Fortinet FortiGate 51G-5G FortiSASE Subscription, 1-Year (FC-10-F51G5-595-02-12)

The people a FortiGate 51G-5G is meant to protect are not always sitting behind it. Field staff, home workers, and travelers open the same applications from networks the appliance never sees, and those sessions still need inspecting. The FortiGate 51G-5G 1-Year FortiSASE Subscription (FC-10-F51G5-595-02-12) carries Fortinet’s security out to the cloud edge so off-network traffic is filtered in Fortinet’s points of presence, with the 51G-5G serving as the secure on-ramp for the site behind it. The term is twelve months and includes the cloud management console and a bandwidth license. It is a subscription only, with no hardware and worldwide electronic delivery.

What the subscription delivers

FortiSASE brings remote-user security and the on-site firewall under one cloud-managed service:

• Cloud-delivered security: secure web gateway, firewall-as-a-service, and zero-trust access are enforced in Fortinet’s cloud, near wherever the user is.
• Roaming and remote coverage: people working away from the 51G-5G ride the same policy set as those behind it, so being off-network does not mean being unprotected.
• One management console: users, policies, and reporting live in a single cloud dashboard instead of being split across the appliance and a separate remote-access tool.
• Bandwidth license included: the subscription carries the throughput the SASE edge uses to inspect and forward your traffic.

Who needs it

This fits a site anchored by the 51G-5G that also has a mobile or hybrid workforce: a small branch with people regularly in the field, a cellular location whose staff move between sites, or any deployment that wants one consistent policy whether someone is on the LAN or on an unmanaged network. If your protection currently ends at the office door, SASE is what carries it to the user.

Activation and delivery

The license is issued electronically and registered to your FortiSASE cloud tenant, linked to the FortiGate 51G-5G as the secure edge. Provisioning takes place in the cloud console, the twelve-month term starts at activation, and nothing ships. Users are onboarded through the dashboard once the subscription is live.

How it fits with on-box protection

FortiSASE secures the path users take to reach their applications. It is not a substitute for the FortiGuard inspection running on the appliance itself. Sites after full coverage on the 51G-5G usually pair this with the UTP or Enterprise bundle, so on-network traffic is inspected at the box and off-network traffic is inspected in the cloud, under one policy intent.

Buying from DataCenter360.ca

DataCenter360.ca is an authorized Fortinet Select Partner and delivers this FortiSASE subscription electronically to any country. The piece worth getting right is sizing the bandwidth license to your actual user count, so tell us how many remote users you expect and we will help you settle on the correct term before you order.