Fortinet FortiAnalyzer Primary Use Case

Daniel Coleman - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO/CTO at Eunoia Design

We have multiple firewalls linked through a VPN. There is traffic from several branches and multiple points of failure, so you need to analyze this traffic to know what's coming in and going out. When you have more chains, there are more points of failure that can be exploited.  

I use FortiAnalyzer on-premise and on the cloud. I update the solution at least once a year. I always update the firewall to the latest edition, so I can have three months or four months to test it in the VM. I use even more products and also AWS and Azure Cloud. About 9 percent of my company is responsible for security and networking. Everybody's on my team works with FortiAnalyzer.

Our department has three security architects and four network engineers. They are beginning to place assistant administrators on the network. 

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Kiarash Heydari - PeerSpot reviewer
Information security manager at asa com

We use Splunk over SOC, the security operations center because it is more user-friendly for our team. Our team uses the solution extensively for traffic analysis and threat hunting.

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Vladmir Fortes - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Manager at ZAP

Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is a solution that focuses specifically on analyzing and monitoring the performance and security of Fortinet security products. By utilizing this solution in conjunction with Fortinet products such as FortiSwitch, FortiGate, and FortiClient, the user is able to centralize all logging services and analysis in one place, allowing for easy correlation, playbook automation, and comprehensive visibility within the Fortinet services. However, the limitations of the solution are highlighted by the speaker, who wishes for expanded compatibility with other non-Fortinet products such as servers.

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BM
IT Manager at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees

We take all the logs from FortiGate. 

We have it deployed on-premises, and we are definitely using its latest version because we are creating a new virtual machine.

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Nikhil Katare - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Manager IT at Hamilton Housewares

Our organization uses Fortinet FortiAnalyzer for logging purposes, including looking and digging deeper into the logs. The second use of the solution is for reporting, especially when we need some bandwidth utilization report with specific applications being used. We even use the solution's alerting functionality, especially during scenarios when our interface goes down.

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Saneesh Pv - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Security Specialist at GBM

It's a lock storage correlation device. You can connect locks from different devices. Not just from Fortinet, but you can send locks from other devices to FortiAnalyzer. Basically, it is a centralized repository.

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YG
Chief Technology Officer at Litmus

Most of our clients are banking and financial institutions, so their data doesn't go to the cloud as such. Their data is on-premises only. Some of our clients can go to the cloud to save the price and do management, administration, and so on, but then most of our clients, use on-premises FortiAnalyzer.

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Robert Dumitru - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Technology Administrator at Omnient SRL

We collect the logs from Fortinet in order to search and get a better view of everything that's coming from FortiGate because the overview on FortiGate isn't the same. FortiAnalyzer provides an overview of the logs and everything that's happening there. We integrate FortiGate and FortiAnalyzer with the SOC that we're working on, which is an open-source security solution.

The other use case is to have logs. Because otherwise, in FortiGate, you don't have logs for a long period of time. You only have seven days if you don't have an account in FortiGuard. So, FortiAnalyzer provides a better understanding of what's happening there. And for our clients, we always recommend FortiAnalyzer.

FortiGate by itself is a good choice, but without FortiAnalyzer, you lose a lot of features. Even the free version of FortiAnalyzer provides some useful features.

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Javed Hashmi - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technology Officer at Future Point Technologies

The primary use case for our clients revolves around robust reporting capabilities, addressing key aspects such as understanding diverse utilizations and the performance of network links. They specifically sought insights into bandwidth usage and detailed reporting at the application level. Additionally, an essential requirement was efficient log management. This is crucial because FortiGate has limitations on retaining logs for an extended duration, and our clients needed a solution, such as FortiAnalyzer, to effectively manage and analyze logs over an extended period.

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BS
Solutions Consultant at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees

The customer purchased a Fortinet Firewall in order to run it as a decentralized block and collect amazing security logs from their internet usage or other data from the box. The benefit of having an on-premise firewall is that they don't have to worry about any subscription, and the storage space it consumes is minimal due to the internal hard drive of the FortiAnalyzer. Furthermore, the firewall does not consume a lot of traffic from the internet due to it being on-premise.

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Socipart67 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at TiThink

We have some customers that have more than just two branches, and we use FortiManager to manage the network and have FortiAnalyzer in case we have an attack or need more information to understand when something happens. If you have some sort of loss, it's very difficult to identify what is happening without this solution's help.

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Ajeet Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd

We are using the solution only for ticket logs and security logs, et cetera.

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Boller -Anyiine - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Solutions Architect at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Most importantly, it is for the administration of Forti fabric devices and reporting of Forti fabric, and being able to generate reports. It's for logging. All 40 fabric devices are able to send logs to FortiAnalyzer. Basically, the use cases are for administration, reporting, and logging.

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FC
Information security officer at a financial services firm with 1-10 employees

The solution is used for grabbing logs. It is designed for log aggregation of all Fortigate firewalls and to give visibility of traffic and usage. 

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VS
Senior Manager at Allsec Technologies Ltd

I find it to be a valuable tool for utilizing traffic logs. The product's continuous improvements and Fortinet's commitment to enhancing its capabilities contribute to its effectiveness.

