Fortinet FortiAnalyzer Valuable Features
The event handling solution in the platform is very good and useful. We can automate event-based handling solutions for example, if we have some events or issues on top of traffic, it triggers that function, and it can even get API for our firewall to ban that IP, or we can add a playbook for our attack, into the solution, and just manage the whole network based on that playbook.
View full review »The solution's most important feature is how it allows us in our organization to monitor the traffic. The log analyzer is the most important and best feature of the solution, in my view.
View full review »The solution helps prevent attacks, and in the event of an attack, it can act as a forensic device, which is very useful. We find it helpful for diagnostic purposes.
It helps, when you have several smaller firewalls, to manage the monitoring.
The solution is scalable.
It is very stable and reliable.
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Fortinet FortiAnalyzer
April 2024
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One of the greatest advantages of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is its ability to integrate with a variety of software and solutions, providing comprehensive visibility into the network. The solution's strength lies in its capability to work with Fortinet's own products, such as the FortiAP access point, which allows for deep monitoring, automation, correlation, and incident management. However, this functionality is not present when utilizing other products, such as those from Cisco, limiting the visibility and benefits that can be gained.
The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is the capturing of traffic for reports.
View full review »How the applications are working has been quite useful. It helps the users and how they are using the applications. We can see, for example, the utilization of all of the security fabric in a report. We are getting PDFs and Excel sheets that we can use to analyze everything, including how users are working on our internet services. We can generate reports quite easily.
It's been generally very efficient.
It is user-friendly and has a good GUI.
The product works well with other products.
The solution scales well.
It's stable.
We found the pricing to be very reasonable.
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Viswanathan Selvakumar
Senior Manager at Allsec Technologies Ltd
The reporting features, which offer customization, real-time insights, and compliance support, are particularly noteworthy aspects.
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Sylvan
Works at renesas
The solution works fine. Separating sections or conditions on Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is quite clear.
View full review »The initial setup is pretty straightforward.
The FortiView is very useful.
FortiSoc is a good feature.
The interface has been fine.
It's stable.
The solution can scale.
Support has been helpful overall.
View full review »Technical reports clearly identify system checks, locations and areas, how many times things escape, which firewall is affected, and source IDs.
View full review »Many of my clients are financial institutions that transmit files from around the country across a VPN. In a setup like this, it's helpful to have a centralized dashboard to manage firewalls and other security solutions across a distributed environment. You can do all sorts of analysis and configure it to trigger alarms.
View full review »FortiAnalyzer's reporting features like graphs, threat intelligence, and vulnerabilities analysis are helpful. Fortinet knows how to do reporting. You can customize your reports to show exactly what you want to analyze. It's user-friendly and doesn't require a lot of effort.
The hub is another feature that's good to use. FortiAnalyzer can be connected to other Fortinet devices via the hub. It isn't restricted, and it's all controlled by FortiManager. It can also integrate all the opcodes to one box.
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MatteoMazzei
Security Manager at Yarix S.r.l.
The most valuable feature is the capability to gather logs and generate reports. Without this solution, the firewalls exhibit limited proficiency in displaying logs.
View full review »The solution provides good standardized reports and is easy to troubleshoot.
View full review »One of the most valuable features is the ability to analyze data in real-time using AR features to pull data from the industrial DB. You can know what is going on and see in milliseconds where the network is underperforming.
FortiAnalyzer also has good storage capacity for storing the logs. The notification capabilities are excellent, too. It sends alerts so always know what is going on. For example, if you're on a break and something goes wrong, it lets you know so can immediately go back and fix it. You don't need to be constantly sitting in front of it.
View full review »Logs are the most useful feature of the solution. The solution is easy to use and easy to integrate. It helps to configure multiple devices at once.
The most valuable is its robust and comprehensive reporting functionality, providing a thorough overview of various metrics. Additionally, its ability to centrally capture logs from multiple devices proves indispensable for our SOC. This centralized log management facilitates automation processes, and we also greatly appreciate the effectiveness of its analytics features.
The ability to gather all gateway information and logs in a single location is the most valuable feature.
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reviewer2132547
solution architect at a non-profit with 51-200 employees
We can look at all of the logs in one place. It helps with analysis. It's useful for centralization. We're able to collect all of the logs via the analyzer.
Overall, it's a useful tool.
The cost is very low. It's one of the reasons I am using it.
There are a lot of monitoring features available.
It is easy to set up.
View full review »This solution offers one view of incident management which has been the most valuable feature.
View full review »The traffic log information we receive from Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is valuable.
