Likelihood to Recommend FortiAnalyzer is a must have when you administer multiple FortiGate firewalls in a defense in depth enterprise environment. Total visibility can be achieved across multiple physical and virtual firewalls. Complete analysis of your threat landscape is possible along with real time detection, compliance reporting, and wholistic firewall rule analysis and reporting. Eliminating shadow rules, tuning unnecessarily permissive rules, automation and other analysis are built in to this easy to deploy software.
Read full review If budget is an issue then Fortisiem fits well, as it's more than a typical SIEM solution. It can integrate with environmental monitoring systems, UPS HVAC etc. It can be used as the CMDB solution etc. If fine-tuned and looked after it can actually bring a lot of value for less.
Read full review Pros Custom dashboard VPN traffic monitoring Internet traffic monitoring Users behavior analysis Integrate well with the FortiGate firewall Log analysis Read full review Log aggregation and analytics CMDB Device inventory and remote management . It can be used by Managed Security Providers who have multiple customers as it offers multi organization support . Read full review Cons Administrative Domains and Software Versions are difficult to maintain managing different FortiOS versions gets complicated quite easily Administrative Domains must be well architected from the beginning Read full review Non-intuitive/unattractive user interface Too many features that will usually remain unused Very crowded (too many icons) portal The reporting feature is confusing, e.g. you have to click on the "refresh" button to get the result of your inquiry. The report generation process can be much easier, as the user interaction is not pleasant. Read full review Usability FortiAnalyzer is easy to deploy are ready to use right out of the box. The user interface is intuitive and the reporting engine is very customizable however most of the 'canned' reports are usable right away. It is easy to add firewalls under management and event correlation happens immediately. FortiAnalyzer is a great log aggregator for all of your firewalls and then upload meaningful data to a SEIM.
Read full review Alternatives Considered The cost of FortiAnalyzer is lower compared to other products, and the benefits it provides at this cost are notably superior. Given the presence of multiple
FortiGate products in our network, its seamless integration enhances efficiency and usage, allowing us to maximize the utility of the product to a great extent.
Read full review Return on Investment We are able to report to the management the real-time attacks on the network User behavior analysis has become easy Achieving a favorable return on investment (ROI) is easily attainable, given that the product cost is relatively moderate. Without the product, the amount of human work time required is significantly higher, further emphasizing the cost-effectiveness of its implementation. Read full review Other SIEM solutions were cost prohibitive at the time of purchase (2016). Just like any other SIEM, it helped draw a better picture of our current security posture. Read full review ScreenShots