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Fortinet ruggedized products, including FortiGate Rugged NGFWs, connect and protect operational technology (OT) in a centralized platform
Fortinet ruggedized products, including FortiGate Rugged NGFWs, are purpose-built appliances with the durability and resistance necessary to connect and protect systems in challenging environments. Our ruggedized products comply with a wide variety of protocols and standards, giving OT networks simple, high-performance solutions while reducing TCO.
Organizations with OT networks need a simple and effective way to get visibility and enforce security for their OT assets, often at thousands of remote sites. New Fortinet OT Security Platform expansions go beyond deep visibility, combining asset discovery with new segmentation, secure connectivity, and SecOps capabilities. These innovations help you to reduce organizational risk and adhere to regulatory compliance.
Watch NowFortinet’s 2025 State of Operational Technology and Cybersecurity Report reveals how global leaders are adapting their security strategies, consolidating tools, and elevating ownership to the C-suite. This report delivers actionable insights to help you stay ahead of today’s evolving threat landscape.
Watch NowPowered by purpose-built ASICs, FortiGate Rugged NGFWs offer a cost-effective solution that simplifies operations and meets all the essential security requirements out-of-the-box, while delivering top performance. Our Secure Networking approach means features like SD-WAN, switching and wireless, and 5G are integrated. FortiGate Rugged NGFWs reduce cost and complexity by eliminating point products and consolidating security capabilities in industrial environments.
Watch NowFortinet rugged products offer enterprise-grade threat protection for securing crucial industrial networks against cyberthreats. From ruggedized firewalls with dual 5G modems, to switches, access points, and 5G/LTE gateways, Fortinet rugged products comply with over 70 global industry standards and meet the security needs of a wide range of industrial applications and protocols. Ideal for OT organizations, this cost-effective and easy-to-deploy solution securely interconnects critical infrastructure and users.
Learn More About the Red Dot AwardFortiGate Rugged NGFWs run on the FortiOS operating system, the foundation of the Fortinet Security Fabric. As an extension of the Fortinet Security Fabric, the OT Security Platform provides OT-specific solutions including ruggedized secure networking. This enables unified networking and security across all IT and OT networks to ensure consistent policies and coordination. The FortiGate Rugged series gives you control over all connected devices, applications, and users. The FortiGuard OT Security Service provides specialized intrusion prevention system (IPS) signatures to detect and block malicious traffic targeting applications and devices in manufacturing, plant, safety, and other operational technology (OT) environments.
FortiGate NGFW is the world’s most deployed network firewall, delivering unparalleled AI-powered security performance and threat intelligence, along with full visibility and security and networking convergence. Ruggedized FortiGates are engineered to extend security and network connectivity to mission-critical industrial locations with harsh environmental conditions and include effortless deployment options.
Helps OT organizations secure critical assets across the Purdue model hierarchy
Offers durability against harsh conditions like extreme temperature, humidity, shock, & vibration
Shares actionable threat intelligence across your attack surface for end-to-end security consistency
Enables fast detection and response to known & unknown threats to safeguard network, devices, data
Supports large-scale deployment & efficient operations with intuitive, central cloud management
ShareIncludes SD-WAN & ZTNA for faster and more cost-effective connectivity
"Overall it's a very good product having rich set of securities and easy to use and deploy... it can be easily integrated with other products in Fortinet Family.”
— Assistant Manager in Energy and Utilities
“Price of the Devices: Great price for the power, throughput and performance. Easy to use: Really great UI and intuitive menu, options, etc. Performance: no performance issues even if all the UTM features are turned on.”
— Practice Leader in IT Services
"Fortigate provides robust and reliable performance. Their interface is intuitive and allows for centralized management wich really saves us time. Security features are the best among what we tested. Built-in VPN is the cherry on top."
— Chief Network and Telecom Officer in the Real Estate industry
“The Fortigate firewalls offer great performance for their price point in comparison to other vendors. They have an amazing security research team to make sure you are at the leading edge of the threat landscape. The integration of their products so that they can work together through the security fabric is amazing.”
