Fortinet is Named a Visionary in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms

We are pleased to announce that Fortinet has been placed in the Visionaries quadrant of the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms. We were recognized for our Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision.

Fortinet has long been at the forefront of security innovation. We believe this recognition as a Visionary is in part due to our commitment to continuous innovation of Fortinet’s behavior-based endpoint protection (with endpoint detection and response) and extended detection and response (XDR) solutions to deliver real-time, AI-driven automated endpoint protection with orchestrated incident response across any communication device.

As network application access must have visibility into the security posture of endpoint devices, we’ve integrated EDR, IoT security, network security, cloud security, ZTNA and SASE within our XDR solution to support today’s work-from-anywhere world.

Why Organizations Choose FortiEDR

Fortinet’s focus is on AI-driven security operations and automation to provide real-time protection with low administration overhead. FortiEDR is based on patented code tracing technology that provides the strongest behavior-based protection with flexible deployment options and one of the industry’s lightest-weight clients that also operates as part of a broader XDR strategy. Organizations choose FortiEDR for its ability to stop advanced attacks and attack tactics early. One example is the ability to identify and stop ransomware attacks like LockBit before data encryption or theft occur by blocking installation, defusing high-risk activity during execution, and continuing to analyze ongoing system operations. Additional AI-driven technologies enable FortiEDR to dynamically investigate and remediate attacks that may slip through inadvertent gaps that can appear as organizations work to balance user productivity, system availability, and security. 

We believe such features are a factor of why  94% of Gartner® Peer Insights™ reviewers recommend the solution to their peers and rated the solution with an average rating of 4.6 out of 5 based on 90 reviews (as of Feb. 28, 2023).  We believe this enthusiastic support is primarily due to FortiEDR’s superior ability to protect endpoints, effectively conduct forensic investigations, and interface and coordinate response with other Fortinet and third-party solutions. For additional information on the superior abilities of FortiEDR to identify and prevent sophisticated attacks, please review MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK Evaluations and the landmark EDR research from the University of Piraeus.

Innovation Is an Ongoing Commitment

The FortiEDR client uses less than 1% of system resources while continually looking at system behavior for malicious activity. Over the past year, we added such enhancements as Event Tracing for Windows (ETW), enhanced application control, new keylogging detection, RBAC, secure remote shell, and more. Through all of this development, including enhancements to the onboard artificial intelligence (AI), we introduced new process and NGAV exclusions to help reduce the total cost of ownership of the solution. FortiXDR is delivering fast and trusted detection and remediation leveraging enhanced threat-hunting data collection categories (e.g., screen capture, direct volume access of file, socket statistics, and more), and added data retention visibility. This includes enriched syslog event messages with recommended remediation details, MITRE techniques, and further events data for the purposes of improved threat hunting.

The Development and Vision for XDR

As a natural extension of EDR, our centralized XDR platform, FortiXDR, provides a manageable and responsive security ecosystem to drive efficiency within security operations. The offering is designed to close security incident blind spots and reduce the mean time to detection and repair. This is achieved through extended automation, behavior-based protection and detection, coordinated response across network, endpoint, clouds, remote users and IoT. The resulting ecosystem can automatically detect, investigate, and remediate incidents in a coordinated manner across different security silos.

With the new bi-directional threat intelligence sharing between FortiGate and FortiEDR, we deliver consistent security on and off-network for all devices. The increased orchestration through a new FortiClient ZTNA integration and more third-party connectors help accelerate coordinated response. FortiXDR market-leading support for multi-data lake telemetry ingestion and third-party response via connectors, in our opinion, encompasses all the required back-end and suggested front-end components outlined in the 2021 Gartner® Market Guide for Extended Detection and Response, resulting in less duplication of data and more efficient data spend control. FortiXDR is the only platform replicating the alert investigation process of SOC analysts with cloud-trained AI. In addition, organizations already using Fortinet will leverage the strength of the Fortinet Security Fabric, the industry’s highest performing cybersecurity mesh platform.

Supporting Your Personal Journey with Flexible Deployment Options

To support organizations at any stage of their endpoint security journey, FortiEDR offers many deployment options, with the most complete operating system (OS) coverage in the market, and support for OS versions as far back as Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003, macOS 10.11, and even 16-year-old Linux systems (see datasheet for supported platforms).

To complement our strategy of bringing deep EDR functionality to standard business systems, we also added Linux threat hunting and ETW support on Windows, and we continue to offer cloud-only, on-premises, and hybrid management options—even providing air-gapped systems with secure management connectivity.

Continuous Innovation of Fortinet’s Endpoint Security Offerings

Our global reach, innovative EDR/XDR security solutions, sterling customer reviews, complete MDR and IR offerings are ready for you to capitalize on. We invite you to download the reports and contact us for a deeper conversation and a demonstration of how we can help solve your endpoint security challenges in a holistic way.

Given the dramatic evolution in connected endpoints, driven by the ongoing transition to a hybrid workforce, now is the time to explore what Fortinet can offer your organization.

Read the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms report to see why we have been named a Visionary.

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