Virtual Next-Generation Firewall
FortiGate VM delivers AI-powered advanced threat protection for multi-cloud environments
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Overview
FortiGate VM provides cloud-native protection from a broad array of network threats. Built on the same FortiOS running Fortinet’s industry-leading FortiGate NGFW appliances, FortiGate VM provides consistent security across private cloud, public cloud, and Telco Cloud (VNFs)—simplifying the implementation of a hybrid mesh firewall platform to protect applications no matter where they are deployed.
According to Gartner®, “Hybrid mesh firewall platforms enable security policy controls to be defined and enforced between workloads, and between users and workloads connected on any network in on-premises or cloud deployments.” Gartner® says that “By 2026, more than 60 percent of organizations will have more than one type of firewall deployment, which will prompt adoption of hybrid mesh firewalls.”
Fortinet has been delivering on the concept of hybrid mesh firewalls for years. We are the only vendor that offers unified security across not just hybrid mesh firewalls but our entire Secure Networking portfolio.
FortiGate VM is part of the new FortiFlex program, providing you the flexibility to right-size your services and spend.
Securely connect to your application workloads without performance bottlenecks
Improve productivity with a better application experience for your users at remote locations, branch offices, or headquarters with high-speed private and encrypted network connections.
Move at cloud speed without compromising security
Ensure agility with cloud-native security automation and robust protection. This includes identity-based segmentation, micro-segmentation, and AI-powered security to stop advanced threats.
Features and Benefits
Organizations that rely on cloud-based services and infrastructures often end up with a complex set of disparate security controls deployed in various cloud environments. FortiGate-VM provides broad protection across the cloud infrastructure, securing connectivity and enabling consistent protections to defend against the lateral propagation of threats.
Consistent Security
Increase security effectiveness and reduce operational overhead with consistent policies.
Hybrid Networks Protection
Gain centralized management, visibility, and automation across hybrid and multi-cloud deployments
Improved User Experience
Securely connect to application workloads without performance bottlenecks
Flexible Consumption Models
Right-size your migration, expansion, and cloud-native architecture on any cloud
Cloud-Native Integration
Reduce friction across cloud deployments with built-in integrations across major cloud platforms
Identity-Based Segmentation
Ensure agility with cloud-native security automation and robust protection
Enterprise Analyst Validation
Forrester TEI Study: Fortinet NGFW for Data Center And AI-Powered FortiGuard Security Services
2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Network Firewalls
Forrester Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) study reveals 318% ROI and $10.6M in cost benefits achieved with the Fortinet Data Center cybersecurity solution.
In addition to a significant ROI, key results from the 2023 commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting include improved networking and security performance, increased networking and security team efficiencies, end-user productivity gains, notable cost savings, and better sustainability.
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Fortinet Named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Network Firewalls
Fortinet has been recognized as a Leader again, and is positioned highest in Ability to Execute, marking our 13th year in the Magic Quadrant™.
We feel FortiGate Next-Generation Firewalls deliver the industry’s best ROI, provide AI/ML-powered threat protection, and support the convergence of networking and security.
With all features and functions built on a single operating system, FortiOS, organizations have access to consistent functionality across all solutions and form factors, including appliances, virtual environments, and Secure Access Service Edge (SASE).
Models and Specifications
FortiGate-VM next-generation firewall can be deployed as a virtual appliance in private and public cloud environments, either as a BYOL instance or provisioned on-demand via public cloud marketplaces.
Download the brief - Performance as a key attribute of Virtual Firewalls.