— IT System Administrator in the Retail Industry
"The product is truly exceptional, I have introduced the Fortinet NGFW in my organization for specific application requirement after preliminary assessment and Fortinet Product Advanced Features for DPI like Application Control & Industrial Signtaure, Intrusion Prevention system as well as Antivirus helped me to bring adequate security measures." Reliability: Fortinet's firewalls are designed to be reliable and to provide high uptime. The company's firewalls have a variety of features to help
— Head - SAS & Communications, OT Security in Energy and Utilities
"The product is better than expected. The performance of the hardware is much better than the equivalent other vendors, its easy to manage and troubleshoot"
— Networks Supervisor in the Healthcare and Biotech Industry
"I have utilized numerous vendors for endpoint security and edge devices including xx and others. Fortinet, by far is superior providing intuitive user interfaces and superlative customer and technical support."
— Sr. Technical Consultant in IT Services
"We wanted to secure our networks, after a penetration testing from an outside company, we were told that our network is very secure thanks to FortiGate."
— Cybersecurity Analyst in the Healthcare and Biotech Industry
"We deployed this NGFW at our main office 11 months ago and have enjoyed the simplicity and security it affords. IPsec tunnels to remote offices and cloud are consistent and VPN users are stable and visible through the dashboard."
— Server Admin in Energy and Utilities
"Simplicity in management and configuration. Same OS available on any model from the little one to big chassis: easy hw upgrade path without any need for reconfiguration."
— Founder & Managing Director in IT Services
"In my organization is important to be protected in all ways, for this reason I like complement security with different types of tools and brands. I have worked with several NGFW brands, and although they all have pros and cons, FortiGate is one of my favorites, mainly because it is among one of the world leaders and because of the SD-WAN solution since it balances the load professionally. FortiGate is scalable and has allowed us to grow without any problem."
— Engineering Technician in IT Services
"We have been using the Fortinet Fortigate solution for 4 years now, it's a stable, robust solution. It's deploy on all our sites, including one where we use the cluster in active / active mode and it works perfectly. The use of FortiEMS allows us to make our workstations compliant and protect. The whole system is easy to manage."
— Cloud & security in IT Services
"Excellent quality product Easy to setup to use and set up & we are highly recommend this product"
— IT in the Finance Industry
"The FortiGate firewall offers comprehensive threat protection for your business. FortiGate offers variety of features to protect your organization from cyberattacks. It delivers high performance and advanced security. " "Excellent price-performance ratio, The equipment has a high performance in terms of security, has a very friendly user interface, Fortinet remains at the highest levels in terms of innovation keeps"
— IT Associate in the Healthcare and Biotech Industry
"Excellent price-performance ratio, The equipment has a high performance in terms of security, has a very friendly user interface, Fortinet remains at the highest levels in terms of innovation keeps"
— Networking and Logical Security Administrator in the Telecommunication Industry
"My overall experience working on Fortinet NGFW is simply Great. It provide great level of flexibility by easy admin portal."
— IT Associate in IT Services
"Using more than 5 year fortigate devices. Hardware and cloud services. NGFW, APs and etc. I would like to express our sincere apprecation for your service to us as one of our most reliable company"
— Senior Network Admin in Energy and Utilities
"great product, very easy to use and very good support"
— Network Security Consultant in IT Services
"Solid team in the Nordic region. Invests heavily in supporting the local market"
— Sales Specialist Security in IT Services
"Fortinet is pioneer of secure networking, can scale to any location (ROBO, campus, and Datacenter)"
— System Manager in Energy and Utilities
FortiGuard Labs, Fortinet’s cybersecurity threat intelligence and research organization is comprised of experienced threat hunters, researchers, analysts, engineers, and data scientists. This elite team develops and enhances FortiGuard AI-powered Security Services including inline malware prevention, IPS, and DLP. FortiGuard Labs also provides valuable expert help through FortiGuard Expert-driven Security Services. Learn more about FortiGuard AI-powered Security Bundles for FortiGate.
Protects against the latest polymorphic attacks, viruses, malware (including ransomware), and other threats.
Enterprise DLP services protect against data breaches, insider threats, and data exfiltration. Explore FortiGuard DLP Service to safeguard sensitive information and ensure compliance with over 500 data patterns.
Performs AI-powered real-time inspection of files for protection against unknown threats, zero-days, and sophisticated file-based attacks.
Dramatically reduces spam at the perimeter through a multi-layered approach to filtering unwanted and malicious email.
