{"id":60316,"date":"2022-03-30T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/?p=60316"},"modified":"2024-02-08T11:07:37","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T16:07:37","slug":"manage-and-secure-remote-access-to-fortinet-network-appliances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/blog\/manage-and-secure-remote-access-to-fortinet-network-appliances","title":{"rendered":"Manage and Secure Remote Access to Fortinet Network Appliances"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Work from anywhere isn\u2019t restricted to employees at small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Many IT teams and managed service providers (MSPs) work in distributed teams, which necessitates securing access to network infrastructure and timely user lifecycle management. However, these foundational security controls are too often disregarded when internal budgets, or asking a client to spend more for remote access, fail to address the potential security risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article is the first in a series of how-tos that demonstrate how to use JumpCloud\u2019s capabilities to achieve better security with minimal costs using a centralized platform that includes everything required to secure access to your appliance. It has the added bonus of providing single sign-on (SSO) beyond this scenario, delivering identity and access management (IAM) for every service your organization may use, and eliminating managing passwords everywhere<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortinet is the maker of some of the most popular next-generation firewalls (NGFW), and its devices have interfaces to either use its security products or to configure external providers. The prerequisites to secure Fortinet NGFW access with JumpCloud\u2019s services are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n