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Jan Christiaan
Network Security Engineer at Social Security Commission
We like the fact that we can run minute-by-minute reporting form this solution.
We also appreciate that the interface of this solution is very good, and doesn't require a lot of configuration, updating, or maintenance.
The initial setup is easy.
It's a very stable product.
We can scale the product as well.
Support has been good in general.
It offers pretty good documentation.
I like the interface they offer.
View full review »The ability to track the activities of our users and some topics about security risks are the most valuable aspects.
It's simple to use.
It is not hard to set up.
The configuration is easy.
It offers good integration capabilities.
Support is helpful.
There is a lot of great documentation to be found online.
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reviewer2255289
IT Manager at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees
Special notifications about compromised phones are valuable because we have some guest networks, and sometimes, people are connecting phones that are connected to compromised websites. We want to be informed about it. We sometimes have some cases where we want to analyze the connection from inside to outside ports. So, it helps with a lot of things. It depends on our needs.
View full review »What I like the most is the monitoring system. For example, it can track who is accessing through VPNs. The monitoring features are quite impressive, including maps, source IP, country codes, and geolocation – all of which are really cool. Additionally, the logging functionality is also excellent.
View full review »It is easy to configure.
The end-user finds it very easy to understand.
It's stable and reliable.
The solution is scalable.
The initial setup is easy, and the deployment is fast.
Technical support is generally helpful.
View full review »The analyzer is the most valuable feature.
View full review »Fortinet FortiAnalyzer has a lock correlation feature. It simplifies the troubleshooting process for its customers. So now, instead of logging into every firewall, they can log into Fortinet FortiAnalyzer and check the locks. They can also check whether there are any issues with the network.
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AhmedNatil
Security Manager at Alternative Solutions
The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer are the GUI and there is automation that can be done with playbooks and mini-books.
View full review »FortiAnalyzer helps us discover what's happening on the network.
View full review »Logging is the best feature.
I like how everything is integrated with the FortiGate devices, FortiAuthenticator, and other fabric devices. You're able to see all the login details for the administration of FortiGate. It offers great user connectivity using that Fortinet embodiment of the user. It gives you all those login information details.
It's easy to set up.
The solution is stable.
It can scale well.
It's very user-friendly.
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reviewer953235
Security Engineer at a recreational facilities/services company with 10,001+ employees
FortiAnalyzer has a robust ability to find a compromised host on your network, and when you identify a compromised host, you can address it.
View full review »I have found incident management and also identifying new threats, analyzing the network traffic, and finding out the issues with the network traffic such as any security issues to be valuable. I also like the compliance reports.
It is a very stable and scalable solution.
View full review »FortiAnalyzer has a user-friendly interface with a quick response and good analytics. It's very secure because it's taking the log from the devices on a secure channel, so there is no problem with that in your network. Because you're getting the information from a secure channel, it's also possible to back it up in a storage solution.
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reviewer930837
Senior Manager (Engineering Department) at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
The solution is quite easy to deploy. For the user, they don't need to have a lot of technical know-how. It is easy to generate the report for review by the management.
The solution is stable and reliable.
We have not faced any scalability issues.
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reviewer1386216
Conseiller en architecture technologique at a government with 1-10 employees
The most valuable aspect of the solution is its ability to pinpoint where the issue is. If two devices need to communicate together, you can see which interfaces they are using.
The stability has been very good so far. We haven't had any issues with it.
Technical support is always quite responsive and very helpful.
Overall, the product is quite good. It integrates well and has good reporting and logging.
The user interface is good and it is quite easy to use.
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AbyJoseph
CEO at Corem Technologies
The features that our customers have found most valuable are their different type of reports including the drill down report, as well as the flexibility to connect to any number of appliances which can be connected to it centrally.
View full review »It is easy to integrate Fortinet FortiAnalyzer with other products. You have a better overview of what's going on. For example, you get a smaller alert for an infected workstation if it causes some suspicious traffic, you see it right away in Fortinet.
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777246
Solutions Consultant at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees
The most valuable feature of the solution is reporting. The report that accompanies the solution includes the top 10 usages, threats to be aware of, and any highlights. Additionally, the API can be connected to other systems to receive more notifications.
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Lawrence Leung
Section Head, Enterprise Solutions & SI Management at HGC Global Communications Limited
The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is its performance.
View full review »The stability is good.
They are able to integrate everything under one umbrella, which is nice.
The UI and customization are good right now.
The product can scale.
