Fortinet FortiWeb FWB-100E: Web Application Firewall & API Security Appliance

Fortinet FortiWeb FWB-100E is a purpose-built Web Application Firewall (WAF) designed to shield web applications and APIs from evolving threats while helping you maintain regulatory compliance. This appliance combines sophisticated machine‑learning profiling to model each application with a robust set of defenses, delivering adaptive protection against known exploits and zero-day threats. Designed for small to mid-size deployments, FortiWeb FWB-100E provides reliable, scalable security that fits modern IT environments, from data centers to edge deployments. With its intuitive management interface, fast deployment options, and seamless integration into the Fortinet Security Fabric, it offers a single, cohesive solution for securing application traffic across hybrid networks.

• ML-based application profiling: FortiWeb automatically learns the behavior of each hosted application, creating precise per‑application security policies. As your applications evolve, the policy adapts, reducing false positives while maintaining strong protection against injection, misconfiguration, and protocol abuse. This continuous learning means your security grows with your apps, not in spite of them.
• Comprehensive API and web protection: The FortiWeb FWB-100E guards REST and SOAP APIs, JSON traffic, GraphQL endpoints, and traditional web interfaces. It provides rigorous input validation, transaction framing, and policy-driven protection for API gateways, microservices, and single-page applications. Layered defenses include rate limiting, anomaly detection, and adaptable rule sets to defend against parameter tampering and API abuse.
• Advanced threat coverage and compliance readiness: Beyond common web threats, FortiWeb shields against OWASP Top 10 risks, credential stuffing, bot activity, and automated attacks. It leverages threat intelligence feeds and adaptive signatures to stay ahead of evolving exploits while producing audit-ready logs and reports that support PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR, and other regulatory requirements.
• Performance, efficiency, and flexible deployment: Engineered for high performance, FortiWeb offers efficient SSL/TLS inspection, optimized session handling, and hardware‑accelerated security processing to minimize latency. Its flexible deployment options enable on-premises hardware, virtualized environments, or cloud-connected configurations, helping you scale security in line with growing workloads without compromising user experience.
• Security Fabric integration and centralized management: When paired with FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer, FortiWeb becomes part of the Fortinet Security Fabric, delivering unified policy enforcement, centralized visibility, and consolidated analytics across the network, endpoint, and cloud. This integration simplifies governance, accelerates incident response, and provides a single pane of glass for security posture and compliance reporting.

Techncial Details of Fortinet FortiWeb FWB-100E

• Web application and API protection: Dedicated WAF features to safeguard web apps and APIs against common and advanced threats, with customizable policy templates for popular architectures and frameworks.
• Machine learning profiling: Per‑application ML models that continuously learn normal behavior and adapt policies to changing workloads, reducing false positives while maintaining robust protection.
• TLS inspection and offloading: Secure handling of encrypted traffic with inspection and offload capabilities to protect data in transit without introducing unacceptable latency.
• Threat intelligence and updates: Integration with threat feeds and automatic signature/content updates to keep defenses current against emerging risks.
• Security Fabric integration: Seamless compatibility with Fortinet Security Fabric, FortiManager, and FortiAnalyzer for centralized policy control, logging, and audit readiness across infrastructure.

How to install Fortinet FortiWeb FWB-100E

• Plan your deployment by mapping critical web assets and API endpoints, and decide whether you will deploy on-premises or in a private data center environment to optimize latency and protection coverage.
• Connect the FortiWeb appliance to your network, apply power, and access the management interface through the assigned IP address. Use the initial credentials to log in and begin the setup.
• Activate the license and perform a firmware update to ensure access to the latest security content and features. This step also helps align the device with current compliance requirements.
• Configure the basic network and security settings, then create per‑application policies using the ML-based profiling. Refine allowed paths, parameters, authentication methods, and traffic shaping to align with your application architecture.
• Enable logging, integrate with FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer for centralized monitoring and reporting, and perform ongoing tuning as traffic patterns evolve. Schedule regular policy reviews to sustain protection without impacting user experience.

Frequently asked questions

• What is the Fortinet FortiWeb FWB-100E designed for? It is a dedicated Web Application Firewall appliance engineered to protect web applications and APIs from a broad range of threats while supporting compliance and centralized management.
• Does FortiWeb protect APIs? Yes. FortiWeb provides robust API protection for REST and JSON endpoints, including input validation, threat detection, rate limiting, and anomaly detection tailored to API traffic patterns.
• How does the ML profiling work? FortiWeb automatically models each application’s normal behavior, updating policies as apps change, which helps minimize false positives and maintain strong defense against evolving attack vectors.
• Can FortiWeb be integrated with other Fortinet products? Yes. It integrates with Fortinet Security Fabric, FortiManager, and FortiAnalyzer for centralized management, policy consistency, and consolidated analytics.
• Is TLS inspection supported? Yes. FortiWeb supports TLS/SSL inspection and offloading to secure encrypted traffic while preserving performance and user experience.