Throughput |
12 Gbps |
| vCPU | 1x vCPU core, (up to) Unlimited RAM |
Throughput |
12 Gbps |
| vCPU | 1x vCPU core, (up to) Unlimited RAM |
Throughput |
15 Gbps |
| vCPU | 2x vCPU cores, (up to) Unlimited RAM |
Throughput |
28 Gbps |
| vCPU | 4x vCPU cores, (up to) Unlimited RAM |
Throughput |
33 Gbps |
| vCPU | 8x vCPU cores, (up to) Unlimited RAM |
Throughput |
36 Gbps |
| vCPU | 16x vCPU cores, (up to) Unlimited RAM |
Throughput |
50 Gbps |
| vCPU | 32x vCPU cores, (up to) Unlimited RAM |
| vCPU | Unlimited vCPU cores and RAM |
FortiCare Support & Professional Services
Fortinet is dedicated to helping our customers succeed, and every year FortiCare services help thousands of organizations get the most from their investments in Fortinet's products and services. To achieve this, FortiCare follows the life-cycle approach and provides unique services to help our customers in their success journeys.
Technical Support Services
Various per-device options are available for efficient operations. FortiCare Elite option provides a 15-minute response time for critical products.
Advanced Support
Various per-account white glove services are available to reduce disruption and increase productivity with operational reviews by designated experts.
Professional Services
Our multi-vendor experts can design and deploy a complete best practice-based solution to help you meet your network or security objectives and adopt new capabilities.
RMA
Premium RMA options are available across the product family for expedited replacement of defective hardware to meet your availability objectives.
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FortiGate VM on Linux KVM Data Sheet »
FortiGate VM on Linux KVM Datasheet
Fortify Hybrid and Multi-cloud Perimeters to Power Digital Acceleration »
Because the market adoption of cloud, remote work, and virtualized platforms is growing fast, it introduces many network security challenges across the expanded attack surface. Organizations must establish a proper security posture across the cloud network infrastructure to reduce risk, ensure compliance, and increase agility.
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Learn how service providers can cost-effectively secure, automate and customize their NFV environments using Fortinet’s VMware Ready for NFV solution.
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Explore Fortinet’s line of virtual appliance solutions, which deliver unmatched protection and flexibility to enterprise data center and cloud deployments.
Secure NSX Environment with FortiGate VMX »
FortiGate Virtual Firewall simplifies policy provisioning and provides deep visibility as well as automated enforcement in VMware NSX based Private Cloud environments.
FortiGate-VM Integration with VMware NSX-T Data Center 2.4 »
Fortinet provide complete integration with VMware's NSX-T Data Center 2.4/2.5, securing East-West and North-South traffic flows across virtualized datacenters, private and public clouds.
Top 6 Selection Factors for a Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) for Cloud Environments »
Based on Real User Experiences with Fortinet FortiGate-VM
Why Digital Acceleration Needs a Hybrid Mesh Firewall Approach »
With moving to public clouds and modernizing data centers at the heart of this transformation, care and attention must be given to ensuring that your networks and data are secure and that security can be easily managed across clouds and data centers.
Essential Guidelines to Protecting Your Application Deployment Across Clouds »
There are a number of considerations to be made by organizations in order to ensure security of their cloud deployments, and they vary from simple to complex undertakings. Here are some essential guidelines to enable organizations to prioritize their investments and build out a strategic roadmap to deploy their cloud network and security.
Scale and Segment the Cloud »
Rapid enterprise adoption of private and public clouds is driving the evolution of cloud security. Agile and elastic cloudsecurity solutions need to fundamentally scale protection and segmentation within and across cloud environments.
Network Security for Every Flavor of Cloud »
Fortinet’s cloud security is designed to match the nature of the cloud itself—providing a dynamic resource that can change rapidly for protection across public, private, and hybrid clouds.
Free Product Demo
FortiGate-VM is a full-featured FortiGate packaged as a virtual appliance. FortiGate-VM virtual appliance is ideal for monitoring and enforcing virtual traffic on leading virtualization, cloud, and SDN platforms including VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, Xen, KVM, and AWS. FortiGate-VM can be orchestrated in software-defined environments to provide agile and elastic network security services to virtual workloads. Through this demo, you can see how to deploy firewall, intrusion prevention, VPN, antivirus, and other consolidated security functions to virtual workloads, as well as evaluate the easy-to-use web interface and contextual displays.
