Fortinet FortiGate-VM Primary Use Case

SHUBHAM BHINGARDE - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Engineer at CDAC

My company had once deployed multiple firewalls and switches in an organization.

My company uses the firewall capabilities of the product for L1, L2, and L3 switches, along with FortiClient VPN.

My company mostly deals with an organization that works with on-premises software. My company uses the tool to block the traffic from the outside area that may reach our infrastructure or network. My company uses the product as a firewall to create a blockage for outside traffic.

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RajeshKumar20 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Engineer at Team Computers

Fortinet FortiGate-VM is the best solution in an environment with less than 100 to 200 users.

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Dr. Ravi_Sharma - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Executive Officer at SST Infotech India Pvt Ltd

We have a private cloud environment with two firewalls and a physical host with a total storage capacity of approximately 5 terabytes running on VMware. The private cloud is a payment services gateway processing transactions from 1,500 outlets nationwide. We have around a thousand virtual machines, and all of them use Fortinet. 

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Fortinet FortiGate-VM
April 2024
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AnilKumar35 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director - User Experience Design at HighRadius

I use Fortinet FortiGate-VM in my company to manage firewall installation and endpoint connectivity.

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Jared Carmouche - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Cyber Security Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We deploy the tool for customers who want a firewall in front of their cloud environment. We can use it for anything they want to protect in their data center or private cloud.

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Abdelzaher Ahmed - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Security at Gofaster

All firewalls, including Fortinet FortiGate-VM, provide similar features under the sync capability. The differences between them are minimal, with FortiGate-VM offering simplicity in use. It covers aspects such as intrusion prevention, web filtering, application control, routing, virtual domains, policy-based routing, and SSL.

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Victor Akidiva - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at Semper Systemis Ltd

The product accesses the perimeter firewall and internet proxy at the same time. It allows the creation of a virtual DMZ network. We can have services on the DMZ.

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AV
Cloud Consultant at Tata Consultancy

Our primary requirement is security. We are using it as part of our enterprise deployment with Fortinet. Currently, we are doing the firewalls using these appliances.

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PS
Owner / Principal Consultant at Stratus Concept LLC

The use case was a bit more complex than other clients, however, the typical usage was for VPNs for end-users to get into the internal network. For a mid-size company, that's a pretty much typical use. 

The only thing out of the ordinary would be the SIEM for all the network information, all the metadata, that is cloud-based. We had to create a tunnel to it so that the collector, being in the cloud, would be able to access the internal information.

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SelormAhiataku - PeerSpot reviewer
System&Network Administrator at Spearhead Networks

Fortinet FortiGate-VM is used for the firewall. Some clients would like to go for the solution because of pricing. They feel they can run it on their own hardware, cut down costs, and manage it.

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Raphael Haroun  Ikyagh - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Administrator at Letshego

It's crucial for protecting my internet network. It works well internally.

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MA
Network Engineer at MDS Arabia

We use Fortinet FortiGate-VM for a constrained firewall and comprehensible security solution. Currently, I'm involved in implementing FortiGate and FortiManager for a customer project over the past month, and Fortinet has proven to be quite effective in this regard.

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Aung Min Oo - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at Optimity company limited

I use the solution in my company mostly as a firewall product.

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LC
Senior Network Engineer at SONDA

I occasionally implement Fortinet for clients. 

In the most recent instance, we had a cloud implemented and I was driving the infrastructure. The client had separate areas inside it purposely. They needed to implement a FortiGate solution in the same client, with different VMs, for different clients, to make different areas for these clients. 

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Mark Moloney - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Network Manager at a non-profit with 51-200 employees

It is primarily for VPN access and restricting access into the network. One of our clients has a shared system between multiple counties, and it is used to keep the right traffic flowing between counties and blocking the rest.

Each client has a specific version. We're trying to get them all current. Our number one client has the current version.

