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FortiWeb Virtual Appliance

FortiWeb virtual appliances allow you to mitigate blind spots by implementing critical web security controls within your virtual infrastructure. They also allow you to rapidly provision security infrastructure whenever and wherever it is needed. Moreover, FortiWeb virtual appliances feature all of the web application security and networking services common to traditional hardware-based FortiWeb appliances.

FortiWeb virtual appliances fully support all deployment modes supported by the hardware version – Reverse Proxy, Transparent Inspection, True Transparent Proxy and Sniffer (out-of-band).

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Product Datasheets

Product Name FortiWeb-VM02 FortiWeb-VM04 FortiWeb-VM08
Product Family FortiWeb FortiWeb FortiWeb
HTTP Transaction Rate 8,000 24,000 36,000
Total Network Interfaces 2 to 4 network card supported 2 to 4 network card supported 2 to 4 network card supported
Throughput 100 Mbps 500 Mbps 1 Gbps
Traffic Latency Sub-Millisecond Sub-Millisecond Sub-Millisecond

FortiWeb Virtual Appliance Features & Benefits

  • Aids in PCI DSS 6.6 compliance by protecting against OWASP top 10 web application vulnerabilities
  • Provides multiple protection layers to prevent attacks against vulnerable web applications: Application signatures, HTTP RFC compliance, auto-learn based violations and data leak prevention
  • Automatically and dynamically profiles user activity to create a baseline of allowed activity
  • Network and application layer DoS/DDoS protection
  • Real time data analysis provides an analytics interface that helps organizations analyze their web application usage from multiple vectors and maps requests to their geographic location
  • Integrated Web vulnerability scanner provides analysis of existing application vulnerabilities complementing web application firewall for PCI DSS.

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Key to our selection of Fortinet was the truly integrated functionality of its FortiGate security appliances. In evaluating other solutions, we found that one product might have offered IPS but nothing much beyond that. Another offered a range of functions, but as a piecemeal solution from multiple vendor partners. We found that none matched the breadth of Fortinet's integrated platform.

Laurie Ellims
Technical Architect/Security Manager
Victoria University of Wellington