FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer 4.0 feature a smoother workflow

Network managers need to react quickly when something goes wrong and one way to achieve that is to tool up with FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer 4.0, which have your single or thousands of Fortinet appliances under your control.

In the new version of both FortiManager 4.0 and FortiAnalyzer 4.0 unified threat management security platforms, the new firmware enhances the management capabilities, thus providing greater flexibility and control for multiple devices, in enterprise setups.

This major update includes improvements in the performance and scalability of FortiManager which allows administrators to both deploy and manage tens, hundreds or even thousands of FortiGate (or FortiWifi, usually for remote offices) devices within the network and from a single FortiManager platform.

But the real kicker here is the enhanced workflow in FortiManager which allows administrators to reduce the amount of work required to manage a large number of devices.

You can also factor in improved disaster recovery features and slightly improved correlation between vulnerabilities and security policy in FortiAnalyzer which, from this point on, includes a vulnerability management component.

The end-to-end network monitoring is rather elegantly presented and easy to work with. Network admins who are used to overseeing large groups of user will appreciate this added control.

Keep in mind that FortiManager delivers a lower TCO for Fortinet implementations by minimizing both initial deployment costs and ongoing operating expenses.

In bigger enterprise environments, network managers can control administrative access and simplify policy deployment using role-based administration to define user privileges for specific management domains and functions by aggregating collections of Fortinet appliances and agents into independent management domains.

By locally hosting security content updates for managed devices and agents, FortiManager appliances minimize web filtering rating request response time and maximize network protection.

Yes, managing Fortinet devices is now smoother than ever — it’s still a lot of work but it definitely gets done faster.

Tags: fortinet, fortigate, fortiwifi, fortimanager, fortianalyzer, 4.0, network devices, network appliances, network security, network administrators, network management, security platform, disaster recovery, security policy