In our case, the deployment options of FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) are not scalable, but in terms of connectivity to other companies, that's exactly what we needed, and that's exactly what it does perfectly, what is needed.
DK
IT/DevOps at a legal firm with 11-50 employees
Manager Network (IT/OT) at a consumer goods company with 5,001-10,000 employees
The inability to scale the FortiAnalyzer to match our growth necessitates the purchase of new hardware.
Technical Consultant Network and Cybersecurity at Redington
For improving sectors, they need to focus on technical support and work on the technical part.
CA
Director at a integrator with 11-50 employees
I think there could be more QoS features
Staff Infrastructure & Security Engineer at Mozn Systems
They have recently acquired a CNAP solution which should be integrated into FortiGate boxes natively for protection at any application layer. Since Fortinet FortiGate has Layer 7 protection, they should integrate that as soon as they can for threat detection and network detection.
Technical Project Manager at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
There are mainly two areas of improvement in Fortinet FortiGate— the licensing cost and the timing of upgrading licenses for boxes.
JK
IP Network Security Specialist at MTN Ghana
In the past six to seven years with the Fortinet FortiGate, we've had two major downtimes, both caused by firmware upgrades.
EC
Technical Manager at Quan Hung Gourmet
Regarding stability, I have experienced performance issues with Fortinet FortiGate. Sometimes it does not work correctly in certain situations, such as DNS or URL categories, where it might block incorrectly.
Senior Systems Engineer at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Sometimes I experience stability issues, but sometimes they are related to hardware not functioning properly or related to a software bug.
AB
Cybersecurity & IT Operations Professional (VirtualCxO) at BrainWave Consulting Company, LLC
WAN load-balancing could be a lot better at detecting when a link is poor or inconsistent, and not just flat out dead.