Fortigate Scoping

[maeLove]

Good day everyone,

I'm not sure if this will be the right to place this post. Anyway, I just want to ask how do you scope your clients needs to propose a certain model of Fortigate that will fit their requirements? Can you have some advice or tips how to handle clients requirements to come up with a good fortigate model. I'm asking this for I'm not certain to some particular model of fortigate if that will fit or overkill for clients requirements. Thank you.

Regards,

maeLove

[emnoc · Accepted solution]

This goes with the cyberoam post that I just replied in it, but you need to sit down and 1st determine what/where they are now and any needs or growths in the future.

Looking for any compliance support ( do they need  HIPPA/PCI , is it a school and have  URL or AS issues to attend,DLP, etc.....)

Do they need or deploy any windows AD structure

How about any hosted public-facing webserver or other applications

How about HA  issues

SSL or IPSEC remote vpn  ( this plays heavily in  the sizing of the appliance )

Do they forecast a possible wireless overlay in the near future

Do they have issues with BYOD  controls and separation

I can ramble on and on, but in reality  you scope the unit after you conduct your query and investigations. There's no one single method, nor a template that you can just throw across the desk

But that's how I scope out a prospect &  in the big picture.

[maeLove]

Thank you for this info. I really appreciate it, now I have some idea how will I handle our clients. 

Best Regards