Zero Trust is a security framework based on ‘never trust, always verify’ ensuring all access requests are authenticated and validated. FortiClient is an endpoint (laptop or mobile device) security solution within Fortinet’s Zero Trust Fabric, enhancing visibility, compliance, and automated response.
What is a Zero Trust Agent?
A Zero Trust fabric agent enforces strict security policies in a network, operating on the ‘never trust, always verify’ principle. This approach requires authentication, authorization, and continuous validation for every access request.
It ensures compliance, providing unified visibility and tracking of endpoints. The agent acts as a gatekeeper, allowing only verified users and devices access to network resources. It achieves this by:
- Continuous Authentication and Authorization: The agent constantly verifies the identity of users and devices, ensuring they meet the necessary security requirements before granting access.
- Monitoring and Enforcement: It monitors all network traffic and enforces security policies in real-time, blocking any suspicious or unauthorised activities.
- Contextual Access Control: The agent uses contextual information such as user behaviour, device health, and location to make dynamic access decisions.
- Integration with Security Tools: It integrates with other security tools and systems to provide a comprehensive security posture, ensuring that all endpoints comply with the organisation’s security policies.
Benefits of FortiClient as a Security Fabric Agent
FortiClient is a powerful endpoint security solution that acts as a fabric agent within Fortinet’s Zero Trust Fabric. It enhances the overall security posture of an organisation.
Comprehensive Endpoint Security Protection
- Antivirus: FortiClient provides real-time protection against malware, viruses, and other malicious software, ensuring that endpoints remain secure.
- Web Filtering: This feature blocks access to harmful websites and prevents users from visiting sites that could compromise security.
- VPN Capabilities: FortiClient includes VPN functionality for a secure remote access, enabling remote users to connect to the corporate network safely and ensuring data privacy and integrity.
- Vulnerability Scanning: FortiClient enhances endpoint security by integrating vulnerability scanning with automated patching and software inventory, protecting against known vulnerabilities while providing compliance control and improved security measures.
Comprehensive Endpoint Security Protection
- Identity Verification: FortiClient verifies the identity of users and devices before granting access to network resources, ensuring that only authorised entities can connect.
- Endpoint Compliance: It checks that endpoints comply with security policies, such as having up-to-date antivirus definitions and security patches, before allowing network access.
- Secure Access Controls: FortiClient enforces strict access controls, ensuring that users can only access the resources they are permitted to, based on their role and compliance status.
- Compromised Endpoint: FortiClient employs Automated Endpoint Quarantine to isolate a compromised endpoint from the network, preventing further threats to the entire system.
Integration with Fortinet Security Fabric
- FortiGate: FortiClient works with FortiGate to provide comprehensive threat protection and secure network access.
- FortiAnalyzer: By integrating with FortiAnalyzer, FortiClient enables detailed logging and analysis of security events, helping organisations to detect and respond to threats more effectively.
- Other Fortinet Products: FortiClient integrates with a range of Fortinet products, creating a unified security ecosystem that enhances overall network security and simplifies management.
- Endpoint and Network Security: FortiClient ensures endpoint and network security by automating security measures, enabling unified endpoint awareness, and ensuring compliance enforcement within the security framework.
FortiClient from Spectrum Edge
FortiClient, part of Fortinet’s Zero Trust Fabric, strengthens security by providing comprehensive protection, network visibility, and seamless integration with Fortinet products. It enhances device security and compliance, ensuring all access requests are authenticated and validated.
Spectrum Edge, Malaysia’s leading Fortinet distributor, offers top-tier security solutions, including FortiClient, to help implement a Zero Trust strategy. Partner with Spectrum Edge to secure your network against evolving threats.
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