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Overview

FortiGate Rugged Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs) are purpose-built appliances with durability and resistance to protect organizations against cyberthreats in mission-critical industrial locations. Complying with industrial protocols and standards, FortiGate Rugged NGFWs give OT organizations a simple, affordable, and high-performance solution to securely interconnect infrastructure and users.

Power-efficient Performance for Securing Both OT and IT Infrastructures

Powered by purpose-built ASICs, FortiGate Rugged NGFWs offer a cost-effective solution that simplifies operations and meets all the essential security requirements out-of-the-box, while delivering top performance. Our Secure Networking approach means features like SD-WAN, switching and wireless, and 5G are integrated. FortiGate Rugged NGFWs reduce cost and complexity by eliminating point products and consolidating security capabilities in industrial environments.

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FortiGate Rugged 70G 5G Dual

Reliable and Compact Appliances Built for The Most Demanding Environments

FortiGate Rugged NGFWs are all-in-one security appliances with enterprise-grade threat protection for securing crucial industrial networks against cyberthreats. These ruggedized firewalls now include 5G compatibility with dual-modem and dual-SIM models. Additionally, FortiGate Rugged NGFWs comply with over 70 global industry standards and meet the security needs of a wide range of industrial applications and protocols. Ideal for OT businesses, this affordable and easy-to-deply solution securely interconnects critical infrastructure and users.

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Converged IT/OT Security for Better Visibility and Control

FortiGate Rugged NGFWs run on the FortiOS operating system, the foundation of the Fortinet Security Fabric. As an extension of the Fortinet Security Fabric, the OT Security Platform provides OT-specific solutions including ruggedized secure networking. This enables unified networking and security across all IT and OT networks to ensure consistent policies and coordination. The FortiGate Rugged series gives you control over all connected devices, applications, and users. The FortiGuard OT Security Service provides specialized intrusion prevention system (IPS) signatures to detect and block malicious traffic targeting applications and devices in manufacturing, plant, safety, and other operational technology (OT) environments.

Features and Benefits

FortiGate NGFW is the world’s most deployed network firewall, delivering unparalleled AI-powered security performance and threat intelligence, along with full visibility and security and networking convergence. Ruggedized FortiGates are engineered to extend security and network connectivity to mission-critical industrial locations with harsh environmental conditions and include effortless deployment options.

Helps OT organizations secure critical assets across the Purdue model hierarchy

Offers durability against harsh conditions like extreme temperature, humidity, shock, & vibration

Shares actionable threat intelligence across your attack surface for end-to-end security consistency

Enables fast detection and response to known & unknown threats to safeguard network, devices, data

Supports large-scale deployment & efficient operations with intuitive, central cloud management

ShareIncludes SD-WAN & ZTNA for faster and more cost-effective connectivity

FortiGate Rugged NGFW Use Cases

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Secure Industrial Networks
Built to protect mission-critical networks and applications in harsh environments without impacting performance.
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Network Segmentation
Acts as a conduit among zones and offers a secure pathway for communication to prevent unauthorized access to critical OT assets.
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Converged Platform
Gives you protection and visibility across sites with easy management of applications, devices, and access in a single dashboard.
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Secure SD-WAN
Delivers superior quality of experience and effective security posture for work-from-anywhere models, SD-Branch, and cloud-first WAN.
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Universal ZTNA
Controls access to applications no matter where the user is or where the application is hosted for universal application of access policies.
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Secure Remote ATMs
Secures remote ATM transactions with AI-powered security and enhances customer experience with advanced SD-WAN capabilities.

Enterprise Analyst Validation

Forrester TEI Study: Fortinet NGFW for Data Center And AI-Powered FortiGuard Security Services
2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Network Firewalls
The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Firewalls, Q4 2022
The Forrester Total Economic Impact study demonstrates that the Fortinet NGFW for Data Center and AI-Powered FortiGuard Security Services solution has a 318% return on investment, $10.55 million in savings benefits, and less than a 6 month payback period
Forrester Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) study reveals 318% ROI and $10.6M in cost benefits achieved with the Fortinet Data Center cybersecurity solution.
In addition to a significant ROI, key results from the 2023 commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting include improved networking and security performance, increased networking and security team efficiencies, end-user productivity gains, notable cost savings, and better sustainability.
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2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Network Firewalls Figure 1. The figure ranks companies on their ability to execute and completeness of vision as of September 2022 on a scatter plot. Fortinet is in the upper right quadrant of Leaders.
Fortinet Named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Network Firewalls

Fortinet has been recognized as a Leader again, and is positioned highest in Ability to Execute, marking our 13th year in the Magic Quadrant™.

