Vendor Sheet
FortiGate-VMX: Hypervisor-Level Security for VMware Environments
FortiGate-VMX provides next-generation firewall protection designed specifically for VMware NSX and vSphere software-defined data centers. Direct API integration gives visibility into east-west traffic at the hypervisor level and automatically deploys security nodes to every ESXi host in a protected cluster. New virtual machines receive real-time protection based on dynamic NSX security groups, while policies follow workloads during vMotion events without manual reconfiguration. The FortiGate-VMX Service Manager synchronizes licensing, configurations, policies, and object updates across all nodes. VDOM-based virtual segmentation supports multitenancy and separate security functions for different traffic groups. FortiOS supplies application control, intrusion prevention, antivirus, web filt
