{"id":19758,"date":"2022-11-30T00:23:46","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T00:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/11\/30\/fortinets-latest-firewall-runs-on-aws-graviton-cpus-the-register\/"},"modified":"2022-11-30T00:23:46","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T00:23:46","slug":"fortinets-latest-firewall-runs-on-aws-graviton-cpus-the-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/11\/30\/fortinets-latest-firewall-runs-on-aws-graviton-cpus-the-register\/","title":{"rendered":"Fortinet’s latest firewall runs on AWS Graviton CPUs \u2022 The Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For years, Fortinet has leaned on its custom security and networking ASICs to compete against rival vendors like Juniper, Palo Alto Networks, and Cisco in the firewall space.<\/p>\n

But when it comes to extending their security stack to the cloud, any advantage offered by its custom silicon starts to erode. Fortinet can\u2019t exactly deploy its hardware in the cloud. Instead, it\u2019s forced to \u2014 like most other vendors \u2014 run its firewall on general-purpose compute infrastructure, which has traditionally meant x86 CPUs from Intel or AMD.<\/p>\n

Fortinet\u2019s latest attempt to sell customers on its cloud firewalls involves repackaging its security stack as a software-as-a-service platform in AWS. Dubbed FortiGate CNF, the service features the standard assortment of security functionality you\u2019d expect from a next-generation firewall, including URL, DNS and application filtering and intrusion prevention\/detection to name a few.<\/p>\n

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