We feel FortiGate Next-Generation Firewalls deliver the industry’s best ROI, provide AI/ML-powered threat protection, and support the convergence of networking and security.

With all features and functions built on a single operating system, FortiOS, organizations have access to consistent functionality across all solutions and form factors, including appliances, virtual environments, and Secure Access Service Edge (SASE).

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The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Firewalls, Q4 2022. The figure ranks companies based on the strength of their offering and their strategy on a scatter plot, with 10 providers being categorized into four waves: challengers, contenders, strong performers, and leaders. Fortinet is in the leader category.
Fortinet Named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Firewalls, Q4 2022

We are pleased to announce Fortinet has been named as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Firewalls, Q4 2022 report.

We believe our position as a Leader is a testament to our investment in providing a next-generation firewall (NGFW) solution that serves as an enabler of digital acceleration, made possible through the convergence of advanced networking and security capabilities.

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FortiGuard AI-Powered Security Services

FortiGuard Labs, Fortinet’s cybersecurity threat intelligence and research organization is comprised of experienced threat hunters, researchers, analysts, engineers, and data scientists. This elite team develops and enhances FortiGuard AI-powered Security Services including inline malware prevention, IPS, and DLP. FortiGuard Labs also provides valuable expert help through FortiGuard Expert-driven Security Services. Learn more about FortiGuard AI-powered Security Bundles for FortiGate.

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FortiGuard Antivirus Service
FortiGuard Antivirus Service

Protects against the latest polymorphic attacks, viruses, malware (including ransomware), and other threats.

FortiGuard Data Loss Prevention Service
FortiGuard Data Loss Prevention Service

Blocks intentional and accidental disclosures of sensitive data while addressing key requirements for data security associated with major frameworks.

FortiGuard AntiSpam Service
FortiGuard AntiSpam Service

Dramatically reduces spam at the perimeter through a multi-layered approach to filtering unwanted and malicious email.

FortiGuard Application Control Service
FortiGuard Application Control Service

Allows the creation of policies to allow, deny, or restrict access to applications and keep malicious, risky, and unwanted applications out of the network.

FortiGuard Attack Surface Security Service
FortiGuard Attack Surface Security Service

Assesses and rates your Security Fabric infrastructure and controls against best practices and major security and compliance frameworks. Includes coverage for connected IoT devices.

FortiGuard DNS Security Service
FortiGuard DNS Security Service

Provides full visibility into DNS traffic while blocking high-risk domains including malicious newly registered domains (NRDs) and parked domains.

FortiGuard IPS Service
FortiGuard IPS Service

Utilizes the latest threat intelligence to perform deep packet inspection/SSL inspection of network traffic to detect and block malicious traffic and activities.

FortiGuard OT Security Service
FortiGuard OT Security Service

Extends IPS protections to identify and police most of the common ICS/OT/SCADA protocols to detect and block exploits targeting OT vulnerabilities.

FortiGuard AI-based Inline Malware Prevention Service
FortiGuard AI-based Inline Malware Prevention Service

Performs AI-powered real-time inspection of files for protection against unknown threats, zero-days, and sophisticated file-based attacks.

FortiGuard URL Filtering Service
FortiGuard URL Filtering Service

Uses AI-powered behavior analysis and correlation to block unknown malicious URLs almost immediately, with near-zero false negatives.

FortiGuard Anti-botnet and C2 Service
FortiGuard Anti-botnet and C2 Service

Blocks unauthorized attempts to communicate with compromised remote servers for both receiving malicious commands and extracting information.

