FortiGate is Fortinet's Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) platform, the world's most deployed network firewall, purpose-built to deliver advanced threat protection, application control, and SD-WAN capability in a single, high-performance appliance. Switchshop is a Fortinet Expert Engage Partner and Fortinet Public Sector Partner of the Year 2024, providing FortiGate design, supply, deployment, and managed support to organisations across the UK.
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FortiGate NGFWs go beyond standard firewall capabilities, delivering:
Advanced Threat Protection: real-time defence against known and zero-day threats
Application Awareness and Control: visibility and policy enforcement at the application layer
SSL/TLS Inspection: decryption and inspection of encrypted traffic without performance degradation
Intrusion Prevention System (IPS): automated detection and blocking of network-based attacks
Web Filtering: granular control of web access by category, user, and device
Anti-Malware: integrated FortiGuard threat intelligence updated continuously
SD-WAN: secure, application-aware WAN connectivity built into every FortiGate appliance
Fortinet offers FortiGate across four tiers to match every organisational scale:
Entry-Level: FortiGate 40F to 90G Designed for small businesses, branch offices, and remote sites. Delivers full NGFW capability in a compact, cost-effective form factor.
Mid-Range: FortiGate 100F to 400E Ideal for medium-sized organisations and larger branch environments requiring higher throughput and more concurrent connections.
Enterprise: FortiGate 500E to 900G Built for large enterprises, universities, NHS trusts, and organisations with high-volume, complex network environments.
Chassis-Based: FortiGate 7000 Series Designed for service providers, hyperscale data centres, and large-scale enterprise deployments requiring maximum throughput and resilience.
FortiGate integrates natively with the broader Fortinet Security Fabric, including FortiSwitch, FortiAP, FortiAnalyzer, FortiManager, and FortiSASE, providing unified visibility and policy enforcement across the entire network. It also supports third-party integrations via open APIs.
FortiGate leverages FortiGuard AI-powered security services, continuously updated threat intelligence that detects and responds to emerging threats in real time, including ransomware, advanced persistent threats (APTs), and zero-day exploits.
Fortinet's purpose-built SPU hardware enables FortiGate to perform deep inspection at scale without the performance trade-offs associated with software-based firewalls. This means full threat protection without bottlenecking your network.
Physical appliances, virtual machines (FortiGate-VM), and cloud-native instances for AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, FortiGate deploys wherever your infrastructure requires it.
The FortiGate 90G delivers advanced security, high-performance protection, and seamless integration for small to mid-sized networks.
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The FortiGate 120G is built to provide next-gen firewall protection with high-performance security for medium-sized networks.
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The FortiGate 900G provides next-gen firewall protection with exceptional performance for large enterprise and data center networks. Built to handle high volumes of traffic, it ensures robust security without sacrificing speed, making it ideal for organizations that require both high throughput and comprehensive threat protection.
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The FortiGate 7081F is designed for large enterprise networks, offering unmatched speed, scalability, and advanced security features.
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As a Fortinet Expert Engage Partner with EPSP and ETSP accreditation, Switchshop delivers FortiGate solutions to the same standards Fortinet themselves would, fully assured, fully supported.
Elite Fortinet Expertise: Our engineers hold the highest Fortinet certifications and are continuously trained across the full FortiGate portfolio, from design through to managed support.
Tailored Implementation: We design FortiGate deployments around your specific environment, compliance requirements, and security objectives, not a default configuration.
End-to-End Support: Consultation, licensing, deployment, and ongoing managed services. Switchshop supports your FortiGate investment across its full lifecycle.
Sector Experience: We work with education, healthcare, government, financial services, and enterprise organisations, each with distinct compliance and security requirements.
Cost-Effective: We help maximise your FortiGate investment by tailoring solutions that meet your needs while staying within budget.
Fortinet Recognition: Recognition from Fortinet themselves of our delivery capability, technical excellence, and customer outcomes through ETSP, EPSP and PLD status as well as the Fabric Partner of the Year award.
FortiGate is Fortinet’s Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) platform. It combines advanced threat protection, intrusion prevention, SSL inspection, application control, web filtering, and SD-WAN in a single appliance, available as physical hardware, virtual machines, or cloud-native deployments.
Traditional firewalls inspect traffic based on IP address and port. FortiGate operates at the application layer, performing deep packet inspection, decrypting SSL traffic, identifying applications regardless of port, and blocking sophisticated threats that legacy firewalls cannot detect.
FortiGate is used to secure network perimeters, segment internal networks, enforce Zero Trust access policies, protect against ransomware and advanced threats, inspect encrypted traffic, and provide SD-WAN connectivity, across organisations of all sizes and sectors.
FortiGate uses Fortinet’s FortiGuard AI-powered security services, a continuously updated threat intelligence feed that uses machine learning to identify new malware, detect anomalous behaviour, and automate threat response in real time.
The right FortiGate model depends on your organisation’s size, throughput requirements, and network complexity. Entry-level models suit small offices and branches; mid-range models serve medium-sized organisations; enterprise and chassis-based models are designed for large networks and data centres. Switchshop provides free scoping consultations to identify the right model for your environment.
Yes. SD-WAN capability is built into every FortiGate appliance at no additional licence cost. It provides application-aware routing, WAN health monitoring, and branch connectivity optimisation from the same platform managing your network security.
FortiGate is the foundation of the Fortinet Security Fabric. It integrates natively with FortiSwitch & FortiAP, FortiAnalyzer, FortiManager, FortiSIEM, FortiSOAR, and FortiSASE, enabling unified policy, visibility, and response across your entire infrastructure.
Can Switchshop supply and deploy FortiGate in the UK?
Yes. Switchshop is a Fortinet Expert Engage Partner and Fortinet Public Sector Partner of the Year 2024. We supply, deploy, and support FortiGate across the UK, with full project delivery through Fortinet’s Partner Led Delivery (PLD) programme.
Whether you're replacing an ageing firewall, building a new security architecture, or consolidating a fragmented toolset, Switchshop can design and deliver a FortiGate solution built for your environment. Request FortiGate pricing, book a FortiGate demo, speak to a Fortinet-Certified specialist or get a Cyber Threat Assessment today.
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