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Fortiguard® Intrusion Prevention Service

The FortiGuard Intrusion Prevention Service (IPS) provides Fortinet customers with the latest defenses against stealthy network-level threats. It uses a customizable database of more than 5,100 known threats to enable FortiGate and FortiWiFi appliances to stop attacks that evade conventional firewall defenses. It also provides behavior-based heuristics, enabling the system to recognize threats for which no signature has yet been developed. The combination of known and unknown threat prevention enables FortiGate systems to stop the most damaging attacks at the network border regardless of whether the network is wired or wireless, or whether it is at corporate headquarters or a branch office. IPS signature updates are provided via the global FortiGuard Network.

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FortiGuard® Intrusion Prevension Service Benefits

  • Automated updates keep defenses up-to-date to combat the latest threats.
  • Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) library with over 5,100 IPS signatures offers comprehensive network-level protection.
  • Fortinet Global Threat Research Team works with major infrastructure vendors to provide protection against the latest vulnerabilities.
  • Flexible policies offer full control to suit the most demanding security applications.
  • Push and pull update options provide the fastest possible update times.
  • Device-based licensing eliminates per-user fees to significantly lower entry cost and ongoing maintenance costs.

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As an incubator, we have a shared services environment but that doesn't mean that we want everything, such as intellectual property, between our customers shared. It was therefore critical that we have a solution to securely partition each customer's network but still allow for shared resources such as printers and Internet access. Fortinet's FortiGate systems enabled us to achieve this by virtualizing network security, which also helped free-up network bandwidth and increase our network performance.

Mike Dailey
Executive Director
Frederick Innovative Technology Center