Case Studies

TH True MILK
TH True MILK
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN: A Game-Changer for TH True Milk
Laguna Woods Village
Laguna Woods Village
FortiGuard Incident Response Helps Large Planned Community Recover from Ransomware
Súper Akí
Súper Akí
Mexican Supermarket Chain Builds High-Availability Security Network to Support Growth
MFA Inc.
MFA Inc.
Endpoint Security and ZTNA Pave a Path to the Future for a Midwest Farming Co-op

Gartner Peer Reviews

At Fortinet, we strive to put our customers first, and we’re very proud to have again been named a 2023 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Network Firewalls. This distinction, which customers have recognized us for the fourth year in a row, is based on over 500 reviews of our FortiGate Next Generation Firewalls (NGFWs). In addition to giving FortiGate high ratings, 93% of reviewers are willing to recommend Fortinet NGFWs. Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice 2023
★★★★★
"Fortinet: Make Your Live Easy"

"Overall it's a very good product having rich set of securities and easy to use and deploy... it can be easily integrated with other products in Fortinet Family.”

—  Assistant Manager in Energy and Utilities

★★★★★
"The Best Of Their Class. Strong And Powerful Security Solution For Any Organization Size."

“Price of the Devices: Great price for the power, throughput and performance. Easy to use: Really great UI and intuitive menu, options, etc. Performance: no performance issues even if all the UTM features are turned on.”

—  Practice Leader in IT Services

★★★★★
"Amazing Value For Money And Strong Performance."

"Fortigate provides robust and reliable performance. Their interface is intuitive and allows for centralized management wich really saves us time. Security features are the best among what we tested. Built-in VPN is the cherry on top."

—  Chief Network and Telecom Officer in the Real Estate industry

★★★★★
"Fortigate Provides Top Notch Security At A Fair Price!"

“The Fortigate firewalls offer great performance for their price point in comparison to other vendors. They have an amazing security research team to make sure you are at the leading edge of the threat landscape. The integration of their products so that they can work together through the security fabric is amazing.”

— IT System Administrator in the Retail Industry

★★★★★
"Fortigate NGFW - Comprehensive Perimeter Security"

"The product is truly exceptional, I have introduced the Fortinet NGFW in my organization for specific application requirement after preliminary assessment and Fortinet Product Advanced Features for DPI like Application Control & Industrial Signtaure, Intrusion Prevention system as well as Antivirus helped me to bring adequate security measures." Reliability: Fortinet's firewalls are designed to be reliable and to provide high uptime. The company's firewalls have a variety of features to help

— Head - SAS & Communications, OT Security in Energy and Utilities

★★★★★
"Best Firewall In The Market"

"The product is better than expected. The performance of the hardware is much better than the equivalent other vendors, its easy to manage and troubleshoot"

— Networks Supervisor in the Healthcare and Biotech Industry

★★★★★
"Fortinet, My Go To Provider For Edge Devices...Hands Down"

"I have utilized numerous vendors for endpoint security and edge devices including xx and others. Fortinet, by far is superior providing intuitive user interfaces and superlative customer and technical support."

— Sr. Technical Consultant in IT Services

★★★★★
"FortiGate Is A Complete All In One Package."

"We wanted to secure our networks, after a penetration testing from an outside company, we were told that our network is very secure thanks to FortiGate."

— Cybersecurity Analyst in the Healthcare and Biotech Industry

★★★★
"A VERY Effective And Affordable Solution"

"We deployed this NGFW at our main office 11 months ago and have enjoyed the simplicity and security it affords. IPsec tunnels to remote offices and cloud are consistent and VPN users are stable and visible through the dashboard."

— Server Admin in Energy and Utilities

★★★★
"Best Next Generation Firewall Solution For On Premises And Cloud."

"Simplicity in management and configuration. Same OS available on any model from the little one to big chassis: easy hw upgrade path without any need for reconfiguration."

— Founder & Managing Director in IT Services

★★★★★
"Powerful NGFW Complemented With AI"

"In my organization is important to be protected in all ways, for this reason I like complement security with different types of tools and brands. I have worked with several NGFW brands, and although they all have pros and cons, FortiGate is one of my favorites, mainly because it is among one of the world leaders and because of the SD-WAN solution since it balances the load professionally. FortiGate is scalable and has allowed us to grow without any problem."

— Engineering Technician in IT Services

★★★★
"Fortinet The Protector"

"We have been using the Fortinet Fortigate solution for 4 years now, it's a stable, robust solution. It's deploy on all our sites, including one where we use the cluster in active / active mode and it works perfectly. The use of FortiEMS allows us to make our workstations compliant and protect. The whole system is easy to manage."