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Sayed Qurany Ali
Senior System Administrator at Citystars Properties
The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer are the dashboards and supporting services.
View full review »We are utilizing the previous site end dividers and the IPS, IDS DDoS features.
The log analysis and reporting are both quite good.
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reviewer1217868
Information security officer at a financial services firm with 1-10 employees
The log events are quite useful for us. The events aggregation from various Fortigate products makes it very helpful.
Technical support is helpful.
The stability is excellent.
This is a highly scalable product.
The setup is straightforward.
View full review »FortiAnalyzer's best feature is centralized log analysis. It's based on SQL database, so I can fully customize my report, chart-wise and log-wise, and can create as many reports as I want without any limit. It also has an important feature called Indicators of Compromise, an artificial intelligence feature that detects and alerts you when there is a breach in your entity.
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reviewer1718736
Vice President of Innovation and Customer Solutions at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
The solution does what it is supposed to. I want it to do reports for Fortinet and it does it well.
View full review »The most valuable feature is the capability to create a customized dashboard. We can subsequently input our EMS, FortiClient, and FortiGate data into it and generate reports.
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MahmoodAbdollahi
Senior Network Engineer at Dejpaad
The solution is scalable.
The performance is good.
It's easy to set up the product.
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Imad Awwad
Group IT Manager at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
You can monitor all appliances from a centralized location.
You have a front dashboard for all our operations and all the logs. If you need to search for anything you can just dig deep into the logs.
For example, if you are searching for an email to find out why it is blocked, you will be able to see the policy that blocked it, which logs were triggered, etc... It gives you all the information you need right there, from the dashboard.
The solution offers excellent customizable reports. In our case, we needed a monthly report of all internet consumption, and we were able to easily create this.
There are pre-defined templates. The logs cover any question or need that we populate within these templates. However, you can also build your own template.
There is great analytics that can be used in different departments. For example, our marketing department can go more into media patterns and not just into browsing patterns.
Everything is easily visible and can be tracked and studied.
SOC is very helpful. It shows which IPs are targeting your environments. It shows you the threat levels of all the threats you're facing - including the locations, which policy was triggered et cetera. It will even tell you if the system blocked the threat or not.
FortiAnaylzer is compatible with all of our web browsers.
There are customizable workflows that you can work with. You can automate certain tasks in FortiAnaylzer in the incidents and events sections.
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NSA0898776
Network & Security Administrator at Diamond Bank Plc
It is a simple and solution. I can structuralize all my FortiGate logs but it's not so good from the administrative side. I have FortiGate in four countries and I am responsible for securing Fortinet. I also have to manage FortiGate in other countries, not just my own. If I have to go through each FortiGate it's going to be a little bit complicated. FortiAnalyzer is a good product; but, I keep thinking that FortiAnalyzer isn't really what I'm looking for which is why I am looking to acquire a SIEM solution. It will give me more log collection possibilities.
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Sergio Covarrubias
Director General CEO at SC Telecom
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is a complete package for managing our equipment.
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Ashok Lamsal
Security Engineer at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Overall we are satisfied with all the features the solution provides.
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reviewer1406484
Jr. Engineer at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Its robust security and performance are the two main features. We also use the log reporting feature.
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reviewer1392267
Fraud Risk Analyst at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees
From my perspective, we need to see the traffic in a good way so we can know what has happened in our network. The analyzing tools and the monitoring tools and the logs are the important part in the network.
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AlesCiber
ICT System Specialist at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is easy. For customers with basic knowledge, and for those who do not have a technical background, Fortinet is quite good and it should be the first choice.
The interface is simple and easy to navigate.
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Dharmarajen Palanee
Technical lead at Rogers Capital Technology Services Ltd
I am very impressed by the new version's security - on-premise or on the cloud. We have integrated the program with FortiView to get a better-customized log and more scalability on the application. The newer version is also much faster than the previous one and we have more visibility on whatever is happening on our system.
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Mazin Al Bulushi
Information Security Specialist at Ministry of Heritage and Culture
The IBS (Intent Based Segmentation) and application web filtering are the most valuable aspects of the solution.
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H+Erbs Molefi
Network Administrator at a university with 501-1,000 employees
The most valuable feature of this solution is reporting. We use this functionality every day, and obtain reports on things like how many people are using the VPN, which websites are being accessed, and whether hackers are trying to penetrate into our network.
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Raul Pastrana
Consultor de Seguridad at Netrix, LLC (X956)
It supports SQL for logging and reporting. Log data is inserted into the SQL database for log view and report generation.
