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Cloud Protection License and Subscription

There are two types of Cloud Protection Services available: Cloud Protection and Data Protection - Standard/Advanced.

Cloud Protection

Cloud Protection offers multiple cloud account installation, on-going cloud account monitoring and protection.

Cloud Protection license coverage is based on the number of virtual machines.

There are 3 types of virtual machines that counts towards Cloud Protection coverage.

Cloud Platform

Virtual Machine Type

Amazon AWS EC2 instances
Microsoft Azure Azure Virtual machines
Google Cloud Platform Compute engine VM instances

Depending on the license coverage, the number of virtual machines covered under each type of subscription license may be different. See Subscription Types for details.

Data Protection

Data Protection is an add-on service of Cloud Protection. It requires Cloud Protection to be active and running on the same cloud account.

Data Protection - Standard edition offers cloud storage monitoring and protection through data scan on Malware using FortiGuard

Data Protection - Advanced edition offers cloud storage monitoring with DLP and data scan on Malware using FortiGuard.

Data Protection - Standard cannot be combined with Data Protection - Advance license.

Data Protection license coverage is based on the volume of cloud storage data scanned, not by the size of the cloud storage.

For example, 100 GB of Data Protection license means the cloud storage data scan can cover up to 100GB of data.

Depending on the license coverage, the amount of data scan covered under each subscription license may be different. See Subscription Types for details

Subscription Types

There are two types of license subscription to obtain Cloud Protection and Data Protection Service: AWS Marketplace Subscription and FortiCloud License Subscription.

AWS Marketplace Subscription

FortiCloud License Subscription

Cloud Protection Service Usage

Cloud Protection License and Subscription

There are two types of Cloud Protection Services available: Cloud Protection and Data Protection - Standard/Advanced.

Cloud Protection

Cloud Protection offers multiple cloud account installation, on-going cloud account monitoring and protection.

Cloud Protection license coverage is