{"id":1326,"date":"2020-02-20T18:09:34","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T14:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techxmedia.com\/?p=1326"},"modified":"2025-04-17T23:59:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T19:59:22","slug":"fortinet-new-features-security-fabric-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/fortinet-new-features-security-fabric-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"New features of Fortinet\u2019s Security Fabric Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ctt.marketwire.com\/?release=11G067974-001&amp;id=7377526&amp;type=0&amp;url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.fortinet.com\">Fortinet<\/a>\u00ae announced the release of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/products\/fortigate\/fortios.html?utm_source=pr&amp;utm_campaign=2019-q3-fortios\">FortiOS<\/a> 6.4, the latest version of its flagship operating system powering the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/solutions\/enterprise-midsize-business\/security-fabric.html?utm_source=pr&amp;utm_campaign=2019-q3-security-fabric\">Fortinet Security Fabric<\/a>. With over 350 new features, FortiOS 6.4 introduces new automation, scalability, performance, and <a href=\"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/tag\/ai\/\">AI<\/a> capabilities to deliver full protection across the entire digital infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>John Maddison, EVP of products and CMO at Fortinet <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWith the release of FortiOS 6.4,\nwe\u2019re continuing to build out the Fortinet Security Fabric to deliver automated\nworkflows across multi-attack vectors and infrastructure. Combined with one of\nthe most extensive alliance partner ecosystems in the industry, Fortinet\ndelivers the most comprehensive cybersecurity platform on the market.\u201d&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Digital Innovation is Causing Increased Risk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Digital innovation is a\ndisruptive force that is transforming every single industry and allowing\norganizations to accelerate their businesses, reduce costs, improve\nefficiency, and provide better customer experiences. However, this disruption\nalso brings increased security risks as organizations cope with the expanding attack surface, advanced threats,\nincreased ecosystem complexity, and an expanding regulatory compliance landscape.\nOnly a true cybersecurity platform can enable digital innovation if it delivers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Broad<\/strong> visibility of the entire digital attack surface to better manage risk,<\/li><li><strong>Integrated<\/strong> solutions that reduce the complexity of supporting multiple point\nproducts, and<\/li><li><strong>Automated<\/strong> workflows to increase speed of operations and response.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Fortinet Security Fabric Enables Digital Innovation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To address today\u2019s risks and deliver the industry\u2019s\nmost comprehensive cybersecurity platform that enables digital innovation, Fortinet\ncontinues to enhance the Fortinet Security Fabric with the latest version of\nits operating system, FortiOS 6.4. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What\u2019s New in FortiOS 6.4<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With version 6.4, FortiOS adds new features designed\nto support organizations\u2019 digital innovation goals across the four key pillars\nof the Fortinet Security Fabric and FortiGuard Labs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/blog\/business-and-technology\/defining-security-driven-networking.html\">Security-driven\nNetworking<\/a><\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> Secure and accelerate the network and user\nexperience<strong><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>New intuitive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/products\/sd-wan\/what-is-sd-wan.html?utm_source=pr&amp;utm_campaign=2019-q3-understanding-sd-wan\">SD-WAN<\/a> orchestrator and granular application analytics in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/products\/management.html?utm_source=pr&amp;utm_campaign=2020-q1-management-analytics\">Fabric\nManagement Center<\/a> to\nsimplify and automate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/products\/sd-wan.html?utm_source=pr&amp;utm_campaign=2019-q3-sd-wan\">Secure\nSD-WAN<\/a> deployments.<\/li><li>Real-time SD-WAN application\noptimization in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/products\/next-generation-firewall.html?utm_source=pr&amp;utm_campaign=2019-q3-fortigate\">FortiGate<\/a> to enable consistent and resilient business application\nexperience. <\/li><li>Broader segmentation visibility by\nconnecting multi-tenant VDOMs into the Security Fabric with FortiGate to\nprotect internal risks of organizations.<\/li><li>Expanded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/products\/secure-web-gateway.html?utm_source=pr&amp;utm_campaign=2019-q3-secure-web-gateway\">Secure\nWeb Gateway<\/a> and IPS use cases to enable better\nprotection and simplify administration operations.<\/li><li>Enhanced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/solutions\/enterprise-midsize-business\/secure-branch-sd-wan.html?utm_source=pr&amp;utm_campaign=2019-q3-sd-branch-landing-page\">SD-Branch<\/a>\ncapabilities with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/products\/secure-wifi\/wirelessmanagement.html?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=2019-q2-FortiAP\">FortiAP<\/a>\nController, and&nbsp;simplified operation of LTE links&nbsp;through integrated\nmanagement&nbsp;with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/products\/wireless-lan-fortiextender.html?utm_source=pr&amp;utm_campaign=2019-q3-fortiextender\">FortiExtende<\/a>r\nand broadened FortiAP portfolio with WiFi 6 models.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/blog\/business-and-technology\/know-who-and-what-with-zero-trust-network-access.html\">Zero-trust\nNetwork Access<\/a><\/strong>:\nIdentify and secure users and devices, on and off network<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Increased\nnative device visibility across the Fortinet Security Fabric through\nintegration of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/products\/network-access-control.html?utm_source=pr&amp;utm_campaign=2019-q3-fortinac\">FortiNAC<\/a>\ninto the Fabric Topology Map and with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/products\/management\/fortianalyzer.html?utm_source=pr&amp;utm_campaign=2019-q3-fortianalyzer\">FortiAnalyzer<\/a>.