Licensing

• Requirements

• License Types

• FortiSIEM Cloud License Contract Registration

Requirements

The following items are required before you can initialize FortiSIEM Cloud.

• FortiCloud account: Create a FortiCloud account here if you do not have one. A primary FortiCloud account is required to launch FortiSIEM Cloud.

• Internet access: You must have Internet access to create a FortiSIEM Cloud instance.

• Browser: A device with a browser to access FortiSIEM Cloud.

FortiSIEM Cloud is supported on FortiSIEM v6.6.0 and later.

License requirements are enforced when you log into the FortiSIEM Cloud portal.

FortiSIEM Cloud requires the following licenses:

• FortiSIEM Cloud Entitlement license. You can purchase FortiSIEM Cloud licenses from Fortinet. See License Types for more information.

If the FortiSIEM Cloud entitlement expires, the cloud portal will display a notice to the customer. On contract expiry, FortiSIEM Cloud instances are automatically shut down, no grace period is provided. Customers will not be able to use the FortiSIEM Cloud instances after contract expiry. All data that the FortiSIEM Cloud has generated, such as event logs and incidents, will be automatically removed from the platform within 14 days of contract expiry.

License Types

FortiSIEM Cloud offers the following SKUs.

Description	SKU
FC-10-SMCLD-543-02-DD	FortiCloud entitlement (instance) with allocated FortiSIEM Compute Units (FCU). Annual Subscription. Includes FortiCloud Premium Support.
FC-10-SMCLD-541-02-DD	500GB additional online storage. Annual Subscription. Minimum quantity of 1 is required for FortiSIEM Cloud service.
FC-10-SMCLD-542-02-DD	500GB Archive storage space. Annual Subscription.

FortiSIEM Cloud licensed using FC-10-SMCLD-543-02-DD, FC-10-SMCLD-541-02-DD, FC-10-SMCLD-542-02-DD does not require additional device, agent, UEBA or FortiGuard IoC licenses to use these capabilities.

FortiSIEM Cloud License Contract Registration

• You must have an account in FortiCare.

• Contact FortiSIEM Support to obtain the FortiSIEM Cloud product SKU.
  

• Once you complete purchasing of the FortiSIEM Cloud product SKU(s), you will be sent service contract registration codes to your registered email address.

You can register your FortiSIEM Cloud entitlement, or upgrade/renew an existing FortiSIEM Cloud.

• Registering Base FortiSIEM Cloud

• License Upgrade/Renewal

Registering FortiSIEM Cloud

To register a new FortiSIEM Cloud entitlement ( FC-10-SMCLD-543-02-DD) and FortiSIEM Cloud Online Storage entitlement (FC-10-SMCLD-541-02-DD), see Registering assets in the FortiCloud Account Services Guide. For licensing information, see Licensing Types.

License Upgrade/Renewal

To upgrade or renew an existing FortiSIEM Cloud entitlement, from the FortiCare site, take the following steps.

1. Click the Register Now or Register More button.
2. On the Register Product > (1) Register Code page, in the Registration Code field, enter the Registration Code of the FortiSIEM Cloud SKU.
   
   
3. Select the End User Type and click Next.
4. From the list of registered products, select the product (or enter its serial number in the Serial Number field), and click Next.
   
5. On the Verification page, read and agree to the terms, and click Confirm.
6. Verify the information displayed under Product Info.
7. Click Done.