Fortinet Security Fabric:

Cybersecurity Mesh Platform

Customer Trends

Enabling Work Securing Digital Preventing Cyber Cybersecurity

From Anywhere Acceleration Attacks Skills Shortage

“The shift to remote work is
expected to persist even after the
pandemic. 52% of CIOs expect
work from home to increase
in 2021”
“69% of boards have 36% organizations state the 73% of organizations had at
growing sophistication of
responded to COVID-19 with least one intrusion/breach
digital business the threat landscape is the top over the past year that can be
acceleration, while 60% have challenge in preventing partially attributed to a gap in
ransomware attacks. cybersecurity skills
chosen improving operational
excellence through digital business”

Gartner – Top Priorities for IT: Leadership Gartner – Top Priorities for IT: Leadership Fortinet – Ransomware survey 2021 Fortinet – Cybersecurity Skills
Vision for 2021 Vision for 2021 Survey 2,500 US and Canadian
companies 2021
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Resulting Cybersecurity Challenges
A lot of challenges across a lot of edges that can lead to a lot of products, complexity, and threats

Users & Devices Networks Applications SecOps

Wi-Fi  Silo products and High-volume

Travel
Cloud technologies automated attacks

Switch
Coordinated multi
WFH Data Overwhelming steps attacks
 Center alert volume
SD-WAN
Evasive ML-
Powered attack
Office Shortage of cyber tactics
5G
SaaS security skills

Increasing financial
Plant Cloud On Edge
and human impact
Ramp Compute

Ensuring consistent The Perimeter has expanded Applications continue to The volume of security Attackers will continue to
enterprise class security across the entire network move and are spread across products and information innovate leveraging AI driven
independent of device type creating more edges which multiple cloud creating overwhelms teams chronically insights and large scale
& location need to be secured complex operational short of skilled staff, slowing automated execution across the
overhead that result in the ability to detect and full attack surface and cycle 
security challenges respond to incidents

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Voice of the Customer
A ubiquitous desire for consolidation, interoperability, and automation
What Enterprises are saying… What SMBs are saying…

Lack of visibility, control, and staff/expertise are the top

barriers to faster cloud adoption. "Lack of simple interoperability and automation between
security products" is the #1 thing holding security back –
according to companies with less than 500 employees…

61% of companies 1000-1500 admit in hindsight if they

had to do it over again, they would have gone with a
single vendor strategy
https://www.fortinet.com/content/dam/maindam/PUBLIC/02_MARKETIN
G/02_Collateral/eBooks/ebook-avoiding-complexity-smb.pdf

Desire for a single cloud security platform for consistent

security policy across all cloud environments
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 Fabric Management
Center

Fortinet NOC SOC

Security
Fabric Adaptive Cloud
Security
Broad
visibility and protection of the entire
digital attack surface to better Zero Trust
Access
manage risk
FORTIOS
Integrated 
solution that reduces management
complexity and shares threat
intelligence

Automated Security-Driven
Open
Ecosystem
Networking
self-healing networks with AI-driven FortiGuard Threat
security for fast and efficient Intelligence

operations

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Gartner Cybersecurity Mesh Architecture

Fabric Management
Center
ZTNA WAF IDPS NO SO
C C

MTD SWG

EPP EFW Adaptive Cloud

Security

EDR DLP Zero Trust

Access

CASB Data FORTIOS

Classifi-
CWPP cation

Email
CIEM DRM Security-Driven
Open
Security FortiGuard Networking
Ecosystem

Threat
Intelligence

Executive Guide to Cybersecurity Mesh, 2022

Felix Gaehtgens, James Hoover, Henrique Teixeira, Claudio Neiva, Michael Kelley, Mary
Ruddy, Patrick Hevesi. As of October 2021
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Evolution of the Fortinet Security Fabric
A cybersecurity mesh platform with over 10 years in the making Cybersecurity
Mesh Platform

Feature
Richness

Fabric Evolutions

Fabric Expansion.
SD-WAN

Fabric Market
Introduction

Fabric
Foundations

Zero-trust
Segmentation Visibility Control Automation Integration Expansion Access

Oct 2012 April 2016 March 2017 March 2018 March 2019 May 2020 March 2021
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Fortinet PoV: Fortinet Security Fabric IS a Cybersecurity Mesh Platform
Gartner CSMA Fortinet Security Fabric

Security-driven Zero Trust Adaptive Cloud

Networking Access Security
Identity, Access, &
Content Control

Broad
Open visibility and protection
Ecosystem of the entire digital
attack surface to better
manage risk
FortiGuard Services
Security Intelligence, Integrated 
Analytics, Detection solution that reduces
& Response management
Fabric Management Center - SOC complexity and shares
threat intelligence

450+ Security
Policy Management & Fabric Ecosystem Automated
Orchestration, Integrations self-healing networks
Dashboards with AI-driven security
for fast and efficient
Executive Guide to Cybersecurity Mesh, 2022
Fabric Management Center - NOC operations
Felix Gaehtgens, James Hoover, Henrique Teixeira,
Claudio Neiva, Michael Kelley, Mary Ruddy, Patrick
Hevesi. As of October 2021

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larger research document and should be evaluated in
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 Extensive Cybersecurity Ecosystem
450+ Open Ecosystem Integrations
Fabric Connectors (13)
Fortinet-developed deep integrations that automate security operations and policies

Fabric APIs (248)

Partner-developed integrations using Fabric APIs that provide broad visibility with end-to-end solutions