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C N R Prabashan - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Manager - Information Security & Infrastructure at lankatiles

Our company uses the solution to capture our Forti Firewall into a centralized box and auditing folder that is analyzed at least once per year. Four staff members use the solution, produce detailed reports, and manage operations. 

We initially implemented the solution on-premises at our data center in Colombo City. Now, we are implementing things to the cloud so our next plan is to secure cloud-level protection. 

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Dolf Krikke - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Architect at INISI b.v.

We are an IT company. One of our clients utilizes FortiGate, FortiAnalyzer, and FortiManager. Thus, this is the sole customer in our portfolio using Fortinet FortiAnalyzer. Among our other clients, some exclusively employ FortiGate. Our responsibility encompasses network management for these clients.

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LucaTurano - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at City Green Light Srl

I primarily use the solution to analyze issues with internet connections and traffic.

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Mohamed Gohary - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

I mainly use FortiAnalyzer to centralize logs from multiple devices and generate local reports. It can work in two operation modes: as a collector only or an analyzer.

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AshishSingh10 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees

We primarily use the solution as a firewall and security gateway.

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EM
solution architect at a non-profit with 51-200 employees

We primarily use the solution as an analysis tool. 

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Bhaskar Rao - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Network Engineer at Yamaha

Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is for log collection and reporting.

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Sunail Nair - PeerSpot reviewer
Team Leader IT at Tappoo Limited

I use the solution for the configuration process.

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Ionut Raducanu - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Specialist at ELTEK Multimedia

Our customers are working with this product in their companies.

I haven't really played around with it so much. Basically, we're just doing log reviews, and that's it.

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Othman Alamine - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Engineer at Delta Line International

We use Fortinet FortiAnalyzer for logs and reports. We have a SOC subscription to monitor the end users' login activity and traffic.

Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is deployed by us in both on-premises and cloud environments.

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Alain ClovisBapfunya - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Specialist at EAST-NB

FortiAnalyzer provides a centralized dashboard for analyzing the output of all our Fortinet solutions, like FortiGate, FortiManager, FortiSandbox, etc. It aggregates and correlates all the events.

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Flavio Romera - PeerSpot reviewer
Development and Innovation Manager at NSB

We are using it only for integration and getting information from FortiAnalyzer to use and analyze important events.

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MM
Security Manager at Yarix S.r.l.

Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is utilized to gather logs from all Fortinet products and generate reports.

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MA
Senior Network Engineer at Dejpaad

We use the solution for just one company for the analysis of the FortiGate switch.

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Zsolt Zalka - PeerSpot reviewer
Corporate IT Manager at PRopex Furnishing Solutions

We use this solution to centralize the monitoring on Forti Fabrics. We monitor all firewalls and use this solution for incident management.

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Alberto Vallesa - PeerSpot reviewer
Team Lead Manager at Wizlynx

I utilize Fortinet FortiAnalyzer to gather various logs from FortiGate, enabling me to conduct specific investigations in particular cases.

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Baherathan Kathirgamanathan - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Manager - Cloud Planning and Development at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

Our company is partners with Fortinet and we provide log monitoring services to our customers. More than one hundred people in our company use the solution. 

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JC
Network Security Engineer at Social Security Commission

We use this solution to actively pick up and report on all activities and connectivity going through the FortiGate firewall.

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Moises Castillo - PeerSpot reviewer
Technological Infrastructure Coordinator at IEST

The product is for reporting about the use or detecting some issues or activities.

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AN
Security Manager at Alternative Solutions

My clients mainly use Fortinet FortiAnalyzer for the log and automation.

This solution can be deployed on-premise and on the cloud.

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Adriaan Boshoff - PeerSpot reviewer
Network and Security Engineer at RaytonCOrp

Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is primarily utilized to generate quarterly reports showcasing blocked attacks and vulnerabilities. It employs features like WAV porting triggers and DNS triggers to effectively demonstrate to the client the security of their environment.

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LL
Section Head, Enterprise Solutions & SI Management at HGC Global Communications Limited

We are using Fortinet FortiAnalyzer for the managing surface for our customers. We are a service provider and we are focusing on providing a service to our customers.

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MH
Fraud Risk Analyst at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

The primary use cases are log management and the reporting fraud forum. It provides a vision of the network.

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Md. Soyaeb Hossain - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager at Technometrics Limited

We have the most data visibility with this solution.

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Janderson Mira - PeerSpot reviewer
Diretor Técnico at TND Brasil

We use it for reports and analysis.

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SQ
Senior System Administrator at Citystars Properties

I am using Fortinet FortiAnalyzer for tracing anything that happens in the network.

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SH
Works at renesas

We use the product to review firewall logs.

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Fasal Kp - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Administrator at SAGT

FortiAnalyzer is a log analytics tool. Our company has around 600 to 700 people.

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MOHAN RAUT - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Architect at NTT Global Networks Incorporated

We use the solution for log analysis.

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Buyer's Guide
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Fortinet FortiAnalyzer. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
763,955 professionals have used our research since 2012.