One IT manager summed it up thusly: “Other firewalls are just as good, but this product is at a much better price point.” NSS Labs scored it in fifth place on 3-year TCO at a cost of $443,981, but in second place on TCO per CPS at $2.56. NSS labs graded its maximum HTTP connections per second (CPS) at 50,010 and its transactions per second (TPS) at 96,360. Its fastest advertised protected WAF throughput is 20 Gbps, though models start at 25 Mbps. NSS Labs gave it second place in its rankings.

It came in third on block rate at 98%, a point behind Citrix and Radware. NSS labs scored it equal with three other leaders on security effectiveness. It also provides built-in antivirus scanning. FortiWeb uses various layers of security, including IP reputation, DDoS prevention, protocol validation, and known attack signatures. It integrates into the Fortinet Security Fabric, and shares bidirectional threat intelligence with FortiGate enterprise firewalls, FortiSandbox sandboxing solutions, and automation of security workflows and processes. Product DescriptionįortiWeb is a web application firewall (WAF) that protects hosted web-based applications from attacks that target exploits. For enterprise and data center users, FortiWeb is a top candidate for web application vulnerability protection, dynamic application patching, and Microsoft Application publishing. It is rated highly by NSS Labs, users and Gartner. If you’re looking for performance and value, Fortinet should be on your list. See our complete list of Top Web Application Firewall Vendors

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