Fortinet FortiGate 120G IPS Service, 1-Year (FC-10-F120G-108-02-12)

The FortiGate 120G ships with the inspection engine — but the engine is only as sharp as the signature feed behind it. The FortiGate 120G IPS Service (FC-10-F120G-108-02-12) is a 1-year FortiGuard subscription that keeps the FG-120G’s intrusion prevention system current with threat intelligence from FortiGuard Labs, covering exploit attempts, malicious botnet URLs, and lateral movement patterns that static or outdated signatures would miss entirely.

What the IPS Service Covers

FortiGuard IPS provides two core capabilities on the FG-120G:

• Intrusion Prevention Signatures: AI/ML-based detection rules covering thousands of CVEs, protocol anomalies, and known exploit techniques, applied inline at up to 5.3 Gbps throughput on the FG-120G using its SP5 ASIC.
• Malicious URL and Botnet Detection: Real-time reputation feeds identify connections to known command-and-control servers and botnet infrastructure, blocking callbacks and data exfiltration before they complete.

Who Uses This Service

Any FortiGate 120G handling internet-facing traffic should have an active IPS subscription. This is most critical for distributed enterprise branch sites where the FG-120G is the only perimeter device — there’s no upstream NGFW to catch what gets through. Organizations with unmanaged or legacy endpoints where patching is slow benefit most: even if a host can’t be patched against a specific CVE, the FortiGate can block exploitation at the network layer.

Activation and Delivery

FC-10-F120G-108-02-12 is delivered electronically. Purchase, receive the key, register it to your FG-120G serial number via FortiCare, and the IPS signature feed activates on the next scheduled update. No hardware ships. Worldwide delivery. This makes renewal practical even a few days before an existing contract lapses.

Standalone IPS vs. the Bundle Options

IPS is included in the ATP, UTP, and Enterprise bundles. If the FG-120G currently has no FortiGuard subscription, the ATP bundle gives better value than IPS alone — you get AMP and URL/DNS/Video Filtering at a small incremental cost over the standalone IPS price. The standalone IPS SKU is most useful for organizations that already have other FortiGuard services active and need to renew IPS separately on its own cycle.

Buying from DataCenter360.ca

DataCenter360.ca stocks FortiGuard subscriptions for the FortiGate 120G and can quote standalone services or full bundles. As a Fortinet Select Partner, we provide authorized licenses with same-business-day e-delivery. Whether you need a single IPS renewal or want to compare the economics of upgrading to a bundle, reach out and we’ll build a clear quote.