Fortinet Security Fabric

The Fortinet Security Fabric provides an intelligent architecture that interconnects discrete security solutions into an integrated whole to detect, monitor, block, and remediate attacks across the entire attack surface. It delivers broad protection and visibility into every network segment and device, be they hardware, virtual, or cloud based.

• The physical topology view shows all connected devices, including access layer devices. The logical topology view shows information about the interfaces that each device is connected to.
• Security rating checks analyze the Security Fabric deployment to identify potential vulnerabilities and highlight best practices to improve the network configuration, deploy new hardware and software, and increase visibility and control of the network.
• Automation pairs an event trigger with one or more actions to monitor the network and take the designated actions automatically when the Security Fabric detects a threat.
• Fabric connectors provide integration with multiple SDN, cloud, and partner technology platforms to automate the process of managing dynamic security updates without manual intervention.

The following recipes provide examples of configuring a Security Fabric:

• Deploying Security Fabric
• Security Fabric over IPsec VPN
• Viewing and controlling network risks via topology view
• Leveraging LLDP to simplify security fabric negotiation
• Leveraging SAML to switch between Security Fabric FortiGates
• FortiManager Cloud service
• FortiAnalyzer Cloud service