FortiLog(TM) Family of Integrated Logging Appliances Enables IT
Administrators to Quickly Address Network Vulnerabilities and Meet Government
Compliance Standards
SAN FRANCISCO/RSA CONFERENCE 2004, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Fortinet -- the
only provider of ASIC-powered, network-based antivirus firewall systems for
real-time network protection -- today announced the FortiLog family of
integrated logging appliances, designed to meet the growing need for reliable,
secure collection and detailed analysis of network usage and security data. A
series of dedicated hardware devices, the FortiLog appliances provide IT
administrators with a unified, comprehensive view of network and security
activity by aggregating data from multiple FortiGate(TM) antivirus firewalls
systems. FortiLog appliances provide a more cost effective, reliable, and
secure method for gathering and analyzing log data and provide administrators
with the information they need to more quickly and easily address network
security vulnerabilities and meet governmental regulations regarding privacy
and disclosure.
Combating Security Challenges with Real-Time Intelligence
Governmental agencies have imposed compliance standards for security upon
enterprises, holding them legally responsible for protecting customer and
corporate data. Regulations such as the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA), Sarbanes-Oxley and California's SB1386 require
that businesses maintain comprehensive log reports that track and record
network activity in the event of a security breach or corporate investigation.
In addition, companies increasingly rely upon network activity information to
identify internal security threats and to provide forensic data for use in
enforcing acceptable use policies. As a result, security logging is no longer
a choice but a necessity for protecting organizations against potential risks
and liabilities.
At the same time, the number of viruses, worms, intrusions, and other
network attacks has increased, and the time allotted to reacting to them has
gone from hours to minutes to seconds. Network security administrators must
quickly understand if and how their network has been affected and cannot
afford to spend time combing through security incident logs from multiple
security systems and attempt to piece together a verdict.
Fortinet's FortiGate line of antivirus firewalls solve a key part of the
logging challenge because they deliver a comprehensive set of security
functions that provide a rich variety of log data from a single system. This
eliminates the need to collect, aggregate, correlate and analyze data from
numerous independent systems, such as firewalls, intrusion detection and
prevention systems, antivirus software, web content filtering systems, and
the like. FortiLog systems further enhance any FortiGate deployment by
eliminating the need to procure servers for log storage, to provide for the
security of log transmissions, and to purchase separate reporting tools.
Instead, the FortiLog systems secure the connections to multiple FortiGate
units and provide centralized, robust and secure data collection and
reporting.
"Key to maintaining security is to understand network activity and attack
patterns, but doing so poses a challenge for administrators because the
necessary information usually resides on many different systems," said Richard
Kagan, vice president of marketing for Fortinet, Inc. "Fortinet's FortiLog
integrated logging appliances alleviate administrative burdens and extend the
cost, efficiency and security benefits of FortiGate antivirus firewalls by
consolidating vast amounts of data into actionable information, making it
quicker and easier to protect the enterprise and comply with government
regulations."
The FortiLog Family of Security Logging Solutions
The FortiLog family includes the FortiLog-100, 400 and 800 systems which
provide scalable levels of storage, performance and functionality to meet the
varied needs of enterprises and service providers. The FortiLog-100 provides
120 GB of storage and logging for up to 10 FortiGate antivirus firewall
systems. The FortiLog-400 and the FortiLog-800 both have storage capacities
of 360 GB and can be configured at RAID levels 0, 1, 3 and 5 depending on the
desired levels of capacity and data assurance. The FortiLog-400 system
supports logging for up to 25 FortiGate systems and the FortiLog-800 supports
logging for up to 100 systems. Log data security is ensured through IPSec VPN
tunnels that securely transmit log data from FortiGate systems to FortiLog
systems.
FortiLog systems utilize an easy-to-use Web interface that provides
administrators with a single, centralized view of network utilization, web
activity and attack activity. A convenient, built-in report generator lets
administrators quickly gain useful analysis on network attacks, network
traffic patterns, web usage, and other key events to support security
response, network planning, acceptable use enforcement and compliance with
regulations.
Distribution and Availability
The FortiLog-100, FortiLog-400 and FortiLog-800 will be available in March
via Fortinet's global network of authorized distributors and resellers. More
information on these and other Fortinet solutions can be found at:
http://www.fortinet.com.
About Fortinet (http://www.fortinet.com)
Fortinet's award-winning FortiGate(TM) series of ASIC-accelerated
antivirus firewalls, winner of the 2003 Networking Industry Awards Firewall
Product of the Year, are the new generation of real-time network protection
systems. They detect and eliminate the most damaging, content-based threats
from email and Web traffic such as viruses, worms, intrusions, inappropriate
Web content and more in real time -- without degrading network performance.
FortiGate systems, the only security products that are quadruple-certified by
the ICSA (antivirus, firewall, IPSec, NIDS), deliver a full range of network-
level and application-level services in integrated, easily managed platforms.
Named to the "Visionaries" category in the 2003 Gartner Enterprise Firewall
Magic Quadrant, Fortinet is privately held and based in Sunnyvale, California.
SOURCE Fortinet, Inc.
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CONTACT:
Amy Barney of McGrath/Power Public Relations,
+1-408-727-0351, or abarney@mcgrathpower.com, for Fortinet, Inc.;
or Michelle Spolver of Fortinet, Inc., +1-408-235-7700, or
mspolver@fortinet.com
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