The changing way of working requires more control over what happens on the user side and on the endpoint they work from. Connecting to company infrastructure or SaaS applications from any location has become a challenge for security and policy consistency.
The idea that "authenticated means trusted" no longer holds up. Knowing who is connecting isn't enough. What matters is which device and what state that device is in.
This is where the SASE principle comes in: stop protecting physical locations. Instead, protect users, devices and data, wherever they are, based on the principle "never trust, always verify."
FortiSASE: one cloud, one console, enterprise-grade security
Fortinet Secure Access Service Edge (FortiSASE) combines FortiOS with Fortinet's global cloud and FortiGuard Labs threat intelligence. That combination delivers:
- Visibility and control over security
- Scalability
- Proactive protection
- A single point of management
- Always the current software version
The solution uses the FortiClient agent on workstations. This agent continuously reports on the device's status and enforces the security policy.
With FortiSASE, protection starts at the user and the workstation, wherever they are. Continuous monitoring of device status makes it possible to respond faster to anomalies and, if needed, block access to sensitive resources. Traffic inspection no longer takes place in the company's own data center, but closer to the user.
Fortinet delivers this as an integrated cloud service, through a global network of Points of Presence (PoPs) available 24/7. This simplifies management and improves both protection and performance, at enterprise level.
What does the FortiSASE architecture consist of?
Within one integrated cloud service, you get a full ecosystem of security solutions:
- Protects against internet-based threats, including encrypted traffic. SWG enables a defense-in-depth strategy: web filtering, antivirus and antimalware protection, file security and other mechanisms, for both managed and unmanaged devices.
- Granular protection and continuous verification of access to specific business applications, not the entire network, regardless of where those applications are located. This shifts access control from implicit to explicit. The controls combine user authentication, continuous identity verification, context checks and monitoring. Unmanaged, agentless devices are fully supported.
- Provides unified management of users on unmanaged devices, with or without an agent, and gives visibility into browser activity. Protects against phishing, malware and internet threats, while preventing data exfiltration. Secure Browser also restricts user actions such as copy/paste, printing and screen sharing, extending protection directly to the endpoint.
- Full visibility and threat protection within SaaS applications. This next-generation CASB identifies key SaaS applications, detects shadow IT, and secures access to approved SaaS applications. Access is limited to trusted endpoints, with a posture check under the ZTNA model.
- Moves network layer protection to the cloud. FWaaS enables SSL inspection, sandbox analysis and advanced threat detection in the cloud, while establishing and maintaining secure connections and analyzing traffic in both directions without affecting the user experience.
- Monitoring and analytics on connection quality for users accessing SaaS applications, network paths and the LAN. This shortens the time to resolve issues and keeps the quality of work at an acceptable level for users.
- Intelligent, efficient routing of application traffic. Cloud-based SD-WAN handles application traffic steering and dynamic routing, so the shortest path to business applications is used and adjusted if connection quality drops.
Secure Web Gateway
Universal Zero Trust Network Access
Secure Browser
Cloud Access Security Broker
Firewall-as-a-Service
Digital Experience Monitoring
SD-WAN
Why choose FortiSASE with Nomios?
- Secure work from any location (hybrid protection): Remote employees get fully secured access to applications, data and services (on-premises and cloud), regardless of their physical location.
- Continuous device status monitoring (workstation compliance): Through the FortiClient agent, the system continuously analyzes the security status of the endpoint and automatically enforces the company's security policy.
- Higher employee productivity: The combination of cloud security services and advanced network functionality provides stable, fast and consistently secure connectivity, resulting in less downtime.
- Centralised management and full visibility for IT: IT teams get a single view of the entire hybrid environment, making it easier to monitor the network, automate configuration and manage security policy consistently from one place.
Implementing SASE is a process. Go through it with Nomios engineers
At Nomios, we know technology is only half the equation. The real value lies in knowing how to fit it to the specific architecture of your organization. We don't just deliver licenses, we analyze, discuss, and put together a concrete plan of action, in line with best practices.
We offer specialized engineering expertise, support migrating from traditional FortiGate/FortiClient environments, and full post-implementation support.
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