FortiAnalyzer

Score9.1 out of 10

29 Reviews and Ratings

Community insights

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Pros

Valuable Log Collection and Insights: Users have found FortiAnalyzer to be a valuable tool for collecting logs from Fortinet products and gaining insights into activities and suspicious events. This feature has been praised by multiple reviewers, highlighting its effectiveness in monitoring abnormal activities.

Wide Range of Customizable Templates: The wide range of customizable templates offered by FortiAnalyzer has been appreciated by users. This feature makes it easy for them to integrate the tool with their business processes, allowing for seamless integration and customization according to specific needs.

User-Friendly Graphical Interface: The graphical interface of FortiAnalyzer has received high praise from users. They consider it as one of the standout features of the tool, appreciating its potential. Its user-friendly design allows effortless viewing of both formatted and normal logs, making it an intuitive experience for users.

Reviews

2 Reviews

Fortianalyzer - Your go-to solution for centralized logging, cutting-edge analytics, and seamless automation within the Fortinet Security Fabric

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

December 31, 2023

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We primarily leverage FortiAnalyzer for comprehensive monitoring of both inbound and outbound internet and intranet traffic through our perimeter firewall. This product provides us with a customized dashboard tailored to our specific use cases. Additionally, it plays a crucial role in generating monthly executive summary reports for management, offering insights into internet usage across the organization and individual users.

Pros

Custom dashboard
VPN traffic monitoring
Internet traffic monitoring
Users behavior analysis
Integrate well with the FortiGate firewall
Log analysis

Cons

In-depth user behavior analysis
Better UI/UX dashboard
Better integration with other product than FortiGate

Likelihood to Recommend

FortiAnalyzer is well-suited for deployment in large organizations characterized by substantial traffic volumes and extensive user bases, facilitating the acquisition of detailed logs and comprehensive dashboards. Nevertheless, in my opinion, its utility may be comparatively limited for smaller organizations, where the firewall alone can provide a sufficient overview of the network traffic.

Verified User

Manager in Information Technology (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

Must Have for FortiGate Management

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

September 10, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

FortiAnalyzer is used by the Network Engineering and Operations department to 1) upload firewall logs to a SEIM, 2) as a surveillance tool to monitor the integrity of multiple firewalls across the enterprise, 3) Compliance and reporting engine, 4) Firewall rules auditor, 5) comprehensive enterprise wide security analysis and other Security Governance tasks.

Pros

Event correlation
Real-time detection
Compliance Reporting
Security Tools orchestration
Security workflow automation
Integration with ServiceNOW
Centralized NOC/SOC visibility

Cons

Administrative Domains and Software Versions are difficult to maintain
managing different FortiOS versions gets complicated quite easily
Administrative Domains must be well architected from the beginning

Likelihood to Recommend

FortiAnalyzer is a must have when you administer multiple FortiGate firewalls in a defense in depth enterprise environment. Total visibility can be achieved across multiple physical and virtual firewalls. Complete analysis of your threat landscape is possible along with real time detection, compliance reporting, and wholistic firewall rule analysis and reporting. Eliminating shadow rules, tuning unnecessarily permissive rules, automation and other analysis are built in to this easy to deploy software.

Shahab Razak

Senior Network Architect in Information Technology at Finastra (5001-10,000 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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