Fortinet FortiGateRugged 70G-5G-DUAL IPS Service, 1-Year (FC-10-F70G5-108-02-12)

A FortiGateRugged 70G-5G-DUAL in the field without an active IPS subscription passes traffic but does not inspect it for known exploits. Any device behind the gateway — a laptop, HMI, IP camera, or controller — is exposed to network-layer attacks that traverse the 5G uplink. The FC-10-F70G5-108-02-12 subscription gives the appliance one year of FortiGuard IPS coverage, enabling it to match inbound and outbound traffic against a continuously updated library of exploit signatures, vulnerability probes, and protocol anomalies, and to drop or reset malicious sessions in real time.

What IPS does on the FortiGateRugged 70G-5G-DUAL

The FortiGuard IPS engine runs deep packet inspection on all traffic passing through the appliance. It checks packet payloads against thousands of signatures covering software exploits, botnet command-and-control patterns, protocol fuzzing attempts, and known attack toolkits. When a match is found, the gateway drops the offending session before it reaches the destination. Signature updates arrive automatically from FortiGuard, so coverage keeps pace with newly disclosed CVEs without manual intervention.

IPS in the FortiGuard bundle hierarchy

Intrusion Prevention is included across all three FortiGuard bundle tiers for the FortiGateRugged 70G-5G-DUAL: ATP, UTP, and Enterprise. If the gateway also needs web filtering, AMP, or anti-spam, the UTP bundle (FC-10-F70G5-950-02-12) or Enterprise bundle covers IPS plus those services at a consolidated per-service cost. This standalone IPS SKU fits best when the device already carries other services and only the IPS layer needs to be added.

Who typically orders standalone IPS

Deployments that upgraded from a previous appliance with existing URL filtering and AMP subscriptions often add IPS as the final service gap. Mobile command units, offshore platforms, and temporary construction sites where the device serves a well-defined traffic profile also use standalone IPS when only exploit prevention is the objective, keeping individual service budgets separate.

Activation and delivery

DataCenter360.ca delivers the electronic license key by email within 0-1 business days. Register it on the FortiGateRugged 70G-5G-DUAL through the FortiGate GUI under System > FortiGuard. IPS signature sync begins automatically on activation. No reboot is required.

Buying from DataCenter360.ca

As a Fortinet Select Partner, DataCenter360.ca supplies the full FortiGateRugged 70G-5G-DUAL subscription catalog with same-day electronic delivery to any country. Whether IPS is the first service on a bare appliance or the last gap on a device already running OT Security and AMP, the ordering process is the same. Contact us to compare the per-service cost of this SKU against the UTP bundle.