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FortiGuard® Application Control Service

Application Control (AC) protects managed desktops and servers by allowing or denying network application usage based on policies established by the network administrator. Enterprise applications, databases, web mail, social networking applications, IM/P2P, and file transfer protocols can all be identified accurately by sophisticated detection signatures. Application Control signature updates are provided via the global FortiGuard distribution network. Learn More

FortiGuard® Application Control Service Benefits

  • Automated content updates provide an ever growing set of application identification signatures.
  • Application control signatures, while separate, are provided to all subscribers of IPS signatures.
  • Network security managers can create whitelists, blacklists, or combinations.
  • The inherent synergies between application control and antivirus/antispyware provide the highest levels of protection and control.
  • Device-based licensing eliminates per-user fees to significantly lower entry cost and ongoing maintenance costs.

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We think highly of the FortiGate appliances ability to provide various security functions within one appliance, rather than forcing us to implement specific security software one by one. In addition, we liked its clear fee structure for initial licensing based on an annual per store cost. The deployment of FortiGate appliances enabled us to share a huge amount of data in a secure manner. We plan to drive further development, including a management system to understand all aspects of our outlets, such as photo shooting status, the delivery of commercial messages to our customers to highlight our outlets and the delivery of streaming images to our employees as part of training. Furthermore, we will consider developing a dedicated store system tailored for digital photography, rather than use a common POS system for retail outlets modified for photo studios.

Koichi Inatani
Information Systems Department
Studio Alice's Operations Head Office