Fortinet FortiGate 51G-5G Advanced Malware Protection (AMP), 1-Year (FC-10-F51G5-100-02-12)

Files entering your network through email, web downloads, and cloud sync are the most common malware delivery mechanism — and they don’t always look dangerous at first inspection. FC-10-F51G5-100-02-12 activates Advanced Malware Protection on the FortiGate 51G-5G for one year, adding a layered file-scanning engine to the device’s existing firewall and session handling: signature-based antivirus, AI-based heuristic detection, mobile malware filtering, and cloud sandbox detonation for files that don’t match any known signature.

What AMP Includes

• Antivirus (AV) — signature scanning against FortiGuard’s continuously updated malware database, covering executables, archives, documents, and scripts across HTTP, HTTPS (with SSL inspection), FTP, SMTP, POP3, and IMAP
• Mobile malware detection — identifies Android APK and iOS-targeted threats in network-layer traffic, including lateral movement from BYOD devices
• Virus Outbreak Protection — queries FortiGuard’s cloud intelligence for newly emerging threats not yet in the local signature database, closing the window between outbreak and signature publication
• AI-based heuristic AV — behavioral model scoring that catches variants and obfuscated malware without a matching signature
• FortiGate Cloud Sandbox — unknown files are submitted to FortiGuard’s cloud sandbox for detonation and behavioral analysis; verdicts are returned within seconds for supported file types
• Content Disarm & Reconstruct (CDR) — strips active content from Office documents and PDFs before delivery, removing macro-based payloads without blocking the document

Bundle Comparison

Advanced Malware Protection is included in all three FortiGuard protection bundles. The standalone service makes sense for appliances that already have some services active or for organizations that want to add file-level scanning before committing to a bundle renewal.

Who Needs Standalone AMP

This service is most useful in two situations. First, for a FortiGate 51G-5G that was deployed with only IPS or URL filtering active and needs file-scanning added without purchasing a full bundle mid-cycle. Second, for branch sites receiving large volumes of file traffic — shared drives, email relays, remote access file transfers — where the added layer of sandbox detonation is worth activating even when a broader bundle isn’t yet justified.

It’s also a frequent choice for environments that already handle anti-spam at the email gateway but want the FortiGate itself to catch malware in web downloads and lateral file movement between internal hosts.

Activation and Delivery

FC-10-F51G5-100-02-12 is delivered as a registration key via email from DataCenter360.ca, typically on the same business day. Activate in FortiOS under System > FortiGuard: register the key and the AMP signature feed, sandbox integration, and CDR capabilities become available immediately. The 1-year term starts from activation.

Multi-year term SKUs for AMP on the FortiGate 51G-5G are not currently listed separately. If multi-year coverage is a requirement, the UTP or Enterprise bundle offers AMP plus additional services at a consolidated renewal price.

Buying from DataCenter360.ca

DataCenter360.ca fulfills FortiGuard subscriptions as an authorized Fortinet Select Partner. Keys are registered through Fortinet’s licensing system and delivered directly to your email. No grey-market SKUs — every license comes with full FortiGuard update entitlement for the subscribed term. Contact us for volume or multi-year pricing.