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Fortinet FortiEDR Primary Use Case

Anoop K Jayan - PeerSpot reviewer
Anoop K Jayan
Web Relationship Manager (WRM) at Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited

We work with some other Fortinet tools including EDR, XDR, ADC, and more.

EDR is used by our team only for one project, that solution, endpoint detection, which is for corporate or in-house purposes. That solution is working fine.

In this project, we are using it within a development team where one network exists. For that, we are using all the systems, primarily Windows PCs, and now we are migrating to Linux as well, along with an enterprise RHEL server. We are planning for RHEL migration since currently, it is on the Windows 2008 server.

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Herton Lopes - PeerSpot reviewer
Herton Lopes
Pre Sales/ Cybersecurity Engineer at Contacta

I have experience with Fortinet in a pre-sales capacity. Currently, I work with the pre-sales team rather than in operations. I do not have experience with Fortinet WAF.

I do not work with FortiSandbox.

For email security, I use Check Point Harmony email rather than Fortinet.

I work with Infoblox, Fortinet, Check Point, and BeyondTrust.

I am familiar with Infoblox NIOS and Infoblox BloxOne.

I have years of experience with BloxOne Threat Defense from working with this solution.

I had one case in 2023 where I worked with Infoblox Defense.

The products I use are FortiGate, FortiAnalyzer, FortiManager, and FortiEndpoint. I am in pre-sales teams, so I create business materials and conduct presentations. I do not work in implementation or post-sales.

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Jovan Jovanovic - PeerSpot reviewer
Jovan Jovanovic
Security Team Lead at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

For FortiDR, it serves as an add-on to the firewalls and the SD-WAN solution that I am already using from Fortinet. Basically, it is an additional layer on top of my existing network environment. 

Initially, when I started, I bought FortiGate from Fortinet. After that, I implemented tools like webmail. Then, after maybe six months to a year, I decided to switch from my existing EDR to other vendor solutions, like Kaspersky, Trend Micro, or Broadcom, and eventually switched to Fortinet since it's interoperable with the firewall I am already using. 

The EDR became the next step in implementing Fortinet solutions for me.

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PrateekParashar - PeerSpot reviewer
PrateekParashar
Cyber Security Administrator at Ishida Europe

We use the solution for endpoint protection. Since we also use Windows Defender, we don't go for the extended protection. We're just using the normal EDR services from Fortinet.

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Kentgi Tomo - PeerSpot reviewer
Kentgi Tomo
Information Security Lead - Blue Team at FinAccel Pte Ltd.

Fortinet FortiEDR protects our workstations against ransomware and other malicious applications.

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Leslie Wilson - PeerSpot reviewer
Leslie Wilson
Sales Specialist at Armata Cyber Security

We use FortiEDR for EDR on our internal environment, which includes about 2,900 endpoints.  

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RafaelTorres - PeerSpot reviewer
RafaelTorres
Founder at Torres & Torres Tech

At my last job, we used FortiEDR to secure endpoints for 8,000 employees across MacBooks and Linux machines, ensuring the protection of backups and VPN connections.

In 2020, we faced a significant challenge with remote work in Brazil, where BitLocker was utilized. FortiEDR proved invaluable as it allowed us to create a secure process for remote access.

I oversee Fortinet solutions, focusing on endpoint security and processing.

We deployed the FortiEDR solution for our remote workforce as well.

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vishnummv - PeerSpot reviewer
vishnummv
vCISO / GRC / Cybersecurity consultant at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

At our company, we first evaluate whether a client is already using Fortinet Firewall. If so, the Fortinet team of our organization explains the benefits of integrating the existing firewall with Fortinet FortiEDR, including the advantage of gaining visibility on a network and endpoints. Then, our company strategizes how Fortinet FortiEDR can be implemented for the client. 

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reviewer2166780 - PeerSpot reviewer
reviewer2166780
CIO at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees

We use it for endpoint security. We were searching if it could replace our old EDR solution. 

We use it for everything now. We no longer have another security solution except from the Microsoft 365 package.

Fortinet FortiEDR handles our main endpoint security.

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FarooqSarwar
Director at Solution n Services

I utilize Fortinet FortiEDR for endpoint protection.

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Horst Hoffmann
System Engineer at StockFood GmbH

It's a kind of virus defense that is looking to the future and not to the past.

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EricLo - PeerSpot reviewer
EricLo
Assistant IT Manager - Infrastructure & Operation at Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co Ltd

We are primarily using the solution for endpoint detection response. It's endpoint security.

We do POCs for people who wish to purchase the product.

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Jorge Martínez - PeerSpot reviewer
Jorge Martínez
Presales Engineer at Sencinet

Clients use the solution for endpoint protection purposes.

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TiagoSilva - PeerSpot reviewer
TiagoSilva
Senior Consultant at a tech consulting company with 10,001+ employees

After experiencing issues with ransomware, the company decided to implement technology that could enhance endpoint protection. As a result, we partnered with Fortinet and chose to use FortiEDR in our environment. FortiEDR helps block USB devices, protects specific applications, prevents unauthorized software installations, and controls lateral movement within the network. This allows us to maintain greater control over third-party devices and software within our IT infrastructure.

