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BANGALORE: Fortinet – the pioneer in Unified Threat Management and provider of ASIC-accelerated, network-based multi-threat security systems for real-time network protection – has announced a launch of FortiAnalyzer 3.0, a firmware release for the product formerly known as FortiLog, whose name change better reflects the product line’s significant increase in functionality.
Fortinet has also announced two new appliances in the FortiAnalyzer family — the 100A and 2000 models — targeted at small/medium business (SMB) and large enterprise deployments, respectively. The FortiAnalyzer 3.0 firmware will run on the new appliance models as well as Fortinet’s existing FortiLog-400 and -800 appliances.
FortiAnalyzer systems are purpose built appliances that provide valuable intelligence and simplify and centralize the collection and analysis of log and event data from Fortinet’s FortiGate security appliances, delivering highly relevant network reports, valuable intelligence on network usage and assistance with meeting regulatory compliance.
FortiAnalyzer 3.0 firmware adds the following features and benefits to FortiAnalyzer appliances:
- Vulnerability Scanner – improves network security by scanning servers from a variety of platforms to determine potential weaknesses or attack points for hackers. Includes the ability for administrators to remotely access the Vulnerability Scanner.
- Network Analyzer – captures all of packets flowing through the network switch, allowing administrators to view and search all traffic for increased security. Includes the ability for administrators to remotely access the Network Analyzer.
- Enhanced Event Correlation– improves security through event correlation reports that identify possible viruses or suspicious activity for Web, email, FTP and instant messenger (IM) traffic logs received from FortiGate systems.
- Centralized Quarantining – provides reliable storage through detailed traffic logging and infected file quarantining on FortiGate systems without hard drives.
- IM and Email Content Archiving – examines and stores detailed reports of text in email and IM applications.
- Data Mining – allows administrators to track network activity by user name and application, enabling them to create more detailed forensic analysis reports.
“Regulatory obligations have forced many of our customers to face the time consuming and often frustrating task of trying to collect and make sense of vast amounts of security event data from multiple devices spread across their distributed networks,” said Chris Ralph, senior information security consultant for Global Data Systems, a Fortinet Partner and global provider of advanced IT solutions. “Fortinet’s FortiAnalyzer systems help ease this burden by delivering a centralized view of security activity across FortiGate security appliances -- helping to improve network security and maximize IT resources.”
All FortiAnalyzer systems securely aggregate and analyze log data from multiple FortiGate integrated network security appliances to provide network administrators with a centralized graphical view of network usage and security information. A convenient, built-in report generator lets administrators quickly gain useful analysis on key events to support security response, network planning, acceptable use enforcement and compliance with governmental regulations regarding privacy and disclosure of security breaches.
FortiAnalyzer systems accept and process a full range of log records provided by FortiGate security appliances -- including traffic, event, virus, attack, content filtering, and email filtering data. Additionally, they support configurable RAID-based storage, provide syslog support for third-party networking and security systems and include a vulnerability scanner that is platform independent.
Availability
FortiAnalyzer 3.0 firmware will be available in December. The firmware upgrade will be available to all customers with valid support contracts for free. The new appliance platforms are available now. For more information, please visit: www.fortinet.com/products/
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