Fortinet has expanded its FortiCloud platform with three integrated services for identity management, secure storage, and secure communication.
Fortinet expands its cloud platform FortiCloud with three new business services: FortiIdentity for identity management, and FortiDrive and FortiConnect for secure data storage and communication, respectively. The additions are integrated into the Fortinet Security Fabric and target hybrid work environments.
FortiIdentity offers organizations a cloud-based solution for identity access management with features such as single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, passkeys, and identity federation. The service also includes FortiPAM-as-a-Service for access control based on user rights.
FortiDrive is a storage and collaboration platform with encryption, access management, version control, and content organization per team or project. FortiConnect provides communication via phone calls, chat, meetings, and file sharing, and integrates directly with FortiDrive. AI-supported threat intelligence from FortiGuard Labs is intended to enhance the security of communication traffic.
Hybrid Infrastructure
The new services are delivered via Fortinet’s hybrid cloud infrastructure with data centers in Frankfurt, New York, and Sydney, among others. Additionally, Fortinet uses over 160 points of presence (PoP) from external cloud providers such as Google Cloud, AWS, and Digital Realty. This way, Fortinet aims to ensure low latency, data sovereignty (as far as an American company can offer such), and global availability.
The expansion fits within Fortinet’s strategy to provide organizations with one centrally managed security platform. FortiCloud already delivers services such as FortiSASE, FortiAppSec, FortiMail, and FortiAIOps. By centralizing security functions, Fortinet aims to reduce operational complexity and costs for businesses while consistently protecting all users, devices, and data. Fortinet competes with specialized providers, who have other advantages such as a network of truly own PoPs.
FortiIdentity is immediately available as part of FortiCloud. FortiDrive and FortiConnect are available in beta.