Security

FortiGate is a fully functioning, market-leading Next-Generation Firewall, meaning security is at the heart of the SD-WAN solution.

The following security functions are provided:

All the security features available in the FortiGate can be leveraged when SD-WAN is implemented. All security profiles mentioned in this topic are presented and can be enabled within the firewall policy where SD-WAN member interfaces are configured for outbound traffic. Simply turn on the security profile in the firewall policy, and SD-WAN traffic will be inspected against threats and content filtering as well as application control.

The advantage of this integrated approach is in the efficiency found in processing packets in parallel for different security functions and SD-WAN in the same device, thereby reducing latency, integration, and management overhead.