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What is Fortinet FortiDB [EOL]?

FortiDB software is a comprehensive database security and compliance platform that helps large enterprises and cloud-based service providers protect their databases and applications from internal and external threats. Its flexible policy framework allows you to quickly and easily implement internal IT control frameworks for database activity monitoring, IT audit and regulatory compliance.

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Valuable Features

  • "The solution is very good at preventing intrusions. You can definitely rely on this solution to cover your security."
  • "The dashboard is very simple. It has an easy to use interface."
  • "We use it to protect files and to prevent users from browsing them while they are being used."

Room for Improvement

  • "Some use case analyses could be improved."
  • "I would like better APIs and integration with other products, like Python and SQL."
  • "They need to improve the web filter to make it more user-friendly."

Pricing

  • "It is not costly."
  • "The cost needs to be reduced."
  • "In the licensing model, the licenses are a little bit expensive."
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Sr. Security Network Engineer at Children's Cancer Hospital - Egypt 57357
Verified user of Fortinet FortiDB [EOL]
Jan 20, 2020
For zero-day attacks, the signature is updated well

Pros

"The dashboard is very simple. It has an easy to use interface."

Cons

"I would like better APIs and integration with other products, like Python and SQL."

What is our primary use case?

It's a very good solution. For vulnerabilities, we use it our hospital besides the Nessus server. 

I am using the latest version.

What is most valuable?

  • The report that it generates is very good. It helps our security team.
  • The dashboard is very simple. It has an easy to use interface.
  • For zero-day attacks, the signature is updated well.
  • It is easy to connect.
*Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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CEO & Technical Head Executive at ChellSoft Technologies
Verified user of Fortinet FortiDB [EOL]
Feb 9, 2020
Product version discussed: 6.2
Stable with a good interface and excellent technical support

Pros

"The solution is very good at preventing intrusions. You can definitely rely on this solution to cover your security."

Cons

"Some use case analyses could be improved."

What is our primary use case?

We are using the solution to secure the applications which are on the cloud. We also use it to secure our traffic and our network at our organization's office.

What is most valuable?

The solution overall is good. All of the features are useful and working well for us.

The technical support provided is excellent.

The solution is very good at preventing intrusions. You can definitely rely on this solution to cover your security.

The pricing of the solution is fair.

The interface of the solution is quite stable.

*Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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IT Engineer at BAZ
Verified user of Fortinet FortiDB [EOL]
Oct 2, 2019
Allows quick and easy implementation of internal IT control frameworks for database activity monitoring, IT audit and regulatory compliance

Pros

"We use it to protect files and to prevent users from browsing them while they are being used."

Cons

"They need to improve the web filter to make it more user-friendly."

What is our primary use case?

Database security and compliance. I use it to protect databases and applications from internal and external threats. My environment is MySQL and Postgres. I have an ERP running on MySQL and my other application on Postgres. I have several instances.

How has it helped my organization?

24 x 7 database activity monitoring captures all forms of database activity to detect erroneous or malicious activity. Database auditing records all database activity for complete and accurate audit trails, with independent storage for additional security.

*Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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IT Assistant at a international affairs institute with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of Fortinet FortiDB [EOL]
Sep 24, 2019
Good technical support and easy to set up, but the pricing needs to be improved

Pros

"The most valuable features of this solution are the security aspects."

Cons

"The pricing of this solution is a little bit on the high side and can be improved."

What is our primary use case?

We use this solution for database security in a private cloud deployment.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features of this solution are the security aspects.

*Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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SE
Security Network Engineer at Freelance
Verified user of Fortinet FortiDB [EOL]
May 19, 2019
A good solution for database monitoring

Pros

"It is extremely stable, and can expand as per our needs due to its stability. "

Cons

"We had some issues trying to fix some critical bugs, such as the SSL encryption."

What is our primary use case?

We use this solution to monitor database. From DB to MSSQL, everything is monitored. 

How has it helped my organization?

In most of my organization, I must disable SSL encryption in a database for monitoring by FortiDB. Once I do so, FortiDB can get to work and monitor the solution. 

*Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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JW
Manager-Information Services at a maritime company with 501-1,000 employees
Verified user of Fortinet FortiDB [EOL]
Aug 6, 2018
The cloud tools are able to test for ransomware when the firewall picks up something suspicous

Pros

"The biggest thing, for us lately, has been their cloud tools. They're like Intercept X from Sophos, where they'll test for ransomware. Fortinet has the same sort of set up with their cloud devices. So your firewall picks up something suspicious, it sends it up to the cloud for analysis. We also have their in-house antivirus. Having different antivirus checkpoints throughout the network is a good thing as well."

Cons

"I'm an old-school guy. I really don't like web GUI interfaces. They're always slow and laggy and their design is restricted, whereas a binary deployment for an admin tool is always faster, easier, more flexible. I would like that kind of functionality from Fortinet."

What is our primary use case?

We're trying to get around some restrictions that some ISPs have put in place. For us, it's Telus, for remote locations. We do a lot of remote site work. We do real estate maps. We have wireless towers at different locations and the ISPs are putting things behind proxy so that we can't get remote access. We're using this to get around it with their VPN system.

Fortinet has quite a good SD-WAN VPN setup, so that you can get around things a lot more easily, with more intelligence.

How has it helped my organization?

The cost is an advantage. You save a fair bit.

*Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Chief of Security Operation Division at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Verified user of Fortinet FortiDB [EOL]
Jan 31, 2017
You can audit your entire database in depth and review users activity on your critical databases both in real time and offline. The appliance has many performance issues.

What is most valuable?

  • VA (Vulnerability)
  • DAM (DataBase Activity Monitoring)

How has it helped my organization?

When you implement FortiDB in your environment, you get the benefit of three important features: VA, Auditing and Alerting. You can audit your entire database in depth and review the users activity on your critical databases both in real time and offline. This helps you with both debugging and security.

*Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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