Enhance your security posture by adopting a zero-trust paradigm and avoid implicit trust based on location. Establish explicit trust based on user and device identity and context, limit access to the network and necessary applications, and adapt access based on continuous risk assessment.
Securing users and IoT/OT devices connecting from anywhere
Visibility and control over user access to various cloud/SaaS applications and data
Consistent security for the hybrid workforce connecting from any location
Fortinet offers a comprehensive zero-trust access solution with full security inspection (web filtering, AV, IPS, malware protection, and CASB). It includes Universal ZTNA, identity, multi-factor authentication, continuous posture assessment, adaptive and granular application access, and network access control (NAC). Fortinet Universal ZTNA goes above and beyond industry-standard cloud-only ZTNA for remote access. Our offering provides flexible secure access to corporate and SaaS applications from all locations where a user might be working.
To address the complexity, cost, and security gaps caused when deploying multiple endpoint solutions, Fortinet offers a single, integrated unified agent that combines secure access with ZTNA, endpoint protection (EPP), and endpoint detection and response (EDR). With the unified FortiClient endpoint agent, you can move from VPN to ZTNA and on-board applications at your own pace. In addition, integrated IT hygiene, endpoint protection, and secure application access capabilities, including vulnerability scanning, AV, web filtering, EDR, and sandbox integration, are included.
Fortinet zero-trust controls integrate with the Fortinet Security Fabric to deliver automated and simplified operations. FortiClient acts as Fabric Agent to provide telemetry and endpoint visibility, along with posture with the FortiClient Endpoint Management Server (EMS). FortiClient EMS connects with the Fabric to communicate near real-time endpoint information to all Fortinet zero-trust enforcement points that are part of the Fabric. These include FortiGate, FortiWeb, FortiADC, FortiProxy, and FortiNAC to provide automated, adaptive zero-trust access based on continuous risk assessment.
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The Fortinet Zero-Trust Security solution incorporates essential elements to create a robust zero-trust framework. It features the products below. In addition, ZTNA is included as a core part of the Fortinet security service edge (SSE) offering, FortiSASE.
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Provides a unified agent for VPN, ZTNA, endpoint protection, and telemetry.
Provides centralized visibility and scalable security management across multiple endpoints.
Enforces application access policies based on user, device identity, and real-time posture.
Provides identity and access management (IAM) services to help prevent unauthorized user access.
Provides cloud-delivered security to secure access to internet, SaaS, and private applications.
Offers network access control to allow only authorized devices to connect to the network.
Fortinet Universal ZTNA goes above and beyond the industry’s standard cloud only ZTNA offering for remote access. It provides secure and low-latency access to applications from any location a user might be working. Fortinet Universal ZTNA checks for user, device identity, and device posture every session and provides adaptive, granular access based on continuous posture validation. The solution includes a ZTNA application gateway for policy enforcement (part of FortiOS) at no additional cost. Centralized endpoint management with EMS and a unified FortiClient agent enables seamless transition from VPN to ZTNA and integrates endpoint protection.
It has been an amazing experience with Fortinet's Universal ZTNA. We have been using this product for the last 2-3 years, and the journey has been good so far. We have not faced any outages, and user connectivity is seamless. Fortinet Universal ZTNA ensures consistent security for all users, whether they are on-premises or roaming, by pushing the same policy throughout the organization.
I've been using Fortinet Universal ZTNA, and it's great for network security. It protects both remote and local users, ensuring only authorized access. Easy integration with other Fortinet products makes management a breeze. Setup is straightforward, and the intuitive interface makes it user-friendly. I highly recommend it for a robust, zero-trust security solution.
The solution provides secure access to private applications, the Internet & web, and cloud services regardless of the user's location. It's a cloud-delivered solution and, hence, can support any number of growing user counts. We have an excellent overall experience.
On-going verification of users and devices is the best feature of Fortinet ZTNA; with this feature, once the user is connected, Fortinet ZTNA will keep on checking the user's posture during the session. Also, it has a variety of ZTNA tags (posture checks) which can be applied to the ZTNA profile, and based on that, end user posture is checked, for example, domain check, Anti-virus check, and many more.
Fortinet Universal ZTNA is giving us secure access to our applications; with this product, only our organization's trusted users can connect to our office network. Whenever any user connects, it checks the user & device posture. Once the Posture check is successful, it only allows connecting to the applications.
Fortinet Universal ZTNA is a reliable product; we are using this to check the posture of remote users. This has been working great in our environment for the last 3 years. Users and laptops that are compliant with the ZTNA tags are getting connected to our applications, which are placed in datacenter, and the rest are getting blocked if their ZTNA compliance does not meet our organization policy.
Fortinet Universal ZTNA platform helped us adopt zero trust strategically in our environment. We use FortiEMS along with FortiAuthenticator and FortiToken, which works very well as a platform approach by integrating with FortiGate to enable ZTNA functionality to enable secure access to our applications.
Outstanding experience working on the Fortinet ZTNA; with this ZTNA solution, we are very relaxed from a security point of view for Remote users because of this product, only trusted users can connect to our applications, which are hosted in our data center. User feedback is also very positive, and they never faced any slowness or disconnections on ZTNA.
My overall experience with Fortinet Universal ZTNA has been excellent; the solution provides robust security features, seamless integration with our existing infrastructure, and a user-friendly interface, ensuring comprehensive protection and efficient management. FortiClient ZTNA has been the perfect solution for our growing organization. The Centralized Management Dashboard allows us to easily monitor and control user access and keep our data safe and secure.
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Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Security Service Edge, Charlie Winckless, Thomas Lintemuth, Dale Koeppen, Published 15 April 2024
Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Single-Vendor SASE, Andrew Lerner, Jonathan Forest, Neil MacDonald, Charlie Winckless, 3 July 2024.
Gartner, Voice of the Customer for ZTNA, Peer Contributors, 24 February 2025
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