Network security systems

With the increase in the number of new threats, there is a need for additional protection tools – intrusion detection and prevention systems, application control, web filtering, antispam, etc.

The approach to protecting against these threats differs depending on the size of the enterprise. Not all enterprises can afford a complex IT security infrastructure and a large staff of certified engineers, but nevertheless, they need solutions similar in functionality, but at an affordable cost. This is made possible by the use of Unified threat management (UTM).

Structurally, such devices are usually connected in the form of a gateway through which all traffic passes when working with the Internet and provide protection against most external threats, both for individual computers and for the local network as a whole.

Such devices play an ever-increasing key role in the modern network security market because they combine many services to protect against various network attacks – on the principle of “all in one”, while at the same time having the ability to quickly deploy, easily scale and adapt to the needs of enterprises.

• Ease of installation and security configuration: UTM solutions are supplied with a set of default settings preinstalled by the manufacturer to provide an appropriate level of security.

• Ease of service and administration UTM: due to the absence of the problem of compatibility of different solutions with each other.

• Traffic analysis takes place on a separate device, which relieves the load from the server and workstations and allows employees to work without interrupting when various threats are detected.

• Significantly lower acquisition and maintenance cost of UTM, compared to a set of software of the same functionality from several manufacturers.

Benefits of Fortinet’s UTM products for detecting various types of threats at high data rates and providing reliable protection for networks, data and applications:

• Increasing the protection of the local network of the enterprise and reducing the cost of its maintenance. Achieved through integration within one UTM device to ensure the security of a large number of different components: firewall, intrusion detection and prevention system (IDS / IPS), antivirus, VPN technology (Virtual Private Network), anti-spam, web filtering, DLP systems, application control, and various tools to optimize and protect traffic.
• Increase the speed of processing and scanning network traffic. To increase the performance of UTM devices, the Fortinet System-on-a-Chip architecture is used, which allows to combine traditional multi-core processes and specialized coprocessors on a single chip.
• Timely response to new threats. FortiGuard subscription services include subscription updates for antivirus, IPS, antispam, and web filtering. These services allow you to organize protection, both at the network level and at the application level. New updates are automatically downloaded to UTM devices via the Fortinet Distribution Network with an anti-virus database update frequency of 1 hour. Also, the update can be carried out manually (“push updates”) at any time.

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