Allows the creation of policies to allow, deny, or restrict access to applications and keep malicious, risky, and unwanted applications out of the network.
Assesses and rates your Security Fabric infrastructure and controls against best practices and major security and compliance frameworks. Includes coverage for connected IoT devices.
Provides full visibility into DNS traffic while blocking high-risk domains including malicious newly registered domains (NRDs) and parked domains.
Utilizes the latest threat intelligence to perform deep packet inspection/SSL inspection of network traffic to detect and block malicious traffic and activities.
Extends IPS protections to identify and police most of the common ICS/OT/SCADA protocols to detect and block exploits targeting OT vulnerabilities.
Uses AI-powered behavior analysis and correlation to block unknown malicious URLs almost immediately, with near-zero false negatives.
Blocks unauthorized attempts to communicate with compromised remote servers for both receiving malicious commands and extracting information.
Fortinet makes industry leading ruggedized appliances for industrial, harsh, and outdoor deployments, including Ruggedized FortiGate NGFW. Our ruggedized appliances, including firewalls, switches, access points, and 5G/LTE devices, comply with a wide range of global OT industry standards and protocols, helping OT teams to control connected devices and safeguard mission-critical networks, data, assets, and users. Learn more about FortiGuard AI-powered Security Bundles for FortiGate.
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| FortiGate Rugged 50G-5G |
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| FortiGate Rugged 60F |
500 Mbps |
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| FortiGate Rugged 60F-3G4G |
500 Mbps |
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| FortiGate Rugged 70G |
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| FortiGate Rugged 70G-5G-DUAL |
1.1Gbps |
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| FortiGate Rugged 70F |
580 Mbps |
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| FortiGate Rugged 70F-3G4G |
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| FortiSwitch Rugged 108F |
6 x 1 GbE (RJ45), 2 x 1GbE SFP |
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| FortiSwitch Rugged 112D-POE |
8x GE RJ45 4x GE SFP |
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| FortiSwitch Rugged 112F-POE |
8 x 1GbE RJ45, 2 x 1GbE SFP |
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| FortiSwitch Rugged 216F-POE |
16 x GE RJ45 with POE / POE+ (af/at/bt), 4 x GE / 10GbE SFP+ |
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| FortiSwitch Rugged 424F-POE |
12x 2.5 GE RJ45, 12x 2.5 GE SFP 4x 10G SFP+, 2x 40G QSFP+ |
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| FortiAP 432G |
Wi-Fi 6E |
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| FortiAP 234G |
Wi-Fi 6E |
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| FortiAP 432F |
Wi-Fi 6 |
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| FortiAP 432FR |
Wi-Fi 6 |
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| FortiAP 234F |
Wi-Fi 6 |
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| FortiExtender Vehicle 511G |
5G eSIM, Dual 5G SIM, Wi-Fi |
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| FortiExtender Rugged 511G |
5G eSIM, Dual 5G SIM, Wi-Fi, Outdoor Rated |
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| FortiExtender Vehicle 212F |
Dual CAT-12 Modem, Wi-Fi |
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| FortiExtender Vehicle 211F |
Dual CAT-12 LTE SIM, Wi-Fi |
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| FortiDeceptor Rugged 100G |
8x Deception VMs, 48x VLANs |
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Operational technology (OT)* networks, which control equipment in critical infrastructure such as utilities and manufacturing assembly lines, have traditionally been kept separate from information technology (IT) networks, which control data in all organizations.
IEC 62443 is a set of Industrial Control System (ICS) security standards written by ICS experts for ICS owners, manufacturers and integrators across a range of applications and sectors. Evaluating assigned security levels within identified security zones and conduits against functional and system requirements provides a cohesive approach to security. Fortinet teamed with the SANS Institute to review the standard and the needs from technology that support implementation. With guidance from IEC 62443 and implementation of Fortinet’s solutions, you can address the security of an ICS strategically.
Electric utilities around the world face numerous operational challenges and risks in maintaining system reliability and compliance.
FortiGate NGFWs deliver the visibility into encrypted traffic and user, application, and device activity necessary to build contextual, evolving network and security policies that secure digital transformation.
