Fortinet Cloud Computing Management, or simply Cloud Management, is a solution offered by Fortinet’s FortiCloud product, an extension of FortiGate, along with a log retention program. Without requiring the installation of additional software or hardware, this feature provides reports and analysis of the traffic on log retention and configuration in real time.
For a better application and for increased traffic visibility, FortiCloud added a tool that simplifies the subscription management process. Part of a compliance and security program, the log retention, it administrates a separate storage system.
This process can be cumbrous, and that is why Cloud Management represents a step ahead, doing everything automatically, storing the information from the logs in the cloud. System events, traffic, web, security events or applications information can be stored too.
Another useful feature of this system is the real-time alert and monitoring. Allowing the monitoring is a way to improve the user’s experience and certify the network’s critical availability.
For the network’s security and health, reports and analyses are vital, which is why FortiCloud came with a reporting and analysis tool for their program. For any compliance, custom reports are always available, enabling a shortcut in case that similar requirements are made. It can even send an email with different period PDF reports.
In order to maintain the high-level performance and security standards, the devices within the network are kept under the same configuration. Doing the same for the operating system firmware, Cloud Management counts on the advantages of the latest features.
Additionally, the system’s security is top-level. Any type of information changes between the clouds and the device is encrypted. This way, the data can be seen or retrieved by the owner only.
For a good start, Fortinet’s FortiCloud provides clients with a free 1GB dashboard widget for licensing after registering the device.
Besides the application and traffic visibility, real-time monitoring, log retention hosting, analysis of the log reports and management of the configuration, Cloud Management also provides: a dashboard for real-time monitoring and a widget for system, a log viewer, filtering the download capability, drill down analysis for network and independent users, reports generating and device management, including back-up for configuration and firmware, history of the configuration, script manager and profile alert for real-time monitor.
Along with this, Cloud Manager has its benefits:
- It comes with a central, simplified management system;
- It allows individual or aggregated views of the device;
- It allows visibility over the applications and traffic;
- It offers log retention hosting, expandable if required;
- It provides real-time alerts for monitoring;
- It delivers customized reports;
- It lets the user analyze the traffic;
- It allows thorough configuration management, backup and upgrades;
- It does not require specific software or hardware;
- It does not need any deployment on premise and at least no operation and maintenance costs.
This is what Cloud Manager offers to its clients together with the pack of benefits that come with using the last hour Fortinet FortiCloud services for networks based on cloud security management.