Fortinet FortiGate 600C
Accelerated Security for the Mid-Enterprise and Large Branch Office

Overview:

The FortiGate-600C delivers price/performance breakthroughs that broaden UTM deployment options for mid-sized organizations and branch offices of large enterprises that require high-performance, highly resilient security capable of protecting critical assets from a wide variety of threats. This includes organizations looking to secure their mobile users and those that wish to ensure that cloud-based data does not transfer threats into their systems.

With the continued requirement to protect against threats both new and old, you need unmatched visibility and control over all of your network traffic. FortiGate Unified Threat Management (UTM) systems from Fortinet® give you the ability to improve your security posture and accelerate your network performance while simplifying your network infrastructure.

The FortiGate-600C appliance delivers industry-leading performance and flexibility with hardware-accelerated essential security technologies, including firewall, VPN, intrusion prevention, application control, and web content filtering, all managed from a "single pane of glass" console. Advanced application control enables you to define and enforce policies for thousands of applications running across networks regardless of port or protocol. The FortiGate-600C also includes additional security technologies such as antivirus/antimalware, antispam, vulnerability management, and WAN optimization, giving you the ability to consolidate stand-alone devices.

FortiGate-600C Features & Benefits:

• Up to 20 Gbps firewall performance and sub-10 microsecond latency ensures optimal performance for latency sensitive environments
• ASIC acceleration delivers wire-speed firewall and near wire-speed IPSec VPN performance and superior performance with IPS and antivirus/antispyware/antimalware acceleration.
• Integrated multi-threat security features offer the ability to augment existing systems and add new functionality or replace aging security infrastructures.
• Advanced application control enables administrators to define and enforce policies for thousands of applications running across networks regardless of port or the protocol used for communication
• Available FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer appliances simplify security management and reduce operating expenses in multiple deployments
• FortiGuard Subscription Services deliver automated, real-time, up-to-date protection against security threats and exploits.

The Power of Accelerated Security

The FortiGate-600C platform delivers the speed and comprehensive security your growing enterprise network needs. It integrates the purpose-built FortiASIC Network Processor to deliver security throughput at switching speeds. Another purpose-built processor, the FortiASIC Content Processor, provides additional acceleration for content inspection.

With 16 Gbps of firewall throughput and 2.5 Gbps of IPS throughput, the FortiGate- 600C meets the speed requirements of mid-sized organizations and large branch offices. The FortiGate-600C provides sixteen (16) Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) RJ-45 ports, giving you the freedom to create multiple security zones for various departments, users, access methods, and even devices, to enforce network security at accelerated speeds. The appliance also provides four (4) shared RJ-45/SFP ports to give you additional deployment flexibility, and two (2) bypass-protected GbE ports ensure your network stays up in the event of device failure. In addition, the FortiGate-600C features 64 GB of internal storage for WAN optimization, local reporting, or local content archiving.

FortiGate Consolidated Security Solutions

Fortinet's consolidated security solutions provide an integrated set of core security and network services in a single, easy-tomanage, high-performance appliance that is capable of supporting a wide range of deployment scenarios. When combined with FortiClient software, the FortiGate-600C is ideal for remote access solutions. Mid-size organizations can deploy a distributed enterprise solution by deploying the FortiGate-600C at their headquarters and smaller FortiGate devices in branch offices. In addition, FortiGuard Subscription Services include dynamic updates to ensure your security environment remains current and your corporate resources are protected against the latest threats.

Features & Benefits:

Integrated Multi-Threat Protection

The FortiGate product family provides cost-effective, comprehensive protection against network, content, and application-level threats. It defends your environment from complex, sophisticated attacks without degrading network availability and affecting application performance.

FortiGate platforms combine the purpose-built FortiOS™ security operating system with custom FortiASIC processors and other hardware to provide a comprehensive and highperformance array of security and networking functions.

The FortiGate product family delivers the highest level of network, content, and application security for enterprises of all sizes, while reducing total cost of ownership. With Fortinet, you deploy the network security you need to protect your intellectual property, preserve the privacy of critical customer information, and maintain regulatory compliance.

FortiOS 5.0 Software

FortiOS 5.0, the world's most powerful security operating system, is the foundation for all Fortinet FortiGate integrated security platforms. It provides more security, intelligence and control to help enterprises be better protected against today's advanced threats and enable more secure BYOD environments.

	More Security Fighting Advanced Threats More Security to fight advanced threats. A client reputation feature gives enterprises a cumulative security ranking of each device based on a range of behaviors and provides specific, actionable information that enables organizations to identity compromised systems and potential zero-day attacks in real time. The new advanced anti-malware detection system adds an on-device behavior-based heuristic engine and cloud-based AV services that includes an operating system sandbox and botnet IP reputation database. Together with superior industry-validated AV signatures, FortiOS 5.0 delivers unbeatable multi-layered protection against today's sophisticated malware. Client Reputation with Cumulative Rankings OS Sandbox Advanced Botnet Protection
	More Control Securing Mobile Devices More Control to secure mobile devices and BYOD environments by identifying devices and applying specific access policies as well as ecurity profiles, according to the device type or device group, location and usage. Device Identification & Visibility New Identity Based Policies Endpoint Control
	More Intelligence Build Smart Policies More Intelligence with automatic adjustment of role-based policies for users and guests based on location, data and application profile. Enhanced reporting and analysis also provides administrators with more intelligence on the behavior of their network, users, devices, applications and threats. Provide Guest Access with Confidence Enhanced Visibility & Reporting and Overal User Experience Extended Single Sign On Capabilities

The FortiASIC Advantage

FortiASIC is the foundation of Fortinet’s unique hardware technology. FortiASIC is a family of purpose built, high-performance network and content processors that uses an intelligent proprietary content scanning engine and multiple algorithms to accelerate compute-intensive security services. FortiASIC provides the performance required to deliver enterprise and carrier-class UTM services. Coupled with the FortiOS security hardened Operating System, FortiASIC delivers extreme performance and security.

Technical Specifications:

All performance values are "up to" and vary depending on system configuration. Antivirus performance is benchmarked using traffic containing 32 Kbyte HTTP objects. IPS performance measured using 44 Kbyte HTTP files (similar to NSS Labs test methodology)

Services & Support:

FortiGuard Security Subscription Services

FortiGuard Security Subscription Services deliver dynamic, automated updates for Fortinet products. The Fortinet Global Security Research Team creates these updates to ensure up-to-date protection against sophisticated threats. Subscriptions include antivirus, intrusion prevention, web filtering, antispam, vulnerability and compliance management, application control, and database security services.

FortiCare Support Services

FortiCare Support Services provide global support for all Fortinet products and services. FortiCare support enables your Fortinet products to perform optimally. Support plans start with 8x5 Enhanced Support with "return and replace" hardware replacement or 24x7 Comprehensive Support with advanced replacement. Options include Premium Support, Premium RMA, and Professional Services. All hardware products include a 1-year limited hardware warranty and 90-day limited software warranty.

Documentation:

Download the Fortinet FortiGate 600C Data Sheet (PDF).