— Cloud & security in IT Services

★★★★★
"Durable And Long Lasting"

"Excellent quality product Easy to setup to use and set up & we are highly recommend this product"

— IT in the Finance Industry

★★★★
"A Fully Fledged Security Solution"

"The FortiGate firewall offers comprehensive threat protection for your business. FortiGate offers variety of features to protect your organization from cyberattacks. It delivers high performance and advanced security. " "Excellent price-performance ratio, The equipment has a high performance in terms of security, has a very friendly user interface, Fortinet remains at the highest levels in terms of innovation keeps"

— IT Associate in the Healthcare and Biotech Industry

★★★★★
"Fortinet Performance"

"Excellent price-performance ratio, The equipment has a high performance in terms of security, has a very friendly user interface, Fortinet remains at the highest levels in terms of innovation keeps"

— Networking and Logical Security Administrator in the Telecommunication Industry

★★★★★
"Fortinet Firewall Provide Best In Bread Functionality"

"My overall experience working on Fortinet NGFW is simply Great. It provide great level of flexibility by easy admin portal."

— IT Associate in IT Services

★★★★★
"Reliable Service"

"Using more than 5 year fortigate devices. Hardware and cloud services. NGFW, APs and etc. I would like to express our sincere apprecation for your service to us as one of our most reliable company"

— Senior Network Admin in Energy and Utilities

★★★★★
"Use Fortigate Firewall And Forget The Network Risk"

"great product, very easy to use and very good support"

— Network Security Consultant in IT Services

★★★★★
"Single Pane Of Glass For All Functions In Your Network"

"Solid team in the Nordic region. Invests heavily in supporting the local market"

— Sales Specialist Security in IT Services

★★★★★
"With Fortinet We Improved Security, Costs And Data Network Performance"

"Fortinet is pioneer of secure networking, can scale to any location (ROBO, campus, and Datacenter)"

— System Manager in Energy and Utilities

Models and Specifications

FortiGate Rugged NGFW is available in wired and wireless 3G/4G LTE models, complies with a wide range of global OT industry standards and protocols, helping OT teams to control connected devices and safeguard an organization’s mission-critical networks, data, assets, and users. Learn more about FortiGuard AI-powered Security Bundles for FortiGate.

IP Rating
IP40
Network Interfaces
6x GE RJ45, 2x GE SFP slots, 1x bypass port pair, 2x 5G cellular modems (dual-SIM – active/active)
Modules
BLE, DIO, GPS, TPM
Threat Protection
1.1 Gbps
SSL Inspection Throughput
1.3 Gbps
IP Rating
IP40
Network Interfaces
6x GE RJ45, 2x GE SFP slots, 1x bypass port pair
Modules
BLE, DIO, TPM
Threat Protection
581 Mbps
SSL Inspection Throughput
505 Mbps
IP Rating
IP40
Network Interfaces
6x GE RJ45, 2x GE SFP slots, 1x bypass port pair, 1x 3G/4G LTE cellular modem (dual-SIM – active/passive)
Modules
BLE, DIO, GPS, TPM
Threat Protection
581 Mbps
SSL Inspection Throughput
505 Mbps
IP Rating
IP20
Network Interfaces
4x GE RJ45, 2x GE RJ45/SFP shared media ports, 1x bypass port pair
Modules
TPM
Threat Protection
500 Mbps
SSL Inspection Throughput
460 Mbps
IP Rating
IP20
Network Interfaces
4x GE RJ45, 2x GE RJ45/SFP shared media ports, 1x bypass port pair, 1x 3G/4G LTE cellular modem (dual-SIM – active/passive)
Modules
GPS, TPM
Threat Protection
500 Mbps
SSL Inspection Throughput
460 Mbps

FortiCare Support & Professional Services

Fortinet is dedicated to helping our customers succeed, and every year FortiCare services help thousands of organizations get the most from their investments in Fortinet's products and services. To achieve this, FortiCare follows the life-cycle approach and provides unique services to help our customers in their success journeys.

Technical Support Services

Technical Support Services

Various per-device options are available for efficient operations. FortiCare Elite option provides a 15-minute response time for critical products.

Advanced Support

Advanced Support

Various per-account white glove services are available to reduce disruption and increase productivity with operational reviews by designated experts.

