Gartner report places cybersecurity solutions company Fortinet as a leader in Network Firewalls

News Desk - 10/01/2023

Fortinet, a global company in broad, integrated and automated cybersecurity solutions, announced that it has been named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls, marking the thirteenth time Fortinet has been recognized in this Magic Quadrant. Fortinet placed highest in Ability to Execute and is recognized for its Completeness of Vision in the Magic Quadrant.

Fortinet believes that its placement as a Leader in the 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls is a result of its ability to deliver:

Protection against advanced threats with AI/ML-powered security and accelerated performance with purpose-built ASICS: FortiGate Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs) deliver multiple AI/ML-powered security services, empowering IT to combat advanced cybersecurity threats and avoid business disruptions. Thanks to a unique, purpose-built ASIC architecture, FortiGate NGFWs are engineered to deliver the industry’s best ROI and price-to-performance across essential security services, such as IPS, antivirus, DNS and URL filtering, application control, and more. This advantage extends beyond the network to FortiClient endpoint agents offering unified in-line CASB and in-line sandboxing.

Powerful Networking and Security Convergence: NGFW is not the only thing that FortiGate is. FortiGate offers one of the best Secure SD-WAN solutions thanks to the power of the FortiOS operating system. It also comes with a potent LAN edge controller, supports the only universal ZTNA application gateway in the industry, and makes it easier for NOC and SOC convergence.

Integration with enhanced Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) solution: Organizations that have already deployed FortiGate NGFWs and/or Fortinet Secure SD-WAN in the branch or data centre can seamlessly connect their remote users to FortiSASE for private access without needing an additional license. This integration extends Fortinet’s existing ability to deliver granular application access with Fortinet Universal ZTNA by adding broader application access with SD-WAN to support the most comprehensive set of private applications running at the data centre or public cloud, while also ensuring superior user experience.

Unified IT operations with centralized management via FortiManager, aligning siloed IT teams through a single-pane-of-glass: One of several products that benefit from single-pane management, automation, and visibility across the whole Fortinet Security Fabric, the highest-performing cybersecurity mesh platform in the market, is FortiGate NGFWs. This centralised administration is made possible by FortiManager and includes integrations with more than 400 ecosystem partners, streamlined enterprise-wide operations, and the maintenance of operational efficiency while also providing the NOC with useful data.

Higher performance, environmentally sustainable: FortiGate NGFWs help businesses accomplish their sustainability goals and lessen the carbon footprint of their IT infrastructure by delivering higher performance while using much less electricity. Fortinet is dedicated to providing high-performance, low-power NGFWs that let businesses employ fewer firewalls to meet their business demands and cut expenses for space and cooling in the data centre because sustainability is a major business priority for clients. For instance, the most recent NGFW, the FortiGate 1000F, exhibits a performance benefit of 2 to 7.4x and a reduction in power consumption of up to 7x.

Additionally, Fortinet was also recently named a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Firewalls, Q4 2022 report, which Fortinet believes is a further testament to the role of FortiGate NGFWs in enabling digital acceleration for customers, made possible through the convergence of advanced networking and security capabilities.

In acknowledgement of the reviews that customers voluntarily give about their experiences with FortiGate NGFWs, Fortinet was designated a 2022 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Network Firewalls.