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OM
Deputy Director at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees

We employ Fortinet FortiGate-VM solely for testing purposes, similar to how we employ virtual machines in a virtual lab environment to evaluate solutions. When customers inquire about potential solutions, we typically construct and thoroughly test these solutions in our lab environment before providing confirmation. Once we've successfully conducted a proof of concept, we then extend an offer to the customer.

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AE
Independent Consultant at a educational organization with 201-500 employees

I primarily use the solution as a firewall. It's used for security. I use it for the DMZ. It's related to architecture and is strategically positioned in the network. 

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TN
Network Administrator Team Lead at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

We use Fortinet FortiGate-VM for managing inbound and outbound internet traffic through our environment. Sometimes, we also use it for managing the site's internet outbound and routing. We also use it for IPSec on Azure. We also have an on-premises environment, and we're using it for IPSec on that environment. 

All the routing happens through it because we're swinging all the traffic on the Azure side through a firewall which is basically the gateway. It acts as the gateway and manages outbound traffic in that environment. We have also set up the SSL VPN for users. We do have FortiGate on-premise, and we set up the SSL VPN connection for users.

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TP
General Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

The use case of FortiGate-VM is primarily for securing the perimeter of private clouds in the dedicated environment created for customers. This can be achieved through a virtual appliance or physical hardware solution. Beyond only perimeter security, some customers also require DDoS services, and FortiGate-VM can provide this through its own solutions that can be combined and offered as a bundle to meet the specific needs of the customer.

The solution can be deployed on-premise and on the cloud too.

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YK
Chief Information Security Officer at a consultancy with 1-10 employees

Fortinet FortiGate-VM was used for our company's customers, but presently, most of our clients use Sophos UTM.

My company's clients use Fortinet FortiGate-VM to protect their entire internal network.

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Jasmit Singh Juneja - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO & Technology Specialist at Karman Infotech Private Limited

We use the solution for the private cloud.

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MA
Cyber Security architect at Avanade

The solution is primarily used for security. When a company has a hybrid solution and the client is looking for a next-generation firewall with all the bells and whistles inside, we recommend FortiGate.

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GB
Principal Network Engineer at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

My primary use case of this solution is for advanced security in the cloud, as well as SD-WAN and branch connectivity. We use version 6.4 and are just now moving to 7.0. 

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OT
CIO at Viciunai & Ireland

We use the solution as a firewall. 

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BK
Ecommerce Project Manager at Equine World

I am a network engineer. I deploy firewalls for customers. I also provide firewall installation and configuration services.

I mostly prefer Fortinet firewalls. The graphical user interface is user-friendly and easy to configure. I recommend it to my clients because it is very easy to deploy. 

Performance, scalability, and everything else are top-notch compared to others like Sophos or Cisco. I've used them all, and Fortinet is my go-to.

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MR
Manager, Infrastructure Support at Al Jaber Group

Our primary use cases are using the solution as a configuring solution or data management. We use it for simple data center segmentation.

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AA
IT Support Team Leader at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

We are using FortiGate-VM for the protection of our internal network and also for VPN services. Right now, there are about 200 end users in our main office and in other business units we have an additional 100-200 end users. We have about five different firewalls, yet almost all of our units are using FortiGate-VM. So, in total, we have about 500-600 users. 

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Florian-Buis - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at Easyteam

We use the solution for our private cloud.

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Tenishan Fernando - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect - Network and Cybersecurity at NCinga

In a recent scenario, a manufacturing company, was in need of migrating its services, specifically their ERP SAP application, to a cloud-native environment. They chose to migrate their servers to GCP for hosting. Since they required a firewall, they opted for cloud-native firewall solutions. They acquired two firewalls, one for internal usage and another from the GCP marketplace. Both firewall vendors provided yearly subscriptions. Following this, we proceeded with the configuration.

They established a VPN connection via the internal Forti firewall. Simultaneously, an external firewall from Palo Alto was set up. This external firewall, positioned at the perimeter, handled incoming traffic from Internet users. Our configuration focused on enabling ECPs for the Internet-based cloud network.

