Fortinet integrates security fabric with Alibaba Cloud
Alibaba Cloud and Fortinet are expanding Fortinet Security Fabric offerings and automation capabilities for Alibaba Cloud.
The combination of technologies will provide extended security visibility and control from the data center to the cloud, as well as the ability for organizations to manage consistent security policies when applications are deployed in different locations.
As organizations move workloads and applications to the cloud, the digital attack surface is expanding and making it harder to ensure robust, consistent security across clouds and data centers. Organizations are looking to take advantage of the agility and scalability that cloud environments offer without compromising security.
Alibaba Cloud's extended collaboration with Fortinet addresses this concern as it leverages Fortinet's breadth of cloud security offerings that are part of the Fortinet Security Fabric.
"Fortinet is committed to helping customers make their journey to the cloud even more secure by integrating more tightly with Alibaba Cloud and supporting additional cloud security use cases. To further support resource-constrained teams, today's announcement is helping our joint customers automate additional security processes and more seamlessly integrate into their application lifecycle," comments Fortinet's EVP of products and solutions, John Maddison.
By implementing the Fortinet Security Fabric on Alibaba Cloud, customers can apply consistent security policies throughout their hybrid infrastructures and can realize multi-layer security protection and operational benefits for running applications on Alibaba Cloud.
Sodexo and Fung Group are among the global customers leveraging Fortinet's cloud native integration with Alibaba Cloud to secure its hybrid cloud environment.
The Fortinet Security Fabric on Alibaba Cloud also includes:
• Native Integration: Fortinet's security solution will natively integrate with Alibaba Cloud for seamless integration with workloads running in Alibaba Cloud. As a Fortinet Fabric-Ready Partner, Alibaba Cloud will integrate its APIs with the Fortinet Security Fabric to provide more consistent and effective end-to-end security to end users.
• Broad Protection: The Fortinet Security Fabric for Alibaba Cloud includes a broad range of Fortinet security offerings including: FortiGateVM, FortiWeb, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer and Fabric Connectors. These solutions address a broad set of use cases including protecting cloud workloads, securing hybrid cloud and cloud-based security management.
• Management and Automation: With the expanded integration, Alibaba Cloud's security functionalities can be managed through the Fortinet Security Management tools across both Alibaba Cloud and on-premises deployments to streamline security operations. Customers can leverage automation capabilities provided by The Fortinet Security Fabric, leveraging APIs and stitches for example, to further streamline and automate operations.
Fortinet's cloud security solutions are available on Alibaba Cloud Marketplace or can be purchased from a Fortinet channel partner providing customers with the flexibility of purchasing only on demand or owning a license that is transferrable across platforms.
