Fortinet FortiRecon External Attack Surface Monitoring - 5 Year License Renewal (1–500,000 Monitored Assets)

Discover, understand, and protect your organization’s external footprint with Fortinet FortiRecon External Attack Surface Monitoring. This 5-year subscription license renewal is designed to give security teams peace of mind by delivering continuous visibility across your internet-facing assets, precise risk scoring, and actionable remediation guidance. With support for 1 to 500,000 monitored assets, FortiRecon scales with your growing environment, ensuring you always know what is exposed, where it’s exposed, and how to reduce risk before it becomes a threat. Built to integrate with Fortinet’s Security Fabric and deployed through a cloud-based console, FortiRecon helps security operations teams prioritize remediation efforts and demonstrate due diligence to stakeholders while streamlining compliance workflows.

• : Scales from 1 to 500,000 monitored assets, accommodating small businesses to large enterprises. This broad coverage ensures your entire external attack surface is accounted for, including complex multi-domain, cloud, and third-party assets.
• : Continuous discovery and assessment of internet-exposed assets, services, and configurations. FortiRecon identifies misconfigurations, exposed ports, outdated software, insecure protocols, and anomalous changes that could be leveraged by attackers.
• : Beyond raw findings, FortiRecon provides prioritized risk scoring, context-rich remediation guidance, and intuitive dashboards. IT teams can focus on the most critical exposures first, reducing mean time to remediation (MTTR) and accelerating risk reduction.
• : A 5-year subscription license renewal delivers predictable budgeting and long-term access to FortiRecon capabilities. The renewal model supports ongoing protection without interruption, helping security programs maintain continuous coverage across evolving threat landscapes.
• : FortiRecon integrates with the Fortinet Security Fabric, enabling centralized visibility, automated workflows, and coordinated protection across Fortinet products. This integration enhances existing security investments and consolidates monitoring, alerts, and reporting in a single pane of glass.

Technical Details of Fortinet FortiRecon External Attack Surface Monitoring

• License term: 5 years. The license duration provides long-term protection and budget stability, with renewal managed through standard Fortinet subscription processes.
• Monitored assets: 1 to 500,000. The scalable range accommodates businesses of varying sizes, ensuring comprehensive visibility as your network expands or evolves.
• Subscription model: Renewal-based license. The renewal structure is designed to keep threat monitoring active without gaps, with straightforward renewal workflows.
• Platform and access: Cloud-based service accessible via Fortinet’s management portals, offering centralized dashboards, alerting, and reporting. The cloud model enables rapid deployment and global reach for distributed environments.
• Core capability: External attack surface monitoring. FortiRecon continuously scans and analyzes externally visible assets to identify exposure, misconfigurations, and risky services before attackers exploit them.
• Integration: Part of or interoperable with the Fortinet Security Fabric. This enables cross-product correlation, unified alerts, and streamlined remediation workflows across Fortinet security offerings.
• Scope of coverage: Primarily external/Internet-facing assets such as public IPs, domains, subdomains, cloud services, and third-party exposure. Global visibility helps teams detect exposures across regions and vendors.

How to install Fortinet FortiRecon External Attack Surface Monitoring

Setting up FortiRecon is designed to be straightforward for security teams already using Fortinet solutions. The following steps outline a typical activation and onboarding process within the Fortinet cloud ecosystem. Note that exact screens or labels may vary slightly with portal updates, but the workflow remains consistent across environments.

• Sign in to the Fortinet Customer Service & Support portal and activate the FortiRecon license using the provided activation key or SKU associated with your purchase. Ensure the activation aligns with the 5-year term and the 1–500,000 asset range for your subscription.
• Navigate to the FortiRecon product within the Fortinet management console. Confirm your account permissions and verify access for operational teams and incident responders. This establishes the governance required to manage monitoring, alerts, and reporting.
• Define the external surface to monitor by specifying public assets, domains, subdomains, and cloud-based resources that fall under your external footprint. This may include internet-facing web applications, APIs, cloud storage endpoints, and third-party exposures.
• Set the breadth of discovery (scope), scanning frequency, and alert thresholds. Use risk-based prioritization to determine which exposures warrant immediate attention. You can tailor the configuration to align with organizational risk appetite and regulatory requirements.
• Configure integration points with SIEMs, ticketing systems, and other security tools as needed. Set notification channels (email, dashboards, or integration-based alerts) to ensure the right teams receive timely information.
• Examine the initial dashboards to validate asset inventory, exposure levels, and risk trends. Begin remediation work by prioritizing critical findings, documenting actions, and tracking progress within the FortiRecon console and, if applicable, across Fortinet Security Fabric automations.

Frequently asked questions

• What is FortiRecon External Attack Surface Monitoring? FortiRecon is a cloud-based service from Fortinet that continuously discovers and monitors externally visible assets to identify exposure, misconfigurations, vulnerable services, and risky configurations across the organization’s internet-facing footprint. It provides actionable insights, risk scoring, and remediation guidance to help reduce external risk.
• How many assets can be monitored with this license? The license covers 1 to 500,000 monitored assets, enabling scalable coverage from small to large organizations. Asset counts can accommodate growth as your external surface expands.
• What is the duration of the license? The product is a 5-year subscription license renewal. This term is designed to provide long-term protection and budget predictability for security programs.
• Does FortiRecon integrate with Fortinet Security Fabric? Yes. FortiRecon is designed to integrate with the Fortinet Security Fabric, enabling centralized visibility, cross-product correlation, and streamlined remediation across Fortinet solutions.
• What kind of alerts and reporting does it provide? FortiRecon delivers real-time alerts, risk-based prioritization, and remediation guidance. Dashboards summarize exposure trends, critical findings, and progress over time. Reports can be shared with stakeholders to demonstrate risk reduction and compliance readiness.
• How do I start using FortiRecon after purchase? After license activation, you connect your external assets through the FortiRecon console, configure monitoring scopes and alert preferences, and begin reviewing dashboards and remediation steps. Ongoing maintenance includes license renewals to ensure uninterrupted monitoring.