&nbsp; <\/li><li>Enhanced\nprofiling of devices within FortiNAC that includes better visibility into Linux\ndevices, and simplifying zero-trust network access implementations with such\ncapabilities as automatic IoT detection and segmentation to reduce the\ncomplexities of securing IoT devices.<\/li><li>Improved\nuser identification and management with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/products\/management\/fortimanager.html?utm_source=pr&amp;utm_campaign=2019-q3-fortimanager\">FortiManager<\/a>\ndocker for FortiAnalyzer Cloud that delivers overall workflow improvements and\nenhanced SAML in FortiAuthenticator alongside 2FA with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/products\/identity-access-management.html?utm_source=pr&amp;utm_campaign=2019-q3-fortitoken\">FortiToken<\/a>\nCloud.<\/li><li>On- and\noff-network visibility and management with Fabric agent telemetry for devices\non-network, and secure VPN tunnels with FortiClient as well as secure offsite\naccess with FortiGuard Cloud for devices off-network.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/blog\/business-and-technology\/protecting-with-dynamic-multi-cloud-security.html\">Dynamic\nCloud Security<\/a><\/strong>: Secure and control\ncloud infrastructure and applications<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Broader cloud application protection with increased\nOffice 365 security coverage through integrations with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/products\/email-security\/fortimail.html?utm_source=pr&amp;utm_campaign=2019-q3-fortimail-overview\">FortiMail<\/a>\nand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/products\/cloud-access-security-broker.html?utm_source=pr&amp;utm_campaign=2019-q3-forticasb\">FortiCASB<\/a>;\nnew <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/products\/web-application-firewall\/fortiweb.html?utm_source=pr&amp;utm_campaign=2019-q3-fortiweb\">FortiWeb<\/a>\ndeep-learning capabilities to protect continuously changing applications\nrunning anywhere.&nbsp;FortiWeb can be deployed as a physical and virtual\nappliance, as a SaaS offering in public or private cloud or as a Docker\ncontainer.<\/li><li>Stronger cloud network security effectiveness\nthrough support of advanced hybrid cloud use cases, including SD-WAN for AWS\nOutposts and GCP Anthos using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/products\/private-cloud-security\/fortigate-virtual-appliances.html\">FortiGate\nVM<\/a>, and auto remediation capabilities with FortiGate VM Cloud IDS.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Enhanced workload protection capabilities and\nmulti-cloud visibility via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/products\/public-cloud-security\/cloud-security-posture-management.html?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_campaign=2019-q3-forticwp\">FortiCWP<\/a>\nasset inventory and streamlined security operations workflows.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/blog\/business-and-technology\/enhancing-your-security-team-with-ai-driven-security-operations.html\">AI-driven\nSecurity Operations<\/a><\/strong>:\nAutomatically prevent, detect, and respond to cyber threats<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Adds new advanced threat detection and prevention\ncapability at the endpoint with new next-gen AV (NGAV) capabilities,\ncomplementing endpoint-hardening of FortiClient with machine learning-based\nNGAV, real-time ransomware protection and the ability to defuse threats in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/blog\/business-and-technology\/every-second-counts-in-endpoint-protection-why-real-time-matters.html\">FortiEDR<\/a>.<\/li><li>Increased automation in FortiAnalyzer and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/products\/siem\/fortisiem.html?utm_source=pr&amp;utm_campaign=2019-q3-fortisiem\">FortiSIEM<\/a>,\nas well as the full orchestration of our new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/products\/fortisoar.html?utm_source=pr&amp;utm_campaign=2020-q1-fortisoar\">FortiSOAR<\/a>, to reduce the SOC burden and company exposure. While FortiAnalyzer is\nthe foundation of Security Fabric analytics and FortiSIEM extends to\nmulti-vendor environments, FortiSOAR in particular adds the most robust\nautomated collection of additional context and data to enrich incident response\n(IR), case management for more effective coordination and collaboration across\ncustomer security teams, and visual playbook orchestration and guided response.\n<\/li><li>Also, supplements the Security Fabric with dynamic\nthreat hunting and staff augmentation to extend their resource-constrained security\nteams with Fortinet\u2019s remote monitoring and IR service 24&#215;7.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fortiguard.com\/\">FortiGuard Labs<\/a><\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/products\/360-protection-bundle.html?utm_source=pr&amp;utm_campaign=2019-q3-360-protection-bundle\">Fortinet\n360 Protection bundle<\/a> delivered by FortiGuard Labs provides a\ncomplete package of operational, support, and security services to enable\ncustomers to easily deploy and benefit from the full power of the Fortinet\nSecurity Fabric and is optimized for SD-WAN deployments.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>New services within the Fortinet 360 Protection\nbundle enable organizations to leverage intuitive SD-WAN orchestration,\nautomated IoT device identification and segmentation, as well as optimize\noperations with IP Address Management (IPAM) across the Security Fabric.<\/li><li>New enhancements to 360 Protection\u2019s Security\nRating service also allows customers to proactively identify and remediate\nconfiguration, policy, security, and compliance gaps as well as benchmark\nagainst industry peers to assess relative posture and investment strategies.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With over 350 new features, FortiOS 6.4 introduces new automation, scalability, performance, and AI capabilities to deliver full protection across the entire digital infrastructure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9685],"tags":[481,206,480,479],"contributor":[],"class_list":["post-1326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events-middle-east","tag-digitalinnovation","tag-fortinet","tag-securityfabricplatform","tag-securityindustry"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/JMaddison-e1582208204152.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Rabab","author_link":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/author\/rabab\/"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1326"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=1326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}