Fortinet introduces next-generation firewalls

Fortinet introduces next-generation firewalls

Fortinet, the provider of high-performance cyber security solutions, has announced the launch of the FortiGate 400D and the FortiGate 900D next-generation firewalls (NGFWs).

These new appliances further bolster Fortinet’s broad portfolio of integrated security solutions while delivering five times greater NGFW performance than competing products. With the introduction of these two solutions, Fortinet has again made high-performance, cutting-edge cyber security more accessible for mid-market and enterprise organisations.

Best-in-class protection for mid-market organisations and large branch locations organisations of all sizes are being targeted by cyber criminals and must defend their critical infrastructures and proprietary data from advanced, highly focused threats more than ever before. Yet, increased bandwidth requirements and network utilisation complicate the process, particularly as organisations increase in size and scope.

What they need are industry-leading solutions that provide the security effectiveness and features to protect from advanced threats, while delivering the performance and connectivity to future-proof their infrastructures. Fortinet’s new FortiGate 400D and 900D NGFWs were engineered to deliver high-performance security and specifically tailored to meet the gruelling demands of mid-sized and enterprise organisations today and into the future.

Leveraging Fortinet’s FortiASIC-accelerated performance, both Appliances utilise Fortinet’s proprietary Network Processor 6 (NP6), providing the FortiGate 400D with throughput performance of 16 Gbps and propelling the FortiGate 900D to speeds of 52 Gbps.

Coupled with the consolidated feature-sets of the FortiOS operating system guarantees improved Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) stream performance high-throughput, broad security, deep inspection, rich analytics, granular controls and ease-of-use.

Reinforced with industry-leading threat intelligence from FortiGuard Labs, the FortiGate 400D and 900D deliver the best-in-class protection and performance required by mid-sized and enterprise organisations.The FortiGate 400D, engineered to meet the unique demands of mid-sized organisations, offers:

• Multi-gigabit NGFW performance reaching 16 Gbps

• High port density including multiple Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 and SFP interfaces enterprise-class protection for large branch locations, the FortiGate 900D is designed with the performance and features of an enterprise-grade NGFW, so large branches don’t have to compromise on security

• 52 Gbps NGFW performance

• Multiple 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+, SFP and RJ45 ports Availability

 

The new FortiGate 400D and 900D are available immediately.

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