Fortinet FortiGate 51G SOCaaS, 1-Year (FC-10-GT51G-464-02-12)

A FortiGate 51G will raise alerts at all hours, but someone has to watch them, separate the real incidents from the noise, and act. The FortiGate 51G 1-Year SOCaaS Subscription (FC-10-GT51G-464-02-12) gives a site with no security operations team exactly that: Fortinet analysts monitoring the device’s logs around the clock, triaging incidents, and escalating the ones that warrant a response. It is a managed cloud service sold as a subscription, with no hardware and electronic delivery worldwide.

What the service delivers

SOCaaS puts Fortinet’s security operations center behind your 51G so alerts are handled by people, not left in a console:

• 24×7 log monitoring: the device’s security events are watched continuously, including nights and weekends when no one is on site.
• Incident triage: analysts separate genuine threats from false positives, so your team is not chasing every alert.
• SOC escalation: incidents that need attention are escalated with context and guidance on what to do next.
• Expert analysts: the monitoring is staffed by Fortinet’s security operations specialists rather than an unattended dashboard.

Who needs it

This subscription is built for organizations that run a 51G but have no in-house SOC and no one positioned to watch alerts after hours. It is a practical way to get continuous, expert eyes on the device’s security data without hiring and staffing a monitoring team. A site that already operates its own around-the-clock SOC will see less benefit.

Activation and delivery

The license is issued electronically and registered to a specific FortiGate 51G. Once provisioned, the device’s logs feed into the SOCaaS monitoring service, and the twelve-month term runs from activation. Nothing ships, and the 51G must be in service and logging.

Monitoring vs. prevention

SOCaaS watches and responds; it does not block traffic itself. The blocking comes from the FortiGuard services in the UTP or Enterprise bundle on the 51G. The two are complementary: the bundle stops threats inline, and SOCaaS makes sure a human sees and acts on what gets through or needs investigation.

Buying from DataCenter360.ca

DataCenter360.ca is a Fortinet Select Partner and provisions this SOCaaS subscription electronically for customers in any country. If you are deciding how SOCaaS fits next to your existing FortiGuard coverage, tell us what protection the 51G already runs and we will help you see where managed monitoring adds the most.