A firewall is a network safeguarding, surveillance and defence system that monitors and manages network traffic based on admin-defined security rules. Firewalls are undoubtedly the very essential line of defence for an organization's network. Statistically speaking, most hacks begin by knocking on the door, tinkering and tweaking up possible loopholes in firewall rules. An effective Fortigate monitoring software will set up your firewall security and monitor your system, looking for attacks and keeping your system up-to-date in a world where hackers are becoming increasingly more sophisticated.
A typical Fortinet Fortigate firewall appliance protects against known exploits, malware and malicious websites using continuous threat intelligence provided by FortiGuard Labs security services. It detects unknown attacks using dynamic analysis and provides automated mitigation to stop targeted attacks. It also provides industry-leading performance and protection for SSL encrypted traffic.
Using OpManager as a Fortinet Firewall monitoring tool, you can gain visibility into Fortigate's health, uptime, availability graphs and reports, all in an easy-to-comprehend dashboard for the following critical performance metrics:
Health and Availability Status Reporting: History of firewall device performance monitoring and downtime statistics can be viewed as real time or scheduled reports. Color coded data of when the device was Up, On Maintenance, Dependant unavailable, On hold, down, not monitored is available in OpManager. Ping device and trace route options are most useful to IT admins.
Device summary and interface status: All devices connected to the firewall comprise the device inventory. Interfaces connected to the firewall, their Tx traffic, Rx traffic, and uptime graphs are provided in the OpManager UI.
Fortigate network monitoring: You can set various advanced availability, usage, and performance monitors namely for your Fortigate firewall network such as:
ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer is an OpManager add-on, Fortigate firewall monitor tool which also functions as a stand alone tool for effective firewall log analysis. It helps to collect, analyze, and report firewall security and traffic logs. These reports help identify internal and external network threats.
Fortigate SNMP monitoring is accomplished in OpManager using the SNMP protocol. To obtain in-depth data about bandwidth and traffic management KPIs, flow technology is needed. ManageEngine Netflow Analyzer is OpManager's Fortigate Bandwidth Monitor add-on which also functions as a stand alone tool for network bandwidth and network traffic analysis. NetFlow Analyzer leverages flow technologies to provide real time visibility into the network bandwidth performance and forensics of firewalls and all other network devices supporting flow technology.
OpManager, additionally, ensures the availability and optimum performance of your networks, servers, bandwidth, network device configurations, network security, IP addresses, and switch ports. This makes OpManager a holistic tool for all your IT Operations Management needs.
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Manage your firewall rules for optimum performance. Anomaly free, properly ordered rules make your firewall secured. Audit the firewall security and manage the rule/config changes to strengthen the security.
Integrated compliance management system automates your firewall compliance audits. Ready made reports available for the major regulatory mandates such as PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, NIST, NERC-CIP, and SANS.
Unlock the wealth of network security information hidden in the firewall logs. Analyze the logs to find the security threats faced by the network. Also, get the Internet traffic pattern for capacity planning.
With live bandwidth monitoring, you can identify the abnormal sudden shhot up of bandwidth use. Take remedial measures to contain the sudden surge in bandwidth consumption.
Take instant remedial actions, when you get notified in real-time for network security incidents. Check and restrict Internet usage if banwidth exceeds specified threshold.
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