Fortinet Security & SD-WAN Delivered by Vertex9
As a certified Fortinet partner, Vertex9 designs, deploys and manages the complete Fortinet Security Fabric for UK businesses — from FortiGate next-generation firewalls and FortiGate SD-WAN to FortiEDR endpoint protection and FortiSASE cloud security.
Why Vertex9 Chose Fortinet
Fortinet is the world's largest cybersecurity company by number of security appliances shipped. Its integrated Security Fabric architecture delivers security and networking in a single platform — reducing complexity, cost and the attack surface that fragmented point products create.
Integrated Platform
FortiGate combines NGFW, SD-WAN, IPS, web filtering and SSL inspection in a single appliance — eliminating the cost and complexity of running separate firewall, SD-WAN and security products from different vendors.
Purpose-Built ASICs
Fortinet designs its own network processing chips (NP ASICs) that deliver high-performance security inspection without the throughput degradation that affects software-based security appliances. SSL inspection at full network speed is a key differentiator.
FortiGuard Threat Intelligence
Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs provides real-time threat intelligence drawn from over 10 billion security events per day globally. This intelligence is continuously updated across all FortiGate devices, ensuring protection against the latest threats without manual signature updates.
Consistent Policy Everywhere
The Fortinet Security Fabric enables consistent security policies to be applied across all locations — head office, branch offices, remote workers, and cloud environments — from a single management interface. This dramatically simplifies security operations for multi-site businesses.
Fortinet Products We Deploy
Vertex9 designs, deploys and manages the Fortinet Security Fabric — providing UK businesses with enterprise-grade network security and connectivity.
FortiGate NGFW
Next-generation firewall deployment for perimeter security, internal segmentation and branch offices — with IPS, web filtering, application control, anti-malware and SSL inspection. Sized from desktop appliances for small offices to data centre-grade chassis for enterprise.
View Network Services →FortiGate SD-WAN
SD-WAN built natively into FortiGate — aggregating multiple WAN links with dynamic path selection, application-aware routing and integrated security. Replacing legacy MPLS with broadband SD-WAN typically saves 40–70% on WAN costs while improving cloud application performance.
Read SD-WAN vs MPLS →FortiEDR
Endpoint detection and response — real-time threat detection and automated response across Windows, macOS and Linux devices. FortiEDR integrates with FortiGate to provide network-level threat correlation and device isolation, stopping attacks before they cause damage.
View Cybersecurity →FortiSASE
Secure Access Service Edge — cloud-delivered security that extends FortiGate-quality inspection to remote workers and cloud applications. Applies consistent security policy to all users regardless of location, enabling Zero Trust access without on-premises infrastructure at every site.
Explore Cloud Services →FortiAnalyzer & FortiManager
Centralised log management, reporting and compliance with FortiAnalyzer — providing a single pane of glass for security events across all FortiGate devices. FortiManager enables central configuration management and policy deployment across multi-site FortiGate deployments.
View Managed IT →FortiAP Wi-Fi
Enterprise access points managed through FortiGate — providing integrated wireless security with the same firewall policies and threat protection applied to wired traffic. Suitable for office environments where a single-vendor security approach is preferred over cloud-managed Wi-Fi alternatives.
Explore Wi-Fi Services →Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Fortinet Security Fabric?
The Fortinet Security Fabric is Fortinet's integrated security architecture, where all Fortinet products — FortiGate firewalls, FortiEDR endpoint security, FortiAnalyzer logging, FortiSIEM, FortiSASE and others — share threat intelligence and can be managed through a unified platform. This integration reduces the complexity and operational overhead of running multiple security point products from different vendors, and enables automated threat response across the entire security environment.
What is FortiGate used for?
FortiGate is Fortinet's flagship next-generation firewall (NGFW) platform. It combines traditional firewall functionality with deep packet inspection, intrusion prevention (IPS), web filtering, application control, SSL inspection and SD-WAN in a single hardware or virtual appliance. For UK businesses, FortiGate is deployed at network perimeters, branch offices and data centre edges to control and inspect all network traffic.
How does Fortinet SD-WAN differ from other SD-WAN vendors?
Fortinet SD-WAN is built natively into FortiGate appliances — meaning the SD-WAN controller, next-generation firewall, IPS, web filtering and WAN optimisation all run on a single platform without separate appliances. This reduces hardware cost and complexity. Integration with the Fortinet Security Fabric means SD-WAN and security policies are managed in a single interface, and FortiGuard threat intelligence applies automatically to all WAN traffic.
Fortinet Security for Your Business
Whether you need a FortiGate firewall replacement, an SD-WAN migration, or a complete Fortinet Security Fabric deployment, Vertex9 provides expert design, implementation and ongoing managed support. Contact us for a free security assessment.