What does FatPipe SD-WAN actually do for my network?
FatPipe SD-WAN is designed to help you keep your business connected, secure, and compliant across all locations and clouds, without having to bolt together multiple point solutions.
Here’s what it does in practical terms:
1. Improves connectivity and uptime
- Hybrid WAN: Combines multiple connection types—MPLS, broadband, DIA, ILL, DSL, fiber, satellite, and 4G/5G LTE—into a single, flexible WAN.
- RAIL technology: Uses FatPipe’s patented Redundant Array of Independent Lines (RAIL) to merge multiple WAN links into one virtual “fat pipe” for higher reliability and speed.
- Active-active links: All links are used simultaneously, not just for failover, so you get more usable bandwidth.
- Outbound load balancing: Distributes sessions across all available links (MPLS, broadband, 5G LTE, satellite, etc.) to improve performance and avoid congestion.
- WAN optimization: Built-in optimization and caching can reduce overall traffic by up to 40%, which helps application performance and can delay or avoid bandwidth upgrades.
2. Gives you deeper visibility and control
- Centralized monitoring: Network Monitoring and Reporting provides visibility into WAN and LAN performance so you can manage proactively.
- Traffic and application insight: Aggregates network intelligence across locations to show traffic patterns, application usage, and host activity in real time.
- Application-aware routing: Identifies applications at the WAN edge and routes them over paths that meet their performance needs.
- Layer-7 policy routing: Lets you define routing based on business intent and application behavior, not just IPs and ports.
- Advanced VLAN and routing: Supports VLAN trunking, VLAN-based routing, and works with BGP, EIGRP, and OSPF so it fits into existing environments.
3. Supports secure remote and branch access
- IPSec VPN: Supports Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPNs with AES256, 3DES, SHA2, IPSec, and GRE, and up to 4,000 IPSec tunnels per device.
- SSL VPN: Provides secure remote access over SSL/TLS with multifactor authentication and strong encryption, without complex client setups.
- Device authentication: Validates device identity and posture before granting access to applications or data.
4. Simplifies operations at scale
- Orchestrator Central Manager: Manages up to 20,000 branch endpoints with zero-touch deployment.
- Central control: Push configurations, schedule software updates, and perform backups centrally without interrupting traffic.
- Resilient management: Continues operations even if connectivity between branches and the Orchestrator is temporarily lost.
5. Aligns networking with compliance and security
- Built-in dashboards and reports: Align with standards such as NIST, PCI, HIPAA, and GDPR to simplify compliance management.
- Integration with cloud security: Tunnels traffic to Secure Web Gateways (SWGs) like Zscaler over GRE or IPSec, while allowing trusted sites to bypass for efficiency.
In short, FatPipe SD-WAN helps you rethink how you connect sites and clouds by combining link aggregation, intelligent routing, security, and compliance visibility into a single platform.
How does FatPipe strengthen cybersecurity across my WAN?
FatPipe is built to secure your WAN while keeping it usable and performant. It combines SD-WAN, firewalling, threat detection, and compliance monitoring into one platform.
Here’s how it strengthens your security posture:
1. Core network and VPN security
- IPSec VPN: Supports strong encryption (AES256, 3DES, SHA2) and both IPSec and GRE encapsulation, with up to 4,000 IPSec tunnels per device.
- MPSec (Multi-Path Security): Splits each data stream into packets and sends them over multiple paths, then reassembles them at the destination. This:
- Makes interception extremely difficult.
- Increases security as you add more connections.
- Ensures no single path failure breaks a session.
- Dynamic VPN:
- Dynamic rotating IP: Automatically updates paths if a link’s IP changes.
- Selective encryption: Encrypts only the packets that need it, reducing overhead and avoiding extra IPSec hardware at branches.
- Split tunneling / local breakout: Sends internet-bound traffic directly to the internet from the branch, improving cloud app performance.
2. Threat prevention and detection
- Advanced firewall: Protects against external threats, blocks malware, and prevents unauthorized access.
- URL filtering: Controls which websites users can access to enforce policy and reduce exposure to risky content.
- Antivirus: Scans files, monitors activity, and blocks suspicious sites to stop spam, viruses, worms, and Trojans.
- DNS filtering: Uses real-time reputation lists to block known malicious domains and reduce phishing and malware risk.
- IDS/IPS: Monitors traffic for suspicious behavior, unauthorized access, and policy violations, and alerts on threats such as malware or brute-force attempts.
- DDoS blocker: Detects Distributed Denial of Service attacks and redirects traffic to alternate links to keep services available.
- Virtual patching: Uses deep packet inspection and real-time monitoring to block exploits targeting known vulnerabilities, without changing application code.
- Botnet protection: Uses signature-based analysis and behavior monitoring to detect and block botnet-related traffic.