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Thabo Molemele - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Administrator at Furnmart

We use the solution for securing our network.

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JK
Principal & CTO at Constructure Technologies at a construction company with 11-50 employees

We use FortiGate as an edge security device. We are system integrators and we use this product ourselves, as well as implement it for our clients.

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AF
Global sales head at MEPCSA

The solution is mainly used for remote connectivity and endpoint and gateway network security.

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SB
Security Engineer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

Fortinet FortiGate-VM is used as a firewall for multiple servers.

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AM
Head of IT at a mining and metals company with 10,001+ employees

We primarily use the solution for our internal worldwide corporate network.

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ST
Technology consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

The version I am using, 6.2.8., is not the latest. It's a somewhat older version and has not yet been upgraded. 

We have configured our use cases to be those of a banking environment. We have enabled the use of the firewall solution for our 300 branches. 

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Juraj Elias - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Core Network Architect at O2 Netwirks

My company functions as a mobile operator and supports business customers. We use the solution for our infrastructure and firewalls. 

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JB
IT consultant at mLogix Systemhaus
We use the product for VPN services, network intelligence, and Unified Threat Management (UTM). View full review »
OB
Solution Architect at Ambsan

We are using Fortinet FortiGate-VM for network-level security.

There is a cloud and on-premise version of the solution available.

Our company deploys this solution to many companies.

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Thabo Molemele - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Administrator at Furnmart

My primary use case is for controlling the internet in our organization, as well as for our VPN for those working from home. I also use it for routing the connection to stores so we can access them.

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MuhammadHaris - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead at Lemon Commuications

Whenever I need to deploy a Fortigate firewall, I go on Fortinet and do a trial license and work on it.  

The use case depends on the requirements. The requirements change from client to client. 

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KM
Programmer / Analyst at Maridive & Oil Services

Internally, I've been using this solution to front our servers.

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SM
Senior Security Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The use case for VMs is if you're going to deploy them like a SaaS edge, to protect your applications or provide deeper visibility into the traffic. Or you could use it in your data centers as well. However, that's not our preference.

We primarily use the solution for network segmentation at our data centers and remote connectivity to our distributed sites.

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GD
Chief Information Officer at LCC Group Inc

We primarily use the solution for the security so that our systems will not be penetrated externally.

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SI
Software Developer/ IT Analyst Individual Contributor at AIICO Capital Limited

We primarily use the solution for LAN connections.

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Judit Fekete - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at Zipper

We work in the archiving domain where a secure environment is very important. We have some special requirements regarding the security of infrastructure.

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AZ
Project manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

I work for a telecommunication company. We are a service provider, and we use it for our internal network and for providing services to our customers.

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RD
Chief Technology Officer at cornerstone defense

We primarily use the solution for checking a 250-person defense contracting company with multiple locations.

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LM
Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

Most of the use cases that we have are SD-WAN and perimeter firewall related.

Our clients are mostly small to medium-sized businesses. We also have large enterprise clients that range from 1,000 to 8,000 users. We haven't planned to increase the usage, but we are currently using Fortinet FortiGate-VM for perimeter firewalls and SD-WAN for our branch offices.

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Mostafa Edres - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at Click ITS

The primary use case for Fortinet FortiGate-VM involves formulating policies and services within the environment.

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CR
Director at REDCO

We are a reseller of FortiGate, but also a customer. I have configured it in my office. Our primary case use includes equipment installed with customers.

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MA
Consultant at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees

It's an edge firewall that provides failover and redundancy management with the SD-WAN. We also use it for its traffic shaping capabilities and visibility through a central orchestrator.

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SK
Network Security Engineer at a consumer goods company with 201-500 employees

We use the solution for IPS, internal segmentation, inspections, and VPN.

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ZM
Solutions Architect at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees

We are service providers, and we provide managed services to external customers.

The primary use case of this solution is for firewalling, web applications, and proxying.