FortiGate Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs) offer a game-changing solution to stop today’s sophisticated, evasive threats and zero-day attacks.
Chilean copper mining company uses Fortinet technology as a strategy for its growth and increased productivity.
Fortinet is proud to announce the latest innovations to the industry’s most comprehensive platform for OT security. Our unique solution includes new ruggedized products for secure networking in harsh environments, new security operations solutions for OT, and an expanding set of OT ecosystem partners.
Introducing the FortiGate Rugged 70G, backed by the latest, fifth-generation Fortinet SP5. Converging dual 5G modem, Al-powered security, and zero trust to securely connect and protect operational technology, we're providing unparalleled networking performance so customers can realize secure and simplified infrastructure, enhanced business efficiencies and cost savings, and an excellent user experience -even in the most remote, hard-to-reach locations.
For a complete list of all the Alliance partners go to www.fortinet.com/fabricready. Below is a list of current FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall Alliance Partners:
ABB is a pioneering technology leader that works closely with utilities, industry, transportation and infrastructure customers to write the future of industrial digitalization and realize value.
Armis the leading unified asset visibility and security platform designed to address the new threat landscape that connected devices create. Our real-time and continuous protection sees the full context of all managed, unmanaged, and IoT devices, including medical devices, operational technology, and industrial control systems.
Arqit supplies a unique quantum safe encryption Platform-as-a-Service which makes the communications links or data at rest of any networked device or cloud machine secure against current and future forms of attack – even from a quantum computer. Together we’ve integrated Fortinet Fortigate series of Next Generation Fire Walls (NGFW) with Arqit’s QuantumCloud™. This integrated solution enables unbreakable quantum-safe encrypted connectivity between customer locations keeping safe data both at rest and in transit.
Claroty's AI-native platform empowers organizations to operationalize CPS protection via a programmatic approach that reduces risk, preserves operational integrity, and meets compliance. The platform utilizes five core solutions -- asset inventory, exposure management, network protection, secure access, and threat detection -- to help enterprises build resilient operations.
Cloud Range is the industry’s leading cyber preparedness simulation platform that reduces exposure to cyber risk across the organization. Fortinet and Cloud Range have partnered to provide cybersecurity teams with full-service, live-fire simulation exercises designed explicitly for OT/ICS, IT, IoT, and converged environments.
CyberX delivers the only IIoT and ICS cybersecurity platform built by blue-team experts with a track record defending critical national infrastructure-and the only platform with patented ICS-aware threat analytics and machine learning. Together with Fortinet, CyberX reduces the time from ICS & IIoT threat detection to prevention.
Cylus, the global leader in rail cybersecurity, developed a cybersecurity monitoring and threat detection solution designed for railway systems, including signaling, rolling stock, traffic management, and telecom systems. Together with Fortinet, we offer full protection for railway networks with tailored policy rules, asset classification, and centralized management.
CyVault is a global cyber defense leader offering the only and most advanced essential cyber defense for companies and organizations of any size and industry throughout North America, Europe, and Africa, with a unique specialization and expertise for critical infrastructure (OT/ICS). Worked with Fortune 10 companies, with accomplishments that include providing as turnkey cyber defense solutions for the US-Gov/DHS/FBI, offensive initiatives for cyber military units, and involvement with industry leading OT organizations such as ISA (International Society of Automation), Phoenix Contact to name a few. Our Innovation and R&D Labs, CyVault | ICS Labs, focuses on safeguarding against existing and emerging threats to safeguard the critical elements of our daily lives. Joining forces with Fortinet, to safeguard our Critical Infrastructure (OT/ICS/CPS).
DeNexus quantifies cyber risk exposure on a continuous, self-adaptive basis using the world’s first evidence-based data analytics SaaS solution for Industrial Asset owners and insurers of cyber risk. Together with Fortinet, DeNexus helps cyber risk stakeholders align cybersecurity investments with business objectives for ROI-based cyber resilience strategies.
The Dragos mission is to safeguard civilization from those trying to disrupt the industrial infrastructure. Dragos provides solutions for asset identification, threat detection, and response with insights from industrial control systems (ICS) cybersecurity experts. Dragos works with Fortinet to provide increased visibility and improved correlation of cyber events. This helps customers evaluate and make better informed decisions when classifying events and required actions.
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