- Man-in-the-middle protection: Inspects encrypted packets and ensures only authorized information is delivered to approved recipients.
3. Access control and internal security
- Security access control: Enforces who (users, devices, processes) can access which systems, applications, and data, and under what conditions.
- Device authentication: Confirms device identity and integrity before granting access, reducing the risk of compromised endpoints.
- LAN security: Allows administrators to block a system via the GUI if it is sending illegitimate traffic or posing an internal threat.
- Geo-fencing: Uses geographic boundaries to control access and reduce risk from high-threat or non-business regions.
4. Advanced analysis and isolation
- Sandbox: Provides a secure, cloud-based virtual environment to execute and analyze code or suspicious files without impacting production.
- OT detection and vulnerability correlation: Links vulnerabilities in Operational Technology systems to potential threats, helping you prioritize the most critical risks.
5. Cloud-hosted security integration
- Secure Web Gateways (SWG): Routes internet-bound traffic through cloud-based SWGs for web filtering, malware protection, and centralized policy management.
- Multi-link tunneling: Tunnels traffic to SWGs over GRE or IPSec across multiple WAN links for resilience.
- Trusted site bypass: Allows trusted destinations to bypass the tunnel for more efficient routing.
- Zscaler interoperability: Integrates with leading SWGs, including a documented partnership with Zscaler.
6. Continuous monitoring and compliance
- Total Security 360: Delivers real-time monitoring, compliance reporting, and rapid threat detection to support faster response.
- Regulatory alignment: Dashboards and reports align with ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, NIST, and TSC, helping you demonstrate due diligence and reduce audit risk.
Together, these capabilities help you reimagine WAN security—from encrypted, multi-path VPNs and DDoS protection to URL/DNS filtering, sandboxing, and compliance-aware monitoring—without sacrificing performance or availability.
How does FatPipe help with regulatory compliance and centralized management?
FatPipe is built to help you manage both security and compliance across a distributed environment, while keeping operations manageable for your IT and security teams.
Here’s how it supports compliance and centralized control:
1. Regulatory Compliance Monitoring (SIEM-like capabilities)
- Centralized log and event collection: Consolidates logs, events, and alerts into EnterpriseView for a single view across your network.
- Standards alignment: Monitoring and reporting are aligned with:
- ISO 27001
- GDPR
- HIPAA
- PCI-DSS
- NIST
- Trust Services Criteria (TSC)
- Compliance dashboards and reports:
- Built-in dashboards and charts for NIST, HIPAA, GDPR, PCI, and others.
- Help track compliance metrics, user behavior, and security events.
- Support audit preparation and ongoing governance.
- TSC Alert Chart: Maps alerts to Trust Services Criteria (Security, Availability, Processing Integrity, Confidentiality, Privacy) to show control effectiveness.
- GPG Alert Chart: Visualizes alerts related to the Government Protective Marking Scheme (GPG) for organizations that need to protect government-classified information.
2. Deep visibility and drill-down analysis
- Top end users drill-down: Lets you drill into user-level alerts and behavior for detailed analysis and optimization.
- Top MITRE tactics drill-down: Helps you explore which MITRE ATT&CK tactics are being observed, so you can understand and mitigate specific threat vectors.
- End-user-based alert details: Provides per-user alert views to support investigations and incident response.
- Security alert statistics: Unified dashboard with statistics on alerts, authentication attempts, and agent status to help you spot trends and respond proactively.
3. Direct response and user engagement
- Integrated contact information: Stores end-user phone and email details so the monitoring team can quickly contact users and instruct them to disconnect or shut down devices when needed.
- LAN security controls: Administrators can block a system directly from the GUI if it is generating illegitimate traffic or posing a threat.
4. Centralized orchestration and configuration management
- Orchestrator Central Manager:
- Manages up to 20,000 branch endpoints from a single console.
- Supports zero-touch deployment for new sites.
- Allows centralized configuration pushes, scheduled software updates, and backups without disrupting traffic.
- Continues operations even if connectivity between branches and the Orchestrator is temporarily lost.
5. Network monitoring and standards-based management
- Network Monitoring and Reporting: Provides full visibility into WAN and LAN performance for proactive management and capacity planning.
- SNMP support: FatPipe products support SNMPv2, enabling integration with existing network management systems.
6. Security and compliance by design
- Unified platform: Combines SD-WAN, security, and compliance monitoring so you don’t have to stitch together separate tools.
- Policy enforcement: URL filtering, DLP, access control, and VPN policies help enforce internal security and privacy requirements.
- Evidence for auditors: Centralized logs, correlated alerts, and compliance-aligned reports help demonstrate ongoing adherence to regulatory and industry standards.
In practice, FatPipe helps you reshape how you manage compliance and operations by giving you a single environment to monitor security events, enforce policies, generate audit-ready reports, and centrally manage thousands of sites.