We use all of the UTM (Unified Threat Management) features that come with this product.

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SS
Information Technology Solutions Manager at UBG

We provide Fortinet services to our clients, sometimes on-prem and sometimes on cloud. 
We are a system integrator which makes us a partner of Fortinet. I am an information technology solutions manager.

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VH
Cyber Security Engineer at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We can control application filtering and UTM with Fortinet FortiGate-VM. We rely on it for configuring IP address filters, VPN settings, and point-to-site connections. We haven't encountered any issues with its use cases as a firewall.

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MG
SecOps Lead at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We primarily use the solution as a virtual machine for firewalling.

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RS
Tech Security & Networking Support Lead at a venture capital & private equity firm with 51-200 employees

FortiGate is an Exhibition Firewall that comes with the Antivirus, IPS, and Web Applications

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EX
Director at Treasure Technology

We primarily use the solution simply for its firewall functionality. It's the main reason we use it.

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JR
Manager-Information Technology at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

We are primarily using the solution on the VPN box as a perimeter firewall. We use it to secure internal networks and a few servers. Our network is solely on Fortigate.

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it_user796206 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Partner

I work with a lot of small business companies in Austria. Small businesses in Austria are from one to 100 employees. The FortiGate 60E is a top product for these Austrian companies for all cases of Internet usage.

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KL
Head of systems and technology at Hotel Zuana Beach Resort

We use Fortinet FortiGate-VM as a firewall for our internet.

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VG
Owner at Mindware Computer Solutions

We installed Fortinet FortiGate-VM for security purposes. Our main motivation is for security reasons and improving networking.

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MV
Team leader technical support at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees

We use it to separate our office environment from our training courses and customer environment. 

We have on-premise and cloud deployments. We use the on-premise version for the functionality for our local network, and we use the cloud-based solution to provide the same functionality for our cloud-hosted workspaces. We have its latest version. 

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SS
Network Security Engineer at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

We primarily use this solution for the firewall and IPS.

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EB
Engineering Manager at Primatel Communication Snd Bhd

We're using FortiGate-VM on-prem for our firewalls. The Fortinet component in the cloud is FortiGuard. We get our virus definitions regularly updated from the cloud, but the FortiGate firewalls are all on-prem. While the virtual firewalls are created inside the physical firewall, there is an option for a virtual machine firewall where we'll give you the VHD file, and you can install it to a server.

Virtual machines aren't widely used in Brunei because the Brunei government isn't ready for these things yet. They're more confident in hardware, but everything is slowly starting to head in this direction. Others are watching what will happen when people use the apps before they try them.

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Navin Rehnius - PeerSpot reviewer
SOC Analyst at Tata Consultancy Services, Ltd

The primary use case of this product is as a firewall. We are partners of Fortinet and I'm a security engineer. 

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MC
Full support analyst at Gruppen

We primarily use the solution as a public cloud for Microsoft Azure. 

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MA
Information Security Manager at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

We use FortiGate-VM to access clients' networks. These are generally Azure cloud environments in which we set up resources for clients to use.

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SE
Network Security Engineer at a tech company with 201-500 employees

The majority of the government sector prefers using the solution as an external firewall and most of the customers prefer that it be one layer. It's good for use as a preemptive firewall.

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Judit Fekete - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at Zipper

We primarily provide the solution to our clients. We typically use it in the financial services industry.

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LM
CISO at a religious institution with 501-1,000 employees

We use Fortinet FortiGate-VM as a firewall, for intrusion detection and prevention to protect our Azure data center, principal operation sites, and our mobile users. 

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JG
Solutions Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We have many Fortinet use cases in Brazil. One particular use case could happen at a high school; they want a new firewall and high availability to their students to access the internet. They want a secure way to connect to the internet. We are proposing FortiGate 200TF. 

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DK
Information Technology Manager and ISMS Auditor at a consultancy with 51-200 employees

We primarily use the solution for the firewall capabilities and security.

