Fortinet has expanded its firewall family with new high-speed boxes that, when combined with the vendor’s FortiSASE Outpost software, extend cloud-based SASE (secure access service edge) capabilities and policy enforcement to on-premises environments.
The new midrange FortiGate 1200G series supports 10G, 25G, and 100G connectivity options and delivers 397 Gbps firewall throughput. It’s aimed at securing campus, data center, and hybrid environments that need to inspect large volumes of encrypted traffic without sacrificing performance, according to Fortinet. The 1200G fills the gap between Fortinet’s campus, edge, and branch appliances, such as the 400G, and its flagship data center platforms...