Adaptive Multi-cloud Security with AI-powered Advanced Threat Protection

FortiGate, Fortinet's Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) Virtual Appliance

FortiGate-VM is a next-generation Fortinet firewall platform that delivers protection from a broad array of network security threats. It offers the same security and networking services included in the FortiOS 7.0 operating system and is available for public cloud, private cloud, and Telco Cloud (VNFs). With a consistent operational model across hybrid cloud, multi-cloud, and service provider environments like Microsoft Azure, Fortinet’s firewall reduces the training burden on security teams and prepares businesses in Hong Kong and around the world to combat online threats through multiple means, including the use of firewalls.

Benefits of Choosing Fortinet

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 Fortinet’s cloud-native security automation and robust protection. This includes identity-based segmentation, micro-segmentation, and AI-powered security to stop advanced threats.

Seamlessly scale your cloud protection without increasing operational burden

Break free from traditional scaling limitations—whether you’re a cloud-first startup or a mature cloud enterprise rapidly expanding your dev, test, and production environments—by leveraging FortiGate virtual firewall integrations with cloud-native scaling services.

Secure your cloud transformation without impacting business outcomes, with flexible consumption models

Innovate faster while minimizing cybersecurity risks. Fortinet’s advanced firewall capabilities allow you to right-size your migration, expansion, and cloud-native architecture on any cloud with an array of choices. These include licensing and on-demand usage models.

Broad Protection for Multi-Cloud Infrastructures and Applications

Public Cloud – Azure

As public cloud and firewall adoption accelerates, organizations in Hong Kong and globally are increasingly reliant on cloud-based services and infrastructures, such as Microsoft Azure. Yet, organizations often end up with a heterogeneous set of technologies in use, with disparate security controls in various cloud environments. FortiGate-VM provides broad protection across cloud infrastructure, enabling applications security and secure connectivity among cloud networks, different clouds, and users accessing the cloud. The Fortinet virtual firewall solution has native integration of security capabilities with public cloud platforms and leverages cloud automation services for ease of deployment. Fortinet Security secures applications and workloads in public clouds to ensure privacy and confidentiality while leveraging the cloud benefits of scalability, metering, and time-to-market. FortiGate cloud connector provides container-aware security by enabling awareness of container labels when defining security policies. FortiGate-VM, in concert with other elements of the Security Fabric, enables common deployment scenarios such as cloud security services hub, cloud workload protection, secure remote access, container security, and web application security.

Built for the Cloud, FortiGate-VM is Available in Azure

Native Integration into Microsoft Azure

More and more enterprises are turning to Microsoft Azure to extend internal data centers and take advantage of the agility of the public cloud. While Azure secures the infrastructure, Hong Kong-based and international organizations are responsible for protecting everything they put in it, doing so by using firewalls. Fortinet Security Fabric provides Azure and Office 365 users broad protection, native integration and automated management enabling customers with consistent enforcement and visibility across their multi-cloud infrastructure. The Fortinet Security Fabric offers deep multi-layer-security protection and operational benefits for securing web applications, mail applications, preventing zero-day threats and managing global security infrastructures from the cloud.

Fortinet’s adaptive cloud security enables the broadest set of use cases for Azure.

Use Cases for the Fortinet Security Fabric on Microsoft Azure

Cloud Infrastructure Visibility and Control

Monitor activity and configuration of multiple cloud resources while simplifying regulatory compliance reporting.

Compliance in the Cloud

Automate compliance auditing and reporting for on-premises and cloud environments.

Cloud-based Security Management and Analytics

Leverage the global presence of Azure to deploy centralized and global security management and analytics systems in the cloud.

Web Application Security

Secure web applications from known and unknown attacks using Fortinet web application security solutions.

Container Security

Enable security for all stages of container deployment and rollout.

Secure Productivity

Achieve visibility and control over cloud-based applications for productivity and email, such as Microsoft Office 365.

Secure SAP Deployments on Azure

Fortinet SAP connectors enable Fortinet to dynamically monitor and secure SAPs both on-premises and across clouds, greatly enhancing security when migrating SAP workloads to the Azure cloud. See our reference architectures for securing SAP.

Secure Hybrid Cloud

Deploy secure connectivity, network segmentation, and application security for hybrid-cloud-based deployments with Fortinet.

Cloud Security Services Hub

Unify disparate environments through a central security services hub, or transit network.

Logical (Intent-based) Segmentation

Deploy intent-based segmentation, which builds access rules and segments based on user identity or business logic and adjusts rules dynamically in response to a      continuous trust assessment.

Secure Remote Access

Connect to cloud resources with virtual private network (VPN) connections across multiple cloud and on-premises environments.

Azure Virtual WAN Integration

Fortinet Security is the first firewall vendor to offer tight integration into the Azure Virtual WAN system for companies in Hong Kong and globally, enabling both intra WAN traffic to be scanned for threats and enabling customers to extend their Secure SD-WAN into the Azure Virtual WAN hub. Integration into the Azure Virtual WAN also simplifies deployment and eases automation.