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7.2.0

Endpoint Visibility

Endpoint Visibility

Establish trust with connected endpoints using one or more of the following methods in the table below.

Feature

Description

Related Documentation

Persistent Agent

Works on Windows, macOS, or Linux hosts to identify them to FortiNAC and scan them for compliance with an endpoint compliance policy (step 13). This Agent is downloaded and installed on the host permanently.

Administration Guide

Corporate User Devices

Persistent Agent Deployment & Configuration

Device Profiling Rules

Effective for onboarding IoT or headless devices. Device profiling rules are used by the device profiler feature to categorize rogue hosts that connect to the network.

Administration Guide

Device Profiler Configuration

IOT Deployment Guide

Third Party MDM

FortiNAC communicates with the MDM server to retrieve the host data.

Third Party MDM Integration

FortiClient EMS

FortiNAC communicates with the FortiClient EMS server to retrieve the host data.

FortiClient EMS Device Integration

Endpoint Visibility

Establish trust with connected endpoints using one or more of the following methods in the table below.

Feature

Description

Related Documentation

Persistent Agent

Works on Windows, macOS, or Linux hosts to identify them to FortiNAC and scan them for compliance with an endpoint compliance policy (step 13). This Agent is downloaded and installed on the host permanently.

Administration Guide

Corporate User Devices

Persistent Agent Deployment & Configuration

Device Profiling Rules

Effective for onboarding IoT or headless devices. Device profiling rules are used by the device profiler feature to categorize rogue hosts that connect to the network.

Administration Guide

Device Profiler Configuration

IOT Deployment Guide

Third Party MDM

FortiNAC communicates with the MDM server to retrieve the host data.

Third Party MDM Integration

FortiClient EMS

FortiNAC communicates with the FortiClient EMS server to retrieve the host data.

FortiClient EMS Device Integration