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Product	FortiAuthenticator by Fortinet View product	Core Security Suite by Core Security View product
Overview
What it is	FortiAuthenticator from Fortinet focuses on VPN authentication. Key capabilities: RADIUS, LDAP and SAML. Compare it with the leading Identity Security alternatives.	What does Core Security Suite do? It covers segregation of duties. See typical use cases, on-premises or hybrid deployment and how it compares to rivals.
Product type	Identity and access management and authentication platform	Identity Governance, PAM & Security Testing Portfolio
Best for	Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers	Enterprise IT, Banking, Healthcare, Government
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	CloudHybridOn-Premise
Deployment details	Physical appliance, virtual appliance and cloud options; Physical appliance, virtual appliance and cloud options	On-premises; Hybrid Cloud; Virtual Appliances; Hybrid Cloud Console
Data residency	Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region	Customer Datacenter / Private Cloud
Key features
What it offers	RADIUS LDAP SAML TACACS+ Certificate management MFA User/device identity Guest management	Unified identity governance Privileged access management Automated access certification Segregation of duties Continuous exploit validation Identity governance Vulnerability validation & remediation
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Hardware applianceVMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMCitrix XenServerAWSMicrosoft Azure	Active DirectoryMulti-Cloud SystemsSAPDBs
Compliance	Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment	SOXHIPAAPCI-DSSISO 27001
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	FortiGateFortiNACFortiClientFortiTokenFortiAPFortiManager	Active DirectorySAPOracleServiceNowSailPointSIEM
Industries	EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more	Enterprise ITBankingHealthcareGovernment
Regions	GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region	Global
Vendor
Company	Fortinet	Core Security
Headquarters	Sunnyvale, California, USA	Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Company size	10,000+	51-200
Founded	2000	1996

FortiAuthenticator

by Fortinet

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Core Security Suite

by Core Security

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Overview

What it is

FortiAuthenticator

FortiAuthenticator from Fortinet focuses on VPN authentication. Key capabilities: RADIUS, LDAP and SAML. Compare it with the leading Identity Security alternatives.

Core Security Suite

What does Core Security Suite do? It covers segregation of duties. See typical use cases, on-premises or hybrid deployment and how it compares to rivals.

Product type

FortiAuthenticator

Identity and access management and authentication platform

Core Security Suite

Identity Governance, PAM & Security Testing Portfolio

Best for

FortiAuthenticator

Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers

Core Security Suite

Enterprise IT, Banking, Healthcare, Government

Pricing

Pricing model

FortiAuthenticator

Contact Vendor

Core Security Suite

Contact Vendor

Free trial

FortiAuthenticator

Core Security Suite

Deployment

Deployment options

FortiAuthenticator

Cloud

Core Security Suite

CloudHybridOn-Premise

Deployment details

FortiAuthenticator

Physical appliance, virtual appliance and cloud options; Physical appliance, virtual appliance and cloud options

Core Security Suite

On-premises; Hybrid Cloud; Virtual Appliances; Hybrid Cloud Console

Data residency

FortiAuthenticator

Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region

Core Security Suite

Customer Datacenter / Private Cloud

Key features

What it offers

FortiAuthenticator

RADIUS
LDAP
SAML
TACACS+
Certificate management
MFA
User/device identity
Guest management

Core Security Suite

Unified identity governance
Privileged access management
Automated access certification
Segregation of duties
Continuous exploit validation
Identity governance
Vulnerability validation & remediation

Platform & access

API access

FortiAuthenticator

Core Security Suite

Single sign-on (SSO)

FortiAuthenticator

Core Security Suite

Role-based access (RBAC)

FortiAuthenticator

Core Security Suite

Multi-tenant

FortiAuthenticator

Core Security Suite

Mobile app

FortiAuthenticator

Core Security Suite

Supported platforms

FortiAuthenticator

Hardware applianceVMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMCitrix XenServerAWSMicrosoft Azure

Core Security Suite

Active DirectoryMulti-Cloud SystemsSAPDBs

Compliance

FortiAuthenticator

Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment

Core Security Suite

SOXHIPAAPCI-DSSISO 27001

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

FortiAuthenticator

FortiGateFortiNACFortiClientFortiTokenFortiAPFortiManager

Core Security Suite

Active DirectorySAPOracleServiceNowSailPointSIEM

Industries

FortiAuthenticator

EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more

Core Security Suite

Enterprise ITBankingHealthcareGovernment

Regions

FortiAuthenticator

GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region

Core Security Suite

Global

Vendor

Company

FortiAuthenticator

Fortinet

Core Security Suite

Core Security

Headquarters

FortiAuthenticator

Sunnyvale, California, USA

Core Security Suite

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Company size

FortiAuthenticator

10,000+

Core Security Suite

51-200

Founded

FortiAuthenticator

2000

Core Security Suite

1996