Network Security
We manage your Fortinet estate
and unify it with your Microsoft SOC.
Managed Fortinet firewalls, switches, and wireless — on-premises and in Azure — integrated with Microsoft Sentinel and Defender XDR. One SOC view across every layer. Platinum Fortinet Partner. Certified engineers. 24x7 operations.
From 47 devices to 3 clusters. Real transformation, not theory.
We consolidated a sprawling legacy Cisco network — 47 devices across multiple sites — into 3 Fortinet FortiGate clusters with unified management, integrated with Sentinel for real-time correlation with identity and endpoint signals.
Network devices consolidated
Reduction in incident response time
Unified SOC view across all layers
Your fully managed Fortinet security estate
As a Platinum Fortinet Partner with certified engineers, we deploy, configure, and manage the complete Fortinet stack. Hardware, subscriptions, lifecycle — all included.
FortiGate Next-Generation Firewalls
On-premises and Azure virtual appliances. Deep packet inspection, intrusion prevention, SSL inspection, and advanced threat protection. Centrally managed via FortiManager for consistent policy across your entire estate.
FortiSwitch Managed Switches
Seamless integration with FortiGate for unified policy from the network edge. Enhanced visibility over wired traffic. Simplified segmentation and access control.
FortiAP Wireless Access Points
Secure, high-performance wireless managed through your FortiGate. Consistent security policies across wired and wireless. Advanced intrusion detection.
Hardware Lifecycle Management
Capacity planning, performance monitoring, firmware management, and end-to-end RMA. We ensure your security infrastructure stays current, supported, and scalable.
Fortinet 360 Protection — included in every deployment
Every GMS-managed firewall is backed by FortiGuard Labs' threat intelligence services. Real-time protection against the latest threats, powered by a global security research network.
Proactive defence against known exploits, malware, and application vulnerabilities.
Granular control over web access. Block malicious sites, enforce acceptable use policies.
Real-time protection against viruses, ransomware, and spyware at the network edge.
Identify and control thousands of applications. Prevent misuse. Secure critical services.
Zero-day threat analysis. Suspicious files detonated in a secure environment before they reach your network.
Proactive identification of Indicators of Compromise — detecting subtle signs of breach before damage.
Robust protection against email-borne threats at the network perimeter, including phishing and BEC.
Direct Fortinet TAC access, fully managed by GMS. We handle the escalation — not your team.
Expert migration from legacy vendors (Cisco, Palo Alto, SonicWall) to Fortinet. Rules, policies, and objects translated.
360-degree protection. One unified view.
Every FortiGuard service feeds intelligence into a single operational picture. IPS blocks exploits. Sandbox detonates zero-days. Web filtering enforces policy. Application control governs access. And every signal flows into your Sentinel SOC for cross-domain correlation.
This isn't a stack of disconnected tools. It's an integrated defence platform operated by specialists who know both the Fortinet and Microsoft ecosystems.
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Hybrid network security: on-premises and Azure
FortiGate on Azure
As your infrastructure extends to Azure, we deploy certified FortiGate virtual appliances directly in your Azure subscriptions. Hub-and-spoke topology, Azure Route Tables with UDRs, site-to-site VPN, and Azure Virtual WAN integration — all managed by our team.
- Certified FortiGate NVAs in Azure
- Hub-and-spoke for Landing Zones
- Azure Route Tables + UDR integration
- Site-to-site VPN (on-prem ↔ Azure)
- Consistent policy across hybrid estate
- Azure Virtual WAN integration
SD-WAN
Replace expensive MPLS-only topologies with intelligent, application-aware routing across MPLS, broadband, and 5G connections. Automatic failover. QoS for critical apps. Cost-effective resilience.
- Application-aware traffic routing
- Multi-path WAN (MPLS + broadband + 5G)
- Automatic failover
- QoS for VoIP, video, and critical apps
- Branch-to-cloud optimisation
Tuned for South African network realities.
South African network defence has to handle three things you do not face the same way in Europe: a tight legal clock when a breach happens, traffic that crosses national borders into SADC subsidiaries on a daily basis, and an international internet path that depends on a small number of submarine cables landing near Cape Town. Our Johannesburg-based team designs FortiGate estates for those constraints rather than treating them as edge cases.
Cybercrimes Act & POPIA evidence trail
The Cybercrimes Act 19 of 2020 obliges electronic communications and financial-sector licensees to report cybercrime offences inside a 72-hour window. POPIA Section 22 then requires data-subject and Information Regulator notifications as soon as reasonably possible. Both clocks start the moment a network event constitutes unauthorised access. We run FortiAnalyzer alongside Microsoft Sentinel so the correlated timeline — ingress, lateral movement, exfiltration — arrives in the executive's hands inside hours, not days.
SADC cross-border policy
South African groups commonly run subsidiaries in Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique with traffic backhauled through a Johannesburg core. Each jurisdiction has its own data-protection regime (POPIA Section 72 for outbound transfers; local DPAs for inbound). FortiManager-managed FortiGate clusters segregate per-country zones inside a single estate so each subsidiary's traffic stays under its own policy, encryption keys, and audit trail without splitting your SOC.
Submarine-cable resilience
Most South African international internet traffic exits via the Cape Town landings of SAT-3, WACS, EQUIANO, and 2Africa. When a cable breaks — which has happened repeatedly in 2024 and 2025 — single-path organisations lose hours of productivity. Our SD-WAN designs steer application traffic across multiple landings and across MPLS, broadband, and 5G failover paths so that a single cable outage does not become a business outage.
Unified with your Microsoft SOC
Network security data in isolation is noise. We bridge Fortinet's deep network insights with Microsoft's security ecosystem — giving you one view, one incident queue, and automated response across every domain.
Sentinel Ingestion
All FortiGate logs stream into Sentinel via CEF/Syslog connector. Complete visibility over network events alongside identity, endpoint, and email signals.
Microsoft Sentinel · CEF Connector · Log AnalyticsCustom Analytics
GMS-developed KQL analytics rules tailored to your environment. Detect network anomalies, brute force attempts, C2 callbacks, and lateral movement patterns.
KQL Analytics · Custom Detections · Threat IntelligenceCross-Domain Correlation
Network events correlated with Entra ID sign-ins, Defender for Endpoint alerts, and Intune compliance. A compromised identity + unusual network traffic = automatic escalation.
Defender XDR · Unified Incident Queue · Cross-signal correlationAutomated Response
SOAR playbooks for common threats: block IP, isolate host, notify SOC, create ticket. Consistent, fast, and auditable — no manual intervention for known patterns.
SOAR Playbooks · Logic Apps · Automated RemediationHow it connects
Managed operations — we run it, you benefit
Round-the-clock alerting and triage. When a threat appears, we respond — not your IT team.
Security patches and firmware updates applied during maintenance windows. No exposure to known CVEs.
Regular firewall rule optimisation. Remove stale rules, tighten overly permissive policies, reduce attack surface.
All changes go through approval workflows. Full audit trail. No undocumented modifications.
Proactive performance monitoring and capacity forecasting. Hardware refreshes before they become bottlenecks.
Security posture, incident summary, compliance status, and recommendations delivered to your CISO.
Complete your security posture
Network secured. Now prove it all to the auditor.
With users, servers, cloud workloads, and network perimeter all protected, GMS provides daily evidence and automated compliance reporting across your entire Microsoft estate. One framework. One audit.
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