I assess the effectiveness of Deep Content Disarm and Reconstruction technology as 4.5 out of five. FortiMail is now investing in Perception Point Advanced Email Security, and it is now under FortiMail Workspace Security. Fortinet is investing significantly in research and development, which is why new features are coming up. In terms of technology, Perception Point Advanced Email Security or FortiMail Workspace Security is top-notch in the industry. However, we cannot say it is a pure Fortinet family product because, based on the architecture, it is still a standalone product. We do not know about the future, but perhaps they will integrate it with Fortinet data centers, and then we can say it is a pure Fortinet family product. After the acquisition, they introduced FortiCloud integration into FortiMail Workspace Security, which is also a good feature for customers or users having Fortinet or FortiGate firewall and FortiCloud in their environment. With EDR, threat correlation can be seamlessly done from FortiCloud with ease.
The extensive reporting capabilities influence my decision-making process regarding email security as the reporting feature is intermediate. I believe there have been no changes in that part for the last couple of years, and there are no updates. Intermediate reports come in weekly, quarterly, and monthly, and we can schedule them. Automation is also included, as we can schedule the reports based on our requirements, and they will arrive in the inbox. They have introduced a graphical report, which is the one change that we can see in the reporting structure. However, there are no other types of reports or additional reports that exist in FortiMail Workspace Security.
In evaluating the success of sandboxing features in identifying threats in Fortinet, I find that they have two sandboxes in FortiMail Workspace Security. One is CPU, and the other is application, allowing for two levels of sandboxing. The metrics I use include application testing to see how effectively it detects or scans application-level malware or application-level executables. I also check for system-level executables such as EXE or MSI files, which can disrupt or modify system registry files or C-level programs. Perception Point Advanced Email Security shows very good results in that testing metric.
My experience with the pricing of Perception Point Advanced Email Security indicates that it is not costly, but actually a very decent price. With the features, functionalities, and detection capabilities that FortiMail Workspace Security provides, it is worth the investment. The need for human intervention is minimal. We have customers who have replaced Mimecast or other technology-based solutions with Perception Point Advanced Email Security or FortiMail Workspace Security, reporting that their challenges have reduced by approximately 95%. They no longer need to come to Perception Point Advanced Email Security every time to create policies or to check for false negatives or false positives. In Perception Point Advanced Email Security, it is very easy to manage, and that is the real feedback from the customers. I would rate this product 8.5 out of 10.