Fortinet releases FortiOS 4.0 operating system

Fortinet has announced the release of its new FortiOS 4.0 operating system for the FortiGate product family.

By PTI | Updated: Jun 02, 2011, 02.43 PM IST

BANGALORE: Fortinet, a leading network security provider and worldwide leader in unified threat management solutions, has announced the release of its new FortiOS 4.0 operating system for the FortiGate product family, including its FortiGate-3140B multi-threat security appliance.

The broad advancements offered in the FortiOS 4.0 MR3 operating system introduce wireless controller extensions that support automatic provisioning of wireless access points and detection and suppression of rogue access points, among other things, the company said in a statement.

The upgrade also introduces active profiling and flow-based threat inspection enhancements to the OS, which already integrates firewall, virtual private network (VPN), intrusion prevention (IPS), anti-virus, application control and many other security technologies, it said.

"With the release of FortiOS 4.0 MR3, powerful new security features and performance enhancements are now available for FortiGate consolidated security appliances," the company said.

The advanced FortiOS operating system expands the wireless controller capabilities of any FortiGate running FortiOS 4.0 MR3.

These capabilities improve security by enabling role-based access control to limit access to regulated, proprietary, or confidential data based upon a user's role, among other things.

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