Another feature is the custom reports, where you can obtain a chart builder from a log view: traffic, event, or security log.
View full review »The key functions for us are the next-gen firewall and network analytics. To ensure the best protection, we need to constantly analyze the situation in the network, as well as internal and external threats, as well as actual AV protection. The Fortinet products and FortiGuard services give us all of this.
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Dilip Saraf
Regional Head at MASS INFONET (P) LTD.
When you need the reporting on the ISP, you will hand it to FortiAnalyzer. It works amazingly well.
With FortiAnalyzer, you can see what the user is doing and what sites he goes to. You can also see how much quota there is and how much (size-wise) you want to hit, as well as what the incoming or outbound traffic is, and if it is through the ISP or not. Basically, you can see absolutely all activity using FortiAnalyzer.
The solution is very complete.
The product is very simple to use.
It's regularly updated with many versions constantly adding more content and information.
The solution has sandboxing, IPS, and DPS as well.
The solution allows for a lot of customization.
Whether it's FortiAnalyzer, FortiManager, FortiGate, FortiIP, and FortiSwitch you can manage everything through a single console. That is the beauty of Fortinet. It's the security fabrics on offer. When you use the security fabrics, harnessing that control on a single dashboard makes everything so easy and manageable.
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Rafael Riera
Pre-sales Engineer at a wholesaler/distributor with 51-200 employees
The most important feature is to be able to get reports or information about the state of all firewalls.
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PrideChieza
Network Security Engineer at ZOL Zimbabwe
The most valuable features are customizing reports, and the ability to drill down to display critical information in real-time. FortiGate itself, for example, doesn't offer all of this information on the entry-level firewalls. You can get more detailed information from FortiAnalyzer based on the log that is retrieved from FortiGate while it is operating.
View full review »The report templates are valuable. It works very well, and integrations also work well.
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Mohammed NAJI
Head of Service at MPM
The feature I find most useful is the handy dashboard.
View full review »It has a simplified and user-friendly interface.
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Luis Gerardo Gonzalez
Systems Architect at ZENTIUS
Log collection is the most valuable. The UI looks great. It has a very good look and feel. We don't have the need to use solid state drives. We use mechanic drives, and we don't see any performance issues, so basically, it is doing fine.
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Rupsan Shrestha
Technical Presales Engineer at Dristi Tech Pvt.ltd
The feature that I have found the most valuable is to be able to see everything in our network in a single task. A single menu and the graphical bar charts that it provides to give insights are very useful.
It also gives very good metrics on bandwidth utilization, CPU, and device performance. It is very simple and easy to use as well.
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reviewer1526976
IT Security Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
It's a simple log collection tool. There isn't too much that's special or unique about it.
It meets our expectations for the most part.
The solution does offer very useful integration capabilities.
The interface is fine.
The initial setup is straightforward.
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reviewer1247817
Presales Technical Specialist at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
I like its simplicity. It is straightforward. We get reports and emails about the logs, and that's it.
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reviewer911601
Chief Technical Officer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The feature I find most valuable is the reporting customization.
View full review »- Real time reports
- Reports on who tried to attack
- FortiGate monitor
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reviewer1266429
Implementation Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
The solution is very easy to deploy.
We are very familiar with the product. It makes it easy to use and implement.
The interface is easy to configure and fast to deploy. For that reason we use FortiAnalyzer.
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HassamUddin
System Administrator at a logistics company with 51-200 employees
The anti-virus protection it offers our clients is solid.
View full review »It has detailed reporting, e.g., user-wise reporting, threat analysis, etc. It also gives you live logs, which can be really helpful during troubleshooting.
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reviewer1502592
Security Engineer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is simple and reliable. It does what the product says it would do. We have a lot of replacements in Turkey, Palo Alto, Check Point, and Forcepoint. We are replacing these various vendors with Fortinet products. But there are some software issues, like bugs or bug fixes. Otherwise, we are very happy with Fortinet products.
View full review »Log View is the most valuable part for us, as we can view logs from different Fortigates on a single GUI.
Another important feature is real-time logs, they help a lot in troubleshooting.
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reviewer880938
IT Network, Security Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Based on the logs of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer you can have it trigger actions. For example, if the log has a word or a sentence you specified it can send an alert to an email address or SNMP trap.
View full review »- Storage in SSD, to generate customized reports
- Event management
Buyer's Guide
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer
April 2024
Learn what your peers think about Fortinet FortiAnalyzer. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: April 2024.
767,995 professionals have used our research since 2012.