Fortinet Furnishes Firewall Manager

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Fortinet – the only provider of ASIC-powered, network-based antivirus firewall systems for real-time network protection – today announced the FortiManager System, an integrated management and monitoring tool that enables enterprises and services providers to automate the deployment and lifecycle management of dozens, hundreds or thousands of FortiGate Antivirus Firewalls across multiple, geographically dispersed installations.The FortiManager System is built on a powerful architecture emphasizing reliability, scalability, ease of use and easy integration with third party systems, providing a central point of control for establishing multi-faceted security policies, monitoring system status, and logging traffic and threat activity. Deployed as a multi-tiered system – which includes the powerful FortiManager Server appliance and the Java-based FortiManager Console – the FortiManager system is designed to support straightforward integration with carrier-grade provisioning and subscriber management systems, making it an ideal platform for offering managed security services.The key features of the FortiManager System, designed and developed by Fortinet, allow customers to harness the full power and capabilities of the FortiGate platforms’ unique, integrated functionality on a wider scale than ever before. They include:

“Many of our enterprise and service provider customers have been asking for a tool that will enable them to easily deploy and manage large numbers of FortiGate Antivirus Firewalls, and based on their enthusiastic feedback, we’re confident that the FortiManager System meets their needs,” said Richard Kagan, vice president of marketing at Fortinet. “By enabling users to define and deploy sophisticated security policies uniformly and to centralize reporting, the FortiManager System improves security while minimizing administrative costs.”Fortinet Inc.