Hybrid Mesh Firewall
Overview
The unification of firewall security and management is accomplished with hybrid mesh firewalls (HMF). This approach offers significant value by combining the benefits of multiple firewall architectures.
Unify Firewall Management and Enforcement
Unified management streamlines administration and provides enhanced security, enabling centralized control and monitoring across the entire network. Further, it optimizes security policies, simplifies deployment, improves scalability, and enhances threat visibility—ultimately bolstering network protection while reducing complexity and operational overhead.
Hybrid Mesh Firewall: The Next Evolution
The Fortinet hybrid mesh firewall approach addresses the challenges of complex network and security infrastructure by revolutionizing your defense strategy. By unifying all firewall deployments across environments, you gain operational efficiency, stronger security (with consistent policies), and comprehensive visibility. With centralized and unified management, along with AI-powered services, you can ensure consistent, real-time protection against even the newest and most sophisticated threats across your entire organization.
Challenge: Inefficient Network and Security Operations
Architectural Complexity
Disparate security and networking solutions leave security gaps and are hard to efficiently manage
Users and Applications Are Everywhere
Users connect to applications from the data center to multi-cloud, to the edge
Deployment Complexity
There are too many different tools, solutions, and platforms used for deployment and onboarding
Security Misconfigurations
Misconfiguration and inconsistent security policies help attacks succeed
Expanded Attack Surface
Digital innovation (including WFA and cloud) has expanded the attack surface and cyber exposure
Evolving and Evasive Attacks
Increasingly sophisticated multi-stage campaigns mimicking legitimate activities evade security
Industry Analyst Recommendations
SECURITY TRANSFORMATION
I&O networking leaders should secure networks with automation as organizations digitally transform.
Gartner Hype Cycle for Enterprise Networking, 2022
NETWORK MODERNIZATION
SD-WAN improves availability, agility, cost-effectiveness and performance for enterprise WANs.
Gartner Hype Cycle for Enterprise Networking, 2022
HYBRID WORKPLACE ENABLEMENT
Security leaders must adopt a unified security approach to protect assets and users anywhere.
Gartner Hype Cycle for Network Security, 2022
HYBRID MESH FIREWALL
Effective security must be delivered in every location with a trend toward converged platforms.
Gartner Hype Cycle for Workload and Network Security, 2022
DATA CENTER
“The number of data center and edge sites will increase to 3.5 million by 2024.”
Gartner Forecast Analysis: Data Center Sites, Worldwide, published 13 April 2022
SECURITY COMPLEXITY
“75% of organizations are currently pursuing security vendor consolidation…”
Gartner How SASE, XDR and Security Vendor Consolidation Are Shaping Your Security Strategy, June 2022
Enterprise Analyst Validation
