Fortinet FortiCloud Series
Fortinet’s Security-as-a-Service Product Family
FortiCloud is Fortinet’s platform for delivering security and security management services. FortiCloud provides customers with a simple way to connect, protect, and deliver their data and applications both on-premise and in the Cloud. The FortiCloud Offering Suite is a set of Cloud portals and services enabling customers to access and manage a range of Fortinet solutions and services from an easily accessible site. FortiCloud also provides access to FortiCare for management of Fortinet devices and accounts.
FortiCloud Advantages
Save Time and Resources
- Manage network access, assets, and services through an intuitive single-pane dashboard
- Reduce IT resources by centrally managing deployments and analyze your entire network
- Enhance on-premise security with advanced threat protection and two-factor authentication
Gain Complete Visibility
- View a complete listing of assets by serial number, contract, license, and even expired units
- Search through detailed product and services information such as location, services, and threats
- Easily navigate between FortiCloud portals selecting support, settings and management levels
Extend Fabric Security
- Receive unified zero-day threat updates across your network for on-premise and Cloud clients
- Detect endpoint, application and network security intelligence with real-time analytics
- Add an extra layer of security with secure two factor/OTP authentication for all FortiCloud users
Overview
FortiCloud provides access to a diverse array of Fortinet solutions through a single signon including FortiGate Cloud, FortiWeb Cloud, FortiCASB, FortiCWP, FortiMail, and other Fortinet Cloud-based management and services. FortiCloud accounts are free which require a license for each solution.
Free Accounts, Free Premium Trials
Free of charge to customers and partners, signing up is easy, and instantly provides a Cloud-based solution to manage Fortinet’s suite of Cloud services using a single login. With FortiCloud, you can:
- Navigate across solutions from a single location, including FortiCare services
- Access Cloud service platforms easily and securely from anywhere
- Oversee entitlements and support tickets across customers and products
- Manage login and account settings for the entire FortiCloud Suite
FortiCloud for Access to all Fortinet Cloud Solutions
FortiCloud provides a single point of access to all your Fortinet Cloud portals.
Key Use Cases
There are diverse applications for Fortinet’s unified FortiCloud platform. Below are five common use-cases outlining the key advantages in employing FortiCloud to protect and secure your on-premise and Cloud network environments.
Cloud-Based Application Protection
Organizations are increasingly taking a “Cloud-only” approach to developing and using applications. Protect Cloud-based applications, data, and services with Security as a Service (SaaS). The FortiCloud Offering Suite includes FortiWeb Cloud for web application protection, FortiMail Cloud for email protection, FortiCWP to identify configuration errors, suspicious user activity, storage protection and compliance, and FortiCASB for securing SaaS applications such as Microsoft 365 or Salesforce.
- Enhance on-premise security with zero-day threat detection through FortiSandBox, two factor authentication with FortiToken and real-time threat intelligence feeds for endpoint, application, and network security solutions
- Central security management and analytics with FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer as well as rapid deployment and management of FortiGates, FortiAPs, and FortiSwitches with FortiGate Cloud
- Manage Security Services – Multi-tenant support enables managed service providers to manage their customers’ security posture through FortiCloud
- Easy central management for small and medium businesses who seek to avoid the expense and maintenance of on-premise management solutions
Unified Logins
Unified account management provides key authentication elements that allow access to multiple services with a single account across various Fortinet portals and services. The key objective of unified account management provides secure access to all the services and resources to enable the right person the right access at the right time, without compromising on security. This feature allows login with FortiCloud account from any portal or service and allows access to other portals seamlessly with built-in authorization roles specific to each portal or service.
Easy Access
FortiCloud hosts many Fortinet Cloud portals and services under a single brand. Products are increasingly interlaced with more than one Cloud service. Complimented by unified account and single sign-on, FortiCloud portal selector is accessible from the FortiCloud top bar, providing easy navigation between the FortiCloud portals and is consistently available from all the FortiCloud portals. Managed centrally, FortiCloud portal selector includes support, settings, Cloud management, and service portals.
Asset Management
As the portfolio of assets grow in numbers, managing assets gets complex and often requires additional effort to arrange, filter, and organize them. Asset Management portal gives the ability to view, organize, and manage Fortinet products and services using the Assets and Account Services views. Assets can be searched by serial number, contract, or license number. Products and services can be registered easily to access complete information including entitlement, location, threat statistics, tickets, enabled Cloud services, license, and keys all in one place. Asset Folders help organize large number of assets into multi-depth folder hierarchies. Asset manager also provides dedicated and filtered views for expired units, decommissioned units on the registered products, and notifications on the assets.
2FA Authentication
- Secure Two-factor/ OTP-based authentication enables all FortiCloud account users with an extra layer of security
- Versatile 2FA is available on mobile platforms including Android, Windows, iOS, and the Apple iWatch. FortiToken and FortiToken Mobile App are available for download on the Apple App Store or Google Play Store
- Every login generates a notification and security token for approval
Documentation:
Download the Fortinet FortiCloud Datasheet (.PDF)