Fortinet FortiGate 50G SOCaaS (24×7 SOC Monitoring), 1-Year (FC-10-GT50G-464-02-12)

A FortiGate 50G records security events around the clock, but most small networks have nobody watching them after hours or over a weekend. The FortiGate 50G 1-Year SOCaaS subscription (FC-10-GT50G-464-02-12) puts a Fortinet-run security operations center behind the firewall. Analysts monitor its logs 24×7, sort the noise from what matters, and escalate genuine incidents, so an alert at 2 a.m. is not waiting unread until Monday. It is a subscription service only, with no hardware and electronic delivery to any country.

What this service covers

SOCaaS layers managed detection and response on top of the 50G, staffed by Fortinet’s SOC rather than your own people:

• 24×7 log monitoring: the firewall’s security telemetry is watched continuously, not just collected and left for someone to read later.
• Incident triage: alerts are filtered and investigated so the handful that point to a real problem are separated from routine background noise.
• SOC escalation: when something warrants action, the SOC hands it to you with context and a recommended next step instead of a bare alert code.
• Cloud-based delivery: monitoring runs from Fortinet’s cloud, so round-the-clock coverage arrives without a SIEM to stand up or analysts to hire.

Who needs it

This suits a 50G owner that must take monitoring seriously but cannot staff a night shift. A small business answering to clients or auditors who expect active monitoring, a branch office, or a stretched IT team that wants expert eyes on the firewall without building a SOC of its own. The smaller the team, the larger the gap SOCaaS fills.

Activation and delivery

The entitlement is issued electronically and tied to a specific FortiGate 50G by serial number. Monitoring starts once the device is onboarded to the cloud SOC, and the one-year term runs from activation. Nothing ships, and the firewall needs to be logging to the cloud so the analysts can see it.

Where SOCaaS fits among the 50G services

SOCaaS is about people watching the logs, which is a separate job from storing them or running the device. FortiAnalyzer Cloud gives the 50G a hosted home for its logs and reports, and the Managed FortiGate Service hands routine config and policy work to Fortinet’s NOC. Plenty of sites combine them: the analytics layer keeps the evidence, the SOC interprets it, and the NOC acts on it.

Choosing the one-year term

SOCaaS for the 50G is sold in one-year cycles, which lines coverage up with annual budgets and audit windows. Renew before it lapses to keep monitoring unbroken, because a gap means the hours in between go unwatched.

Buying from DataCenter360.ca

DataCenter360.ca is an authorized Fortinet Select Partner, and we provision SOCaaS electronically for customers anywhere. If you are weighing managed monitoring against building your own, tell us how your 50G is deployed and we will say plainly what the SOC covers and what stays your responsibility.