Fabric DevOps (10)

Community-driven DevOps scripts that automate network and security provisioning, configuration, and orchestration

Extended Security Fabric Ecosystem (200+)

Collaboration with threat sharing organizations and integrations with other vendor products
Endpoint
Firewalls Switching Wireless
Security

Note: Logos are a representative subset of the Security Fabric Ecosystem  Figures as of June 30, 2021

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Fortinet Makes Cybersecurity Mesh Architecture Possible

Dashboards Protection Assets Identity

Fabric &
FortiAuthenticator
Centralized Dynamic
Policy FortiToken Users Content
Management FortiGuard
Security as a FortiClient ZTNA
Centralized Service
FortiNAC
Dashboard Users
FortiEDR
Devices &
FortiXDR Workloads
Biometrics
Linksys Home

Centralized FortiSwitch
Alerting Device
FortiManager FortiAP
FortiCloud
FortiGate NGFW

FortiNDR Location

Centralized FortiProxy
Investigation
FortiAnalyzer FortiGate SD-WAN Time
FortiSOAR
FortiSASE Remote
FortiSandbox
FortiEMS FortiDeceptor FortiExtender 5G Networks
FortiRecon Directory
Playbooks FortiGate DLP
Services
Data
FortiGate VM

FortiCASB Access

FortiCWP
Cloud
Centralized
Reporting FortiContainer Entitlements
FortiMonitor
FortiMail
Fabric
Ready API FortiWAF Applications

Source: Gartner “Guide to Cloud Security Concepts”, Patrick Hevesi, Richard Bartley, Dennis Xu. 21 September, 2021

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Fortinet Broad Product Portfolio
FortiGuard Security Services  Fabric Management Center - SOC Fabric Management Open Ecosystem
Center - NOC
SOC & NOC User Security Endpoint Breach Incident Response
  

FortiManager
Content Security User Security FortiSandbox

FortiAnalyzer FortiSIEM Connector Fabric API

FortiEDR
Web Security Device Security FortiDeceptor FortiCloud

Advanced Bundled Security FortiMonitor

SOC/NOC FortiAI FortiISOAR FortiGuard MDR DevOps Extended Fabric
FortiXDR Service Ecosystem

Zero Trust Access Security-Driven Networking Adaptive Cloud Security

LAN Edge WAN Edge DC Edge Cloud Edge Network Platform Applications

FortiClient FortiNAC FortiVoice FortiAP FortiGate FortiGate FortiSASE FortiGate Multi-cloud FortiCASB FortiCWP FortiWeb FortiMail
SD-WAN VM SD-WAN

Cloud Security
Posture
Management

FortiToken FortiAuthenticator FortiCamera FortiSwitch FortiExtender FortiProxy FortiISolator FortiDDos FortiADC FortiGSLB

Appliance VM Hosted Cloud Software Container

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Fortinet Customer Case Study
Challenge Solution Benefits
Large European Bank was having difficulty coping with: • Unified policy management and orchestration
• Expanding attack surface: cloud, campus, branch • Coordinated security across all enforcement points   
• Partial visibility across the attack surface • Integrated visibility, fast detection and automated response
• Reduced complexity and increased Operational efficiency
• Inefficient security infrastructure contributing to high OPEX and capital expenses
• Readily benefit from FortiGuard Labs real-time intelligence and protection across
all Fortinet Security Fabric deployments

Fortinet Security Fabric Planned Cybersecurity Mesh Deployment

Users / Devices
Access policies Authentication
Fortinet products/services Ecosystem Integrations Microsoft Active Directory
FortiGate FortiGuard Services
Policy
Management + Management Threat Feed

& Orchestration FortiManager Access Security Policies IDS/WF/AV/ATP

Cybersecurity Mesh Architecture

Policy Labels FORTIOS

FortiManager

Inline or Service chain

Security Policy Automation
Security Policies
Fabric
inspection & enforcement
Intelligence &
FortiGuard Services
+ Connector

Analytics Tags /
Azure VNet Dynamic Tags / Log
NSX-T Dynamic FW ACI Group
Security Address MSS Tags REST / Feed
Change Mgmt. Security Address Policy Policy
Groups Objects JSON
Groups Objects

Access &
Content Control + IPS
App Control Web
Filtering Anti-Virus

FortiGate (VM / HW) ITSM

DC Macro
Analytics
Cloud SDDC segmentation SDN (Campus)

IoCs
Anti-
Spam

Identity Fabric
Microsoft Active Directory

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Key Takeaways

“By 2024, organizations adopting a Fortinet Security Fabric delivers benefits of

cybersecurity mesh architecture to a cybersecurity mesh architecture today
integrate security tools to work as a
collaborative ecosystem will reduce the • Deep visibility across all edges
financial impact of individual security • Centrally managing distributed solutions
incidents by an average of 90%” • Consistent enforcement of policies
“Top Strategic Technology Trends for 2022: Cybersecurity Mesh, Felix Gaehtgens, James
Hoover, Henrique Teixeira, Claudio Neiva, Michael Kelley, Mary Ruddy, Patrick Hevesi, 18 • Real-time global threat intelligence across
October 2021”

Executive Guide to Cybersecurity Mesh, 2022

Fortinet Security Fabric deployments
Felix Gaehtgens, James Hoover, Henrique Teixeira, Claudio Neiva, Michael Kelley, Mary Ruddy,
Patrick Hevesi. As of October 2021
• Automating actionable responses
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• Broadest, most integrated open ecosystem
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