Bradford Network and Fortinet
Solution Overview
Most organizations realize that one solution can no longer provide adequate network protection. Organizations now need a “security village” composed of multiple best-of-breed technologies. The Fortinet and Bradford Networks partnership combines the SIEM, switch or firewall benefits of Fortinet, with the visibility, network access control and automated threat response of Network Sentry. By combining these technologies, organizations achieve superior threat detection for mobile, IoT and network devices.
Network Sentry provides visibility and control of all wired and wireless infrastructures to extend the Fortinet Fabric to all equipment. By combining Fortinet solutions with Network Sentry, Fortinet provides security hardware and/or intelligence management, while …show more content…
It augments the Fortinet switch, firewall and gateway technologies by controlling the access layer to create a smaller threat landscape. In addition, Network Sentry works with the Fortinet security solutions to gather and adds contextual information for all alerts, automate access policies and controls, and automatically quarantine threats. While Fortinet is controlling perimeter security, Network Sentry can control what files, equipment and network resources each employee or guest can access. For example, if an employee unplugs a printer and plugs in a Windows machine instead, Network Sentry will record this change and will not authenticate the replacement device. In this scenario, Network Sentry controls the security orchestration. When working with FortiSIEM, Network Sentry performs the same processes, but stays in constant communication with the SIEM engine, which serves as the controller. So, Network Sentry provides the visibility and contextual information to FortiSIEM, and communicates back and forth to enhance the fidelity of alerts and quarantine suspicious