Fortinet FortiGate 51G-SFP-PoE AI-Based Inline Malware Prevention, 1-Year (FC-10-F51GP-577-02-12)

Signature-based scanning catches malware that has been seen before. The problem is the first victim of a new variant, and that is exactly what AI-Based Inline Malware Prevention is built to stop. This one-year service puts Fortinet’s machine-learning engine inline on the FortiGate 51G-SFP-PoE, scoring files in real time and blocking malicious ones before they reach the endpoint, not after.

What the service covers

Inline Malware Prevention uses FortiGuard’s AI models to evaluate files as they pass through the firewall, holding and analysing suspicious objects so a verdict is reached before delivery. Because the decision happens on the wire, unknown and zero-day samples are caught without waiting for a signature to be published. The service runs on the 51G-SFP-PoE for the full twelve months and is the kind of advanced protection normally reserved for the top bundle tier.

Who needs it

Organizations that handle sensitive data, or that have been burned by a fast-moving outbreak, are the natural buyers. If the 51G-SFP-PoE protects a clinic, a finance office, or any site where one infected file is a serious event, real-time inline analysis closes the window that signature lag leaves open.

This single line against the bundles

AI-Based Inline Malware Prevention is part of Fortinet’s Enterprise tier, the top of the FortiGuard stack. Buying it on its own makes sense when you specifically want that capability; if you also need web filtering, IPS, and application control, the Enterprise bundle delivers all of it for the device and is usually the better value.

Activation and delivery

Register the service against the FortiGate 51G-SFP-PoE serial number and enable it in FortiOS. Delivery is electronic, with nothing to ship. The term is one year; renew before it lapses to keep inline analysis active.

Buying from DataCenter360.ca

DataCenter360.ca is a Fortinet Select Partner and emails this license to any country, generally within a business day. Not sure whether the standalone service or the full Enterprise bundle is right for your 51G-SFP-PoE? Send us the other services you are running and we will tell you which path costs less.