Cloud Area Networking pioneer Alkira announced at AWS re:Inforce a partnership with Fortinet, a global leader in broad, integrated and automated cybersecurity solutions.
Alkira’s integration with Fortinet provides automated configuration and deployment of firewall services to protect traffic to and inside all major public cloud providers. Alkira automates all of the network plumbing, allowing customers to insert firewall services across their Cloud Area Networking infrastructure. The features enabled by the partnership are now available to all Alkira and Fortinet customers.
Alkira Cloud Area Networking is the fastest way to unify an enterprise’s on-prem infrastructure with a public cloud(s). It’s an enterprise-grade network with built-in routing and network services–100% cloud-built, with no agents to install, and delivered as-a-service.
Alkira and Fortinet have made it easier to secure Cloud Area Networking traffic. Enterprises can secure their clouds by leveraging their existing Fortinet investment. Alkira customers in turn can extend their Fortinet firewalls to protect cloud workloads. Alkira automates the network plumbing, allowing customers to instantly apply these services across their entire Cloud Area Network and across multiple cloud providers.
Key features enabled by the partnership include:
- FortiManager integration: Alkira and Fortinet are seamlessly integrated. This means your Security Team can manage FortiGate firewalls with the FortiManager platform they know and trust. Spin up new FortiGate virtual firewalls with just a few clicks, and Alkira will take care of the rest.
- Auto-mapping of zone to segments: Alkira’s Fortinet integration allows enterprises to extend existing zones on their firewalls into and across clouds. Alkira takes existing on-prem security and expands it to multiple clouds.
- Auto-scaling: Customers can automatically scale Fortinet firewalls when traffic surges and then reduce them when traffic normalizes. This reduces the likelihood of network outages.
Atif Khan, CTO, Alkira
This integration demonstrates the continuing momentum behind Cloud Area Networking,” said . “Modern organizations have a tough time managing a messy sprawl of sites, regions, users, SD-WAN fabrics, and clouds. They need a quick way to connect all these pieces together. Cloud Area Networking does that.
