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Enterprise-Grade Security Fabric — implementiert, verwaltet und optimiert von Layer7.

Fortinet Security Fabric

At the core of Fortinet's offering is the Fortinet Security Fabric (FortiFabric), a unified, open-architecture platform that converges networking, security, endpoint, access, and cloud components into a single, integrated system. The Security Fabric enables context-aware visibility, coordinated threat response, and automated enforcement across all security domains.

Key Attributes

  • Integrated: Shared threat intelligence and policy enforcement across all Fortinet and third-party components.
  • Broad: Covers the entire digital attack surface — network, cloud, endpoint, applications, IoT/OT.
  • Automated: AI-driven detection and mitigation with minimal human intervention.
  • Scalable: From SMB to hyperscale data centres and global enterprise deployments.

Network Security Portfolio

FortiGate Next-Generation Firewalls

  • Consolidated: Firewall + IPS + Anti-Malware + Application Control + Web Filtering + SSL Inspection.
  • Physical, virtual, cloud, and container-native form factors.
  • Powered by FortiOS with deep Security Fabric integration.

Fortinet Secure SD-WAN

  • Built into FortiGate — no separate appliances required.
  • Application-aware routing with built-in NGFW security and zero-touch provisioning.
  • Ideal for branch transformation and SASE use cases.

Zero Trust Edge & SASE

  • Combines SD-WAN, cloud-delivered security, and ZTNA.
  • Both cloud-based SASE and on-premises ZTNA enforcement via FortiClient and FortiGate.

Cloud Security & Application Protection

Cloud-Native Security

  • FortiGate VM: Virtual NGFWs for AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI.
  • FortiWeb: WAF with ML-driven behavioural signatures for API and app protection.
  • FortiCNP: Cloud-Native Protection (CNAPP) correlating findings to reduce alert fatigue.

FortiCASB & SaaS Visibility

  • Secures Microsoft 365, Salesforce, Google Workspace.
  • Detects unsanctioned SaaS usage, enforces DLP and access controls.

DevSecOps Integration

  • IaC security scanning and automated compliance checks.
  • CI/CD pipeline integration for shift-left security.

Endpoint & User Security

FortiClient

  • Unified agent: ZTNA, VPN, Endpoint Protection, and EDR.
  • Connects to FortiGate for identity- and device-aware policy enforcement.

FortiEDR

  • Pre- and post-infection detection and prevention.
  • Surgical remediation — suspend processes or isolate network access without host shutdown.

FortiAuthenticator + FortiToken

  • MFA, SSO, and certificate-based identity.
  • Integrates with FortiGate, ZTNA, and external IdPs.

Security Operations & Analytics

FortiSIEM

  • AI-driven correlation, UEBA, and built-in compliance frameworks.
  • Scales for complex hybrid environments with high data volumes.

FortiSOAR

  • Workflow-based automation with hundreds of playbooks.
  • Connects to Fortinet and third-party systems (Splunk, ServiceNow, Palo Alto, Cisco).

FortiAI

  • Deep learning engine for threat detection and classification.
  • Designed for air-gapped or highly regulated environments.

FortiDeceptor

  • Decoy systems to detect lateral movement, insider threats, and ransomware.

Infrastructure Security: Access, OT, IoT

Secure Access (LAN/WLAN)

  • FortiSwitch and FortiAP: LAN and Wi-Fi with native FortiGate integration.
  • 802.1X, dynamic VLANs, and role-based access via FortiAuthenticator.

FortiNAC

  • Identifies and enforces policy on IoT and unmanaged devices.
  • Automates onboarding, segmentation, and isolation on threat detection.

OT/ICS Security

  • Ruggedised FortiGate appliances, passive monitoring, ICS protocol inspection.
  • Secure IT/OT convergence for critical infrastructure.

FortiGuard Labs — Threat Intelligence

  • Analyses 100+ billion security events per day from a global sensor network.
  • Feeds real-time threat data to all Fortinet products.
  • Subscriptions: IPS updates, web/DNS filtering, sandboxing, anti-malware signatures, threat correlation.

Ideal Use Cases

  • Branch Modernisation with SD-WAN + NGFW
  • Data Centre Segmentation & Zero Trust Enforcement
  • Cloud-Native Workload & API Security
  • SOC Efficiency through SIEM + SOAR + AI
  • OT/ICS Protection for Critical Infrastructure
  • Enterprise ZTNA with Unified Endpoint and Access Control

Why Layer7 Chose Fortinet

Fortinet represents the best price-to-performance ratio in enterprise network security. When a client needs 40 Gbps of threat inspection throughput without the budget for PA-7000 series hardware, FortiGate delivers. The custom ASIC architecture (FortiASIC) means Fortinet can offer inspection performance that software-only platforms cannot match at comparable price points.

The Security Fabric concept aligns with how Layer7 thinks about security architecture: integrated, automated, and broad. A FortiGate deployment isn't just a firewall — it's the anchor for SD-WAN, ZTNA, wireless management, switch control, and endpoint visibility. This consolidation reduces operational complexity for our clients and gives Layer7 a single management plane across multiple security domains.

Fortinet's strength in the South African market, particularly in financial services, retail, and mid-enterprise, means Layer7 encounters FortiGate estates regularly. Our depth of FortiOS expertise — from basic policy management to complex SD-WAN overlays — makes us the partner clients call when their existing deployments need optimisation or their security posture needs maturation.

How Layer7 Delivers Fortinet

FortiGate Deployment & Architecture

Design and deployment of FortiGate firewalls across enterprise, data centre, and branch environments. HA clustering, VDOM segmentation, SD-WAN configuration, and Security Fabric integration.

Firewall Assurance Centre (FAC)

Layer7's FAC supports FortiGate configuration analysis — rule base optimisation, compliance auditing, risk scoring, and change management. Continuous governance for Fortinet estates.

Migration Services

Policy translation and staged migration from Cisco ASA, Check Point, Palo Alto, SonicWall, and Sophos to FortiGate. Rule optimisation during migration — not just lift-and-shift.

SD-WAN Design & Deployment

Fortinet Secure SD-WAN architecture for branch transformation. Application-aware routing, traffic shaping, and integrated security without additional appliances.

Managed Firewall Services

24/7 monitoring, policy management, firmware lifecycle, and security posture reporting for FortiGate estates. Delivered through Layer7's NOC with FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer integration.

Leading the Convergence of Networking and Security

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