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Ravindu Ariyawardhana - PeerSpot reviewer
Ravindu Ariyawardhana
Senior Manager Business Development at Adapt Information Technologies (Pvt) Ltd

The competition of Fortinet FortiEDR is with CrowdStrike in Sri Lanka, especially if I consider the banking and BFSI sectors, where most of the network areas are handled by Fortinet. With Fortinet FortiEDR, the customers get security and endpoint security for their networks. My company deals with Fortinet FortiEDR for our customers.

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ChristianBenjamin - PeerSpot reviewer
ChristianBenjamin
Pre-Sales Engineer at Cable & Wireless Communications

We had some customers looking for an EDR solution for their endpoint devices based on their company's security posture and standing. So Fortinet FortiEDR was recommended to them.

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reviewer861352
Assistant Director at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

We use Fortinet firewalls for perimeter security at six to seven of our locations.

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Tintin Rahman - PeerSpot reviewer
Tintin Rahman
CISO at DSA

We are an incident response team, and we use Fortinet FortiEDR for our cyber protection-related activities.

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reviewer1728366 - PeerSpot reviewer
reviewer1728366
Owner at a security firm with 1-10 employees

Our primary use cases for Fortinet FortiEDR are cash registers and endpoint, and point of sales.

The reason we originally started with FortiClient with one of our clients in the first place was that they were able to have legacy cash registers, a really old technology, which we had to get to run in a small resource space, and FortiClient, which was the predecessor, allowed us to literally pick and choose what features we wanted in the client and reduce its size, which you couldn't do with any other types of clients that were out there. That's how we started with that.

It is mostly on premise and any cloud services that we use are directly from Fortinet themselves. I would call that public cloud. We do run some of the customer's environment in private cloud, basically co-location. This has provided the services back to their dataset. I am talking about Fortinet's cloud for the public. For the private stuff it was basically out at Q9, which is the co-location provider.

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SUDHANSHU PATHAK
Manager Networking Solutions at CCS Computer's Pvt Ltd

The solution is used by a small organization of around 500 end users to provide online courses to their students.

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Chaitanya Potdar - PeerSpot reviewer
Chaitanya Potdar
Information Security Analyst at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We use FortiEDR to detect malicious activities that primarily occur on the endpoints. For example, it can catch a server downloading malicious software or a user accidentally accessing a harmful URL. Three or four engineers manage the solution.

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Nenad Jošić
Project Coordinator at ELECTUS

The implementation that we have is on one municipality in Serbia with, for example, 300 plus users. It was the FortiGate F200 EDR solution with an appliance and the necessary one-year support.

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Sascha Mladek
System Admin at Kuratorium Wiener Pensionisten-Wohnhäuser

We own facility houses for the elderly and I'm a network and system admin. We are customers of Fortinet.

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DeAndre Valentine
Senior Network Administrator at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

We would have used this solution for endpoint detection EDR, which we don't currently have. We wanted to see how it works with the discovery of the history of some things that might come up.

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HarpreetSingh2
Information Technology Support Specialist at Chemtrade Logistics

We had a ransomware attack in 2017, and that's when we went with enSilo, which is now called FortiEDR. It helps us to detect the hash files and all that. So far, it's really good. It detects any kind of anomaly. If any installation is happening, it checks the process and everything else and lets us know how it works.

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reviewer1510512 - PeerSpot reviewer
reviewer1510512
Senior System Engineering at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

We are using the AirGap edition. The solution is used for threat hunting. Some things are aligned to update the database to keep up with the vulnerabilities and threats on the internet.

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reviewer1636572 - PeerSpot reviewer
reviewer1636572
Cybersecurity Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

We work with the end-to-end Fortinet portfolio, especially their UTM firewall, anti-APT, and EDR solutions.

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reviewer2173302 - PeerSpot reviewer
reviewer2173302
Security Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
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Leo Veroy
Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

We primarily use the solution as an EDR. We use the product to keep things homogenous as the company uses a lot of Fortinet products. 

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Ryan Wong
Network & Cyber Security Specialist at HKICL

The primary use case of the solution is to help protect our components.

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it_user1430793 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user1430793
Security Analyst at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

We use this product to deploy to all the clients we have to monitor any kind of suspicious activities occurring on the end points besides antivirus. This will kind of automate their response basically with the EDR. I'm a security analyst and we are customers of Fortinet. 

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Omar Urquijo - PeerSpot reviewer
Omar Urquijo
Security, infrastructure and networking engineer at Abetelnet Solutions

It is mostly used according to client’s need. 

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AhmedBayoumi
Network and Security consultant at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees

We use FortiEDR in the education sector, where we have customers with multiple students, each with their mobile phones and endpoints. Our primary use case involves protecting and monitoring these endpoints for threats or anomalies. It helps us correlate incidents and events to ensure a secure environment for our clients.

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Buyer's Guide
Fortinet FortiEDR
June 2026
Learn what your peers think about Fortinet FortiEDR. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: June 2026.
900,125 professionals have used our research since 2012.