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JD
IT Director at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

This firewall appliance is part of our overall security solution.

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NI
Network Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Originally, I used the solution for a graduation project. I'll soon be using it in a new context.

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JT
Operario de doblez cnc at CIE

We primarily set up this solution with our large clients.

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it_user1277631 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Information Technology at KOTTO A.Ş.

We are a solution provider and this is one of the products that we implement for our clients.

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MA
Technical Lead at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

We use Fortinet FortiGate-VM as a network firewall.

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AM
Creative Head/Director at a marketing services firm with 1-10 employees

We use the solution for creating IPsec tunnels and web and application filters. We use it for monitoring virtual traffic on platforms including VMware solutions. 

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AR
IT Specialist at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

You can use the balance of FortiGate for an HTTP server, for example. It's not a total solution like a firewall, however, you have a lot of structure within it for normal firewalls or next-generation firewalls. FortiGate is the firewall for Fortinet.

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TL
Cyber Security Engineer at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees

I am a design engineer and we are designing a security operation center for data censoring in Turkey.

We are using FortiGate to protect more than 3000 end users.

More than one gigabyte per second bandwidth is necessary. FortiGate was quite useful for this scenario, but we are just in the planning and analyzing phase. The tender should be in the near future.

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RV
Network Engineer at a maritime company with 201-500 employees

FortiGate-VM is installed in our data centers and is used for site-to-site connections between offices. 

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RS
Associate Pre Sales at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

I am using this solution for testing the protection, but not in a production environment.

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MT
Network Enginner at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

I use FortiGate-VM for testing.

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RA
Senior Network Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The primary use of this solution is to provide information about SD-WAN and how Fortigate helps to reduce costs.

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EE
Lead Cybersecurity Analyst at a consultancy with 5,001-10,000 employees

The client wants to use the solution for a mix of things, however, I can't recall exactly what they are at this time.

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DS
Systems Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees

The majority of my use cases are firewalls and SD-WAN.

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JC
Project Coordinator at a marketing services firm with 201-500 employees

We use Fortinet FortiGate-VM as a firewall to deliver high-performance network security solutions that protect our network and data from evolving threats.

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RL
Chief of Security and Research at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

We primarily use it to protect edge devices. We use it as a firewall.

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MM
Network Analyst at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We primarily use the solution for firewall purposes.

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PB
Director Of Technology at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Fortinet FortiGate-VM may be installed on Azure or AWS.

You can either install it in your data center alongside your virtual applications or put it in the public cloud to secure it.

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it_user795627 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Business Development

We use it our network, not in the cloud.

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EC
Consultor Infraestructura, Networking y Seguridad en Seti Consulting at SETI CONSULTING

We use Fortinet FortiGate-VM as an SD-WAN solution and for security profiles.

I do not recall which version we are using. 

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JV
Founder & Managing Director at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

In the years that we've been using this product, we've deployed it five or six times. Most of our customers have dedicated firewalls, either physical or virtual format and a few are on a shared platform. We're authorized sellers of the product and I'm the founder and managing director of our company. 

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it_user798288 - PeerSpot reviewer
Account Manager at a tech services company

We are using an IPS and an IDS at the moment. 

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BB
IT Analyst at Comdados

We work with the government and the customers do not want the VM solution, they prefer appliance solutions.

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it_user592125 - PeerSpot reviewer
Platforms and Products Manager at a media company with 501-1,000 employees

In our office, primarily everything goes through FortiGate. We expand that for all the firewall rooms that we have. We have features that link to FortiGate and from FortiGate on the shelf we ran the core cells. There is primary access to each of the devices and then we also use it between our offices. We use VPN tunnels in between offices. There are all of the typical settings within a firewall device: Protection, application control, and quality tracking.

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Buyer's Guide
Fortinet FortiGate-VM
April 2024
Learn what your peers think about Fortinet FortiGate-VM. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: April 2024.
768,578 professionals have used our research since 2012.