Checklist Summary:

The Fortinet FortiGate Firewall Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) is published as a tool to improve the security of Department of Defense (DoD) information systems. This document is meant for use in conjunction with other STIGs such as the Enclave, Network Infrastructure, Secure Remote Computing, and appropriate operating system (OS) STIGs. The Fortinet FortiGate is a next-generation firewall (NGFW), providing security-driven networking and consolidating security capabilities, such as; intrusion prevention, web filtering, SSL inspection, and automated threat protection. The scope of this STIG document covers the device management and firewall features of the device in two separate STIG documents. Future versions of this STIG document may cover other features of the device.

Checklist Role:

• Firewall

Known Issues:

Not provided.

Target Audience:

Parties within the DoD and Federal Government’s computing environments can obtain the applicable STIG from the Cyber Exchange website at https://cyber.mil/. This site contains the latest copies of STIGs, SRGs, and other related security information. Those without a Common Access Card (CAC) that has DoD Certificates can obtain the STIG from https://public.cyber.mil/.

Target Operational Environment:

• Managed
• Specialized Security-Limited Functionality (SSLF)

Testing Information:

Not provided.

Regulatory Compliance:

DoD Instruction (DoDI) 8500.01

Comments/Warnings/Miscellaneous:

Comments or proposed revisions to this document should be sent via email to the following address: disa.stig_spt@mail.mil. DISA will coordinate all change requests with the relevant DoD organizations before inclusion in this document. Approved changes will be made in accordance with the DISA maintenance release schedule.

Disclaimer:

Not provided.

Product Support:

Comments or proposed revisions to this document should be sent via email to the following address: disa.stig_spt@mail.mil. DISA will coordinate all change requests with the relevant DoD organizations before inclusion in this document. Approved changes will be made in accordance with the DISA maintenance release schedule.

Point of Contact:

disa.stig_spt@mail.mil

Sponsor:

Not provided.

Licensing:

Not provided.

Change History:

status change to final - 12/6/2021
Updated resource per DISA - 8/1/22
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Updated resource per DISA - 10/27/22
Updated URLs per DISA - 7/25/23

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NIST checklist record last modified on 07/25/2023