Fortinet believes its placement in the Leaders quadrant is largely due to the company’s
ongoing commitment to offer a Security-driven Networking approach, which integrates
security into every element of the network and enables customers to:
Manage operational and security risks for better business continuity: Digital transformation offers tremendous opportunities for businesses to create value and realize efficiencies. However, it also creates new security risks, such as
expanding the attack surface for would-be cyber adversaries. With Fortinet NGFWs, customers can achieve full visibility into their networks, applications, and potential threats. Fortinet offers the industry’s highest Security Compute Rating through the power of the company’s purpose-built Secure Processing Units (SPUs – e.g. NP7) to deliver optimal user experience at any scale.
Reduce Cost and Complexity: As the digital attack surface expands, security teams must also expand their defense capabilities. Fortinet NGFWs allow customers to build defense in depth through segmentation, dynamic trust, and
advanced security inspection to keep operations running. FortiGate NGFWs protect business applications with AI-powered and ML-powered FortiGuard services, eliminating the need of point products and resulting in optimal total cost
of ownership (TCO).
Improve Operational Efficiencies: A single-pane-of-glass management enabled by Fabric Management Center provides a complete and consolidated view across a variety of network edges, on-prem or in the cloud. Fabric Management Center provides automation, and orchestration for the Security Fabric that extends to 400+ ecosystem integrations. This simplifies enterprise-
wide workflows across FortiGate, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, and Ecosystem Partners.
Building off the power of Security-driven Networking and our industry-leading FortiGate NGFWs, Fortinet also offers industry’s most flexible and hyperscale security solutions to meet escalating and often unpredictable capacity needs that can quickly outpace an organization’s security solution performance capabilities.
In addition to being recognized as a Leader in the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls, Fortinet was named a 2020 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Network Firewalls. Fortinet believes that this additional customer validation further
highlights that Fortinet’s simple, secure, and scalable platform approach resonates with customers across all industries.
Additional Resources
· Access the November 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls.
· Read our blog for more information about Fortinet’s Placement as a Leader in
this the Gartner 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls.
· Learn more about why Fortinet was named a 2020 Gartner Peer Insights
Customers’ Choice for Network Firewalls.
· See Fortinet’s FortiGate reviews on Gartner Peer Insights.
· Learn more about the Fortinet FortiGate Next-generation Firewall.
· Find out how the Fortinet Security Fabric platform delivers broad, integrated, and
automated protection across an organization’s entire digital infrastructure.
· Learn more about FortiGuard Labs threat intelligence and research and the
FortiGuard Security Subscriptions and Services portfolio.
· Find out more about Automation-Driven Network Management in Fabric
Management Center.
· Learn more about Fortinet’s Network Security Expert (NSE) Training Institute,
including its free cybersecurity training initiative, the NSE Certification Program,
Security Academy Program and Veterans Program.
· Read more about how Fortinet customers are securing their organizations.
· Engage in the Fortinet User Community (Fuse). Share ideas and feedback, learn
more about our products and technology, and connect with peers.
· Follow Fortinet on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram.
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