FortiGuard

FortiGuard services comprise of signature packages and querying services that provide content, web and device security. It is delivered via various types of FortiGuard servers that are part of the FortiGuard Distribution Network (FDN).

FortiGuard service subscriptions can be purchased and registered to your FortiGate unit. The FortiGate must be connected to the Internet in order to automatically connect to the FDN to validate the license and download FDN updates or perform real-time queries.

To view FDN support contract information, go to System > FortiGuard. The License Information table shows the status of your FortiGate’s entitlements and breaks down the status of each service.

The following topics contain more information:

• Anycast

• Connection and OCSP stapling

• Configuring FortiGuard updates

• Configuring a proxy server for FortiGuard updates

• Manual updates

• Automatic updates

• Scheduled updates

• Sending malware statistics to FortiGuard

• Update server location

• Filtering

• Online security tools

• Anycast and unicast services

• Using FortiManager as a local FortiGuard server

• Cloud service communication statistics

• IoT detection service

• FortiAP query to FortiGuard IoT service to determine device details

• FortiGate Cloud / FDN communication through an explicit proxy

• FDS-only ISDB package in firmware images

• Licensing in air-gap environments

• License expiration