Overview

The rapid influx of digital transformation (DX) technologies has made networks and network security much more complex and vulnerable. While malicious cyberattacks remain a serious problem, a recent Ponemon study shows that more than half of all breaches last year came from benign sources that could have been prevented. A security strategy that prioritizes automation-driven network operations can help. As part of the Fortinet Security Fabric, FortiManager supports network operations use cases for centralized management, best practices compliance, and workflow automation to provide better protection against breaches.

FortiManager provides automation-driven centralized management of your Fortinet devices from a single console.

• Single-Pane Management streamlines centralized policy and object management, automatic revision history and control, and enhanced rolebased access control (RBAC) features for script management and IPS management with role separation.
• Security Fabric Automation simplifies the ZTP deployment process for SDBranch (FortiGates and access devices) with powerful templates that directly utilize meta-variables for scalable provisioning to thousands of sites.
• NOC Cloud Services offer the FortiManager platform as a service with new management extensions that can be pulled and installed from the cloud.

Key Features

• Centrally manage network and security policies for thousands of FortiGate NGFW’s and Secure SD-WAN. Plus FortiSwitches, FortiAP, and FortiExtender. Provide signature updates to FortiGate, FortiMail, FortiSandbox, and FortiClient
• Get centralized distribution of security content and signatures through the use of the built-in FortiGuard module
• Simplify configuration, deployment and maintenance for Secure SD-WAN at-scale. Accelerate FortiExtender Wireless WAN connectivity with centralized management across distributed sites
• Reduce complexity and costs by leveraging automated REST API, scripts, connectors, and automation stitches
• Automate workflows and configurations for Fortinet firewalls, switches, and wireless infrastructure
• Separate customer data and manage domains leveraging ADOMs to be compliant and operationally effective
• High availability to automate backups for up to five nodes with streamlined software and security updates for all managed devices

How these components in FortiManager work together to manage FortiGates

Inside FortiManager, an object database is shared by several modules, such as Policies & Objects, AP Manager, VPN Manager, Extender Manager, and FortiSwitch Manager, to provide policy configuration information to FortiGates. Other modules, such as FortiGuard, Device Manager, and FortiAnalyzer features, use protocols to communicate directly from FortiManager to FortiGates.

SPECIFICATIONS

FortiManager Virtual Machines

FortiManager virtual machines are a virtual version of the hardware appliance and are designed to run on many virtualization platforms, offering all the latest features of the FortiManager appliance. They allow organizations to centrally manage any number of Fortinet network security devices and scale from several to thousands, supporting centralized management, best practices compliance, and automated workflows to deliver superior protection against threats. FortiManager-VMs are available in both a subscription and perpetual offering.

HARDWRE APPLIANCES