Fortinet FortiMail 4000A

Overview:

The FortiMail-100 delivers the complete feature set of the FortiMail family in a cost-effective platform, making it ideal for Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) and Remote Office/Branch Office (ROBO) applications. Its all-in-one secure email server capability reduces deployment and operational costs, processing up to 54,000 emails per hour with full antivirus and antispam filtering.

The FortiMail family of secure email appliances provide an effective barrier against the ever-rising volume of spam, maximum protection against sophisticated email attacks, and features designed to facilitate regulatory compliance. FortiMail offers both inbound and outbound scanning, advanced antispam and antivirus filtering capabilities, IP address black/white listing functionality, and extensive quarantine and archiving capabilities. Three deployment modes offer maximum versatility: transparent mode for seamless integration into existing networks with no IP address changes, gateway mode as a proxy MTA for existing email gateways, or full email server functionality for SMBs and remote offices.

FortiMail Benefits:

• Layered protection (FortiGate + FortiMail) improves email security, separates low-latency perimeter and high-latency email functions for more efficient operation
• Advanced inspection capabilities and additional IP/antispam filtering functions improves protection against sophisticated email-based threats
• Stops spam before it consumes mail system and network resources, reducing capital expenditures on email functionality
• Advanced email content archiving, quarantining, and routing capabilities help achieve regulatory compliance
• Three modes of operation provide flexible deployment options (Transparent, Gateway, and Server)
• Turn-key deployment, integrated management, logging and reporting, and fully-automated security updates reduce IT management burden and operational expenses, with no per-user licensing fees

Email is a Mission Critical Business Application

In today’s networks, email is one of the most predominant business communication methods. Unfortunately, email has also become one of the most common vehicles for proliferating blended threats comprised of viruses, worms, spyware and spam. These blended attacks can negatively impact business productivity, cause business downtime and lead to identity theft. In response, companies have leveraged point product security technologies, such as antispam, to patch against single threaded attacks. In addition, legislation has been introduced to ensure that companies comply with security best practices for email archiving that enable forensic and legal audits. Email is a mission critical application for all businesses that must be secured.

Complete Email Security in One Appliance

FortiMail™ is a specialized email security system that provides multi-layered protection against blended threats comprised of spam, viruses, worms and spyware. The FortiMail system relies on a customized operating system that cleans emails through corresponding FortiMail antispam, antivirus and antispyware engines. To ensure up to date email protection, FortiMail relies on Fortinet FortiGuard™ antivirus, antispyware and antispam security subscription services that are powered by a worldwide 24x7 Global Threat Research Team. FortiMail provides unparalleled deployment flexibility and powerful bi-directional email routing, Quality of Service (QoS), virtualization and archiving capabilities with a lower total cost of ownership.

Multi-Layered Email Security

Securing email requires multi-layered protection against inbound and outbound risks that proliferate spam, viruses and spyware to email infrastructure and users. At the same time, email content policies must be enforced and good email must be archived for compliance purposes. Unique to inbound risks, are DHA (Directory Harvest Attacks) and DOS (Denial of Service) attacks, which must be part of a multi-layered email security strategy. For outbound risks an email security solution must ensure that infected zombie PC’s that relay spam do not lead to a legitimate enterprise network becoming added to a Real-Time Black List (RBL).

Benefits:

Transparent (Bridge) Mode

Seamless installation in front of existing email servers with no IP address changes or changes to the existing mail server network configuration.

Gateway (Relay) Mode

Provides inbound and outbound proxy MTA services for existing email gateways. Simple DNS MX record change redirects email to FortiMail for spam and antivirus scanning.

Server Mode

FortiMail functions as a full featured SMTP mail server with flexible support for secure POP3, IMAP and WebMail access.

Deployments:

Email Security Patches are Ineffective:

To defend against blended threats, organizations have deployed a costly point product array of antivirus, antispyware and antispam technologies at the network perimeter. For most organizations this approach has proven to be prohibitive both from a capital and operational cost perspective. Furthermore, requirements for email archiving and routing further compound the proliferation of email point product technologies. Deploying an excessive amount of email security and routing infrastructure is an ineffective method to protect against blended threats and to comply with email archiving guidelines.

FortiMail Email Security System:

FortiMail is the world’s most flexible turn-key email security system that can be deployed to protect and complement existing email infrastructure. FortiMail provides ICSA Labs certified protection against blended spam, virus and spyware threats. In addition, FortiMail’s rich routing and archiving capabilities ensure that organizations can comply with best practice email archiving guidelines. FortiMail empowers organizations with a flexible system that cost effectively secures email communication.

Technical Specifications:

*True throughput without queuing based on 3 KB message size

Security Features:

FortiMail series platforms provide the following security features:
 

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 FortiMail Datasheet (PDF).