Fortinet FortiGate 50E ATP Subscription, 1-Year (FC-10-0050E-928-02-12)

Organizations running the FortiGate 50E alongside a cloud DNS filter, secure web gateway, or upstream proxy already have content filtering handled by another layer. Purchasing a UTP subscription in that scenario means paying twice for the same capability. The FC-10-0050E-928-02-12 renews the core inline threat engines — IPS, advanced malware protection, and application control — for 12 months, keeping the FG-50E at its designed protection level without the redundancy.

What ATP Maintains on the FortiGate 50E

ATP keeps the FortiGuard services that block active threats in real time, rather than those that filter content by category:

• Intrusion Prevention (IPS) — Delivers up to 350 Mbps of IPS throughput through the FG-50E’s SPU hardware accelerator. Updated signatures from FortiGuard Labs catch network exploits, buffer overflows, and lateral movement traffic as the threat landscape evolves.
• Advanced Malware Protection — Combines signature-based antivirus, botnet IP blocking, FortiSandbox Cloud analysis, and virus outbreak detection to stop malicious files before they execute on endpoints behind the firewall.
• Application Control — Identifies thousands of applications by behavioral inspection, enabling policies that restrict bandwidth-heavy or high-risk apps regardless of which port they use or whether the session is encrypted.
• FortiCare Premium Support — Covers 24×7 technical support case handling, access to FortiOS firmware updates for the 50E lifecycle, and hardware replacement entitlement.

URL/DNS/video filtering and antispam are not part of ATP. The FG-50E is a legacy platform, and keeping its core threat engines fed with current signatures is the minimum posture for a device still handling production traffic.

The Advanced Threat Protection Bundle

The table below shows which services each subscription tier activates on the FortiGate 50E series.

Who Renews ATP on the FortiGate 50E

FC-10-0050E-928-02-12 fits IT administrators who have layered a cloud-based web filter over an FG-50E deployment and want to keep the FortiGate’s threat engines current without overlapping on filtering. It also suits cost-conscious renewals where full UTP spend is not justified, particularly for 50E units approaching end of life with a hardware refresh planned within the next one to two years. Once that refresh happens, the license spend stops entirely; ATP is the right bridge.

Activation and Electronic Delivery

This is a software license delivered electronically. DataCenter360.ca emails the registration key and activation instructions within 0-1 business days of confirmed payment. Register the key to the FortiGate 50E serial number through the FortiCare portal. Activation is immediate. No hardware ships, and the license is valid for devices in any country.

Term and Renewal Options

Multi-year ATP terms are not available for the FortiGate 50E; only the 1-year SKU is in the catalog. Licenses stack on the same serial number. If a security posture review determines that URL filtering should be handled at the FortiGate rather than upstream, the UTP tier (FC-10-0050E-950-02-12) adds that coverage and is in stock. The Enterprise tier (FC-10-0050E-810-02-12) goes further with Security Rating and OT Security for sites with broader requirements.

Buying from DataCenter360.ca

For legacy hardware like the FG-50E, where the device may be fully depreciated but the network still depends on it day-to-day, having a clean FortiCare entitlement history matters when a support case needs to be opened or firmware accessed before a planned refresh. DataCenter360.ca is a Fortinet Select Partner, and every key we sell traces back cleanly through Fortinet’s partner system. Electronic delivery gets you activated in minutes from anywhere in the world.