Fortinet FortiGate 70G FortiGuard IPS Service, 1-Year (FC-10-GT70G-108-02-12)

Packet filtering and stateful inspection stop a lot — but they do not detect exploit traffic disguised inside legitimate protocols. The 1-Year FortiGuard IPS subscription (FC-10-GT70G-108-02-12) loads the FortiGate 70G with deep-packet inspection signatures covering thousands of known vulnerabilities and attack patterns, and keeps those signatures current through real-time updates from FortiGuard Labs throughout the one-year term.

What the IPS Service Does

FortiGuard IPS combines signature-based detection with anomaly detection and protocol validation. Signature detection matches traffic against a database of 17,000+ known exploits, malicious payloads, and command-and-control communication patterns. Anomaly detection flags traffic that deviates from protocol specifications or behavioral baselines, catching attack variants that evade signature matching. FortiGuard Labs publishes IPS signature updates as new CVEs and attack techniques emerge; the FortiGate 70G downloads those updates automatically, keeping coverage current without manual intervention.

Who Buys the 1-Year IPS Subscription

Any organization running the FG-70G without a full FortiGuard bundle — and whose security policy requires blocking known network exploits — needs this service. Branch offices with limited IT staffing particularly benefit: the FortiGate applies IPS automatically per policy, with no manual signature management required. Organizations evaluating the FG-70G platform before committing to a multi-year bundle can also start with 1-year IPS as a foundation service.

Activation and Delivery

The license is delivered electronically to any country in 0 to 1 business days. Register the key in FortiCare, associate it with the FortiGate 70G serial number, and IPS signatures download on the next FortiGuard update cycle. Apply an IPS sensor to your firewall policies in FortiOS to activate inspection. No hardware changes and no restart required.

IPS Standalone vs. the UTP and Enterprise Bundles

FortiGuard IPS is included in all three FortiGuard bundle tiers — ATP, UTP, and Enterprise — along with antivirus, web filtering, application control, and other services depending on the tier. Buying IPS as a standalone service makes sense when the 70G needs exploit prevention specifically, without the full stack of a bundle subscription. The table below shows what each bundle adds beyond IPS alone.

Buying from DataCenter360.ca

A standalone IPS subscription keeps the FortiGate 70G’s most critical layer of network-level threat prevention active at a lower per-service cost than a full bundle. DataCenter360.ca is a Fortinet Select Partner and MSSP based in Canada, with direct access to Fortinet’s licensing system. Keys are delivered electronically within one business day worldwide. If your site’s security requirements grow, DataCenter360.ca can assist with bundle upgrade quotes that credit the remaining value of active standalone subscriptions.