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FortiGuard Web Filtering Service

FortiGuard Web Filtering Service

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What is FortiGuard Web Filtering Service?

Fortinet headquartered in Sunnyvale, California offers the FortiGuard Web Filtering Service, a web content filter.

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FortiGuard Web Filtering Service has proven to be an invaluable tool for users seeking to filter harmful and damaging websites. Users have …
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What is FortiGuard Web Filtering Service?

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FortiGuard Web Filtering Service has proven to be an invaluable tool for users seeking to filter harmful and damaging websites. Users have successfully utilized the service to minimize data leakage and maintain uninterrupted work environments. The ease of implementation has made it a popular choice, as it eliminates the need for manual maintenance of web filtering lists.

The service's versatility is evident in its application across different settings. It has been effectively used as part of proof-of-concept projects within departments and implemented in pilot programs at test high schools, middle schools, and elementary schools. Integration with firewalls in various locations, branches, and enterprises allows for separate rule sets tailored to different networks and users.

Business problems such as protecting against phishing attempts, preventing non-work related browsing, securing guest wireless networks, and enabling user activity logging have found their solutions with FortiGuard Web Filtering Service. Users also appreciate its user-friendly approach, which does not require installation of a root certificate on PCs. The service includes website categorization and antivirus protection to further enhance its capabilities.

Having been relied upon for approximately 4 years, FortiGuard Web Filtering Service has proven its effectiveness where other software solutions have fallen short. Its ability to block unwanted access and prevent malicious content extends across multiple platforms and operating systems, making it a powerful solution for organizations in need of comprehensive web filtering capabilities.

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December 05, 2019

Easy to setup!!

Score 7 out of 10
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Right now, we have FortiGuard Web Filtering Sevice as a proof of concept project within our department. We're also using 1 test high school, 1 test middle school, and 1 elementary school included in the pilot.
  • Easy Implementation.
  • Worked well with most of the apps we use.
  • GUI was easy to use.
  • Interface was not easy for some other users, but after they got it down, it worked well.
  • Took a little while to get help from support. Had to call the project manager to get help. But they took care of the issue after the fact.
I think for an enterprise company FortiGuard Web Filtering Service is an ideal solution. For a school district, maybe not so much. That's only because we have a wide arrange of apps we want to be filtered.
  • It cost us almost little time to set up and pilot, so we didn't spend a lot of man-hours working on it. Implementation was easy.
With some of the other solutions, we've tried FortGuard Web Filtering Service was at least on the top of our list.
Took a little longer for support to get our problem solved, but when the upper tier tech support was involved, we got excellent customer support.
RSA Web Threat Detection (WTD), DNSFilter
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