Professional Services

Professional Services

Our multi-vendor experts can design and deploy a complete best practice-based solution to help you meet your network or security objectives and adopt new capabilities.

RMA

RMA

Priority RMA options are available across the product family for expedited replacement of defective hardware to meet your availability objectives.

Resources

Data Sheets
eBooks
Analysts Reports
Infographic
Solution Briefs
Videos
How to Use NERC-CIP: An Overview of the Standards and Their Deployment with Fortinet
How to Use NERC-CIP: An Overview of the Standards and Their Deployment with Fortinet »

This paper is a unique review of a few key products and how those products align with existing CIP regulation requirements. This paper also takes a look at how those products might aid an organization in the process of maintaining compliance and explores the product features that will help defend the organization’s program during an audit.

Forrester Total Economic Impact™ of Fortinet NGFW For Data Center and AI-Powered FortiGuard Security Services Solution
Forrester Total Economic Impact™ of Fortinet NGFW For Data Center and AI-Powered FortiGuard Security Services Solution »

Forrester Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) studies develop business-value justification analysis to help organizations understand the potential financial impact of a technology investment. Fortinet commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct a TEI study and examine the potential return on investment (ROI) enterprises may realize by deploying the Fortinet NGFW for Data Center and AI-Powered FortiGuard Security Services Solution.

Effective ICS Cybersecurity: Using the IEC 62443 Standard
Effective ICS Cybersecurity: Using the IEC 62443 Standard »

IEC 62443 is a set of Industrial Control System (ICS) security standards written by ICS experts for ICS owners, manufacturers and integrators across a range of applications and sectors. Evaluating assigned security levels within identified security zones and conduits against functional and system requirements provides a cohesive approach to security. Fortinet teamed with the SANS Institute to review the standard and the needs from technology that support implementation. With guidance from IEC 62443 and implementation of Fortinet’s solutions, you can address the security of an ICS strategically.

Managing ICS Security with IEC 62443
Managing ICS Security with IEC 62443 »

Standards give us a common vocabulary to help us understand a particular subject as well as solve a particular problem.

Implementation Guide for Vendors and Integrators Working in NERC-CIP Environments
Implementation Guide for Vendors and Integrators Working in NERC-CIP Environments »

Electric utilities around the world face numerous operational challenges and risks in maintaining system reliability and compliance.

Ecosystem

For a complete list of all the Alliance partners go to www.fortinet.com/fabricready. Below is a list of current FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall Alliance Partners:

Training & Certifications

NSE 4
In this two-day course, you will learn how to use advanced FortiGate networking and security.
In this three-day course, you will learn how to use basic FortiGate features, including security profiles.
NSE 7
In this three-day course, you will learn how FortiGate, FortiAP, FortiSwitch, and FortiAuthenticator enable secure connectivity over wired and wireless networks. You will also learn how to provision, administer, and monitor FortiAP and FortiSwitch devices using FortiManager.
Learn how to design, deploy, administrate, and monitor FortiGate, FortiNAC, FortiAnalyzer, and FortiSIEM devices to secure OT infrastructures. These skills will provide you with a solid understanding of how to design, implement, and operate an OT security solution based on Fortinet products.
Learn about common SD-WAN deployment scenarios using Fortinet Secure SD-WAN solutions. You will explore different situations, from a single enterprise site, to multiple data center environments, that will help you to enhance and troubleshoot SD-WAN deployments.
In this course, you will learn how to implement, troubleshoot, and centrally manage an enterprise security infrastructure composed of multiple FortiGate devices.
Others
In this interactive course, you will learn how to operate and administrate some fundamental FortiGate features
In this advanced, hands-on, 2-day class, you will learn about the key features of session-aware load balance cluster (SLBC) and the FortiGate 7000 chassis-based firewall series.

Free Product Demo

The FortiGate Rugged series appliances offer industrially-hardened, all-in-one security that delivers specialized threat protection for securing critical industrial and control networks against malicious attacks.

FortiGate: Next-Generation Firewall News

CRN’s 2020 Products Of The Year

Fortinet is accelerating data center security performance with its seventh-generation network processor—the NP7—which made its first appearance in the company’s FortiGate 1800 firewall earlier this year.

Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls, Rajpreet Kaur, Adam Hils, Tom Lintemuth, 20 December 2022.

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