Fortinet titled as a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls

Fortinet announced that it had been named a Leader in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls, marking the twelfth time Fortinet has been recognized in this Magic Quadrant.

John Maddison, EVP of Products and CMO at Fortinet

“Fortinet’s Security-driven Networking innovations continue to set us apart from the competition. FortiGate Next-generation Firewalls (NGFWs) are designed to deliver advanced security and threat protection, while also enabling the network to scale and change without compromising security operations. We believe that our recognition again as a Leader in the 2021 Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls is a testament to our ability to deliver industry-first innovations, such as built-in Secure SD-WAN and ZTNA capabilities, that enable customers to adapt to changing business requirements such as supporting remote and hybrid work.”

FortiGate Next-generation Firewalls (NGFWs) are powered by Fortinet’s custom-built SPUs and deliver industry-leading enterprise security to secure any edge at scale for customers all over the world. The FortiGate NGFW is the only cybersecurity solution on the market that provides natively integrated Secure SD-WAN and ZTNA capabilities without requiring additional licensing. To improve security, reduce costs and complexity, and simplify network operations as part of Fortinet’s unique Security-driven Networking approach, which deeply integrates an organization’s network infrastructure and security architecture.

FortiGate’s position as a Leader in the Gartner® Magic QuadrantTM for Network Firewalls in 2021, according to Fortinet, is due to its ability to deliver:

• Broad Protection – Organizations are increasingly vulnerable to cyberthreats as the digital attack surface continues to develop. Ransomware attacks have increased tenfold year over year, according to the latest FortiGuard Labs Global Threat Landscape Report. The FortiGate NGFW protects hybrid and hyper-scale architectures with coordinated, automatically shared threat intelligence of AI/ML-powered FortiGuard services, which enables large enterprises to manage internal and external threats, prevent ransomware attacks, and avoid business disruptions with artificial intelligence and machine learning-enhanced FortiGuard Security Services.
• Consolidation – As the threat landscape expands and firms continue to deploy new digital technologies, IT teams struggle to stay up with the number and sophistication of cyberthreats. FortiGate consolidates important services like IPS, anti-malware, and web and video filtering capabilities with networking features like SD-WAN to deliver the industry’s greatest total cost of ownership and simplify operations.
• Automation – As a result of the expanding cybersecurity skills gap, network and security leaders continue to encounter issues. The FortiGate NGFW, which is managed through Fortinet’s Fabric Management Center, helps to address these issues by providing a centralised single pane of glass management capability and integration with 400+ ecosystem partners to simplify operations, coordinate workflows, and deliver consistent policy enforcement across hybrid networks that are managed on-premises or in the cloud.
• Work from Anywhere – Security must be a primary priority as firms rapidly move to a work-from-anywhere strategy. Without extra licences, FortiGate natively supports both Zero Trust Network Access Proxy and SD-WAN, allowing users to access apps and resources from anywhere, at any time, while maintaining effective compliance and security controls.

Enterprise Customers Continue to Rely on FortiGate NGFWs

For the second year in a row, Fortinet has selected a 2021 Gartner® Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Network Firewalls, in addition to being a Leader in the Gartner® Magic QuadrantTM for Network Firewalls. This customer validation, according to Fortinet, underscores the company’s ability to deliver enhanced security to customers at scale across any edge.

In the 2021 Gartner® Magic QuadrantTM for WAN Edge Infrastructure, Fortinet was named a Leader for its ability to execute for Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, which is built on the same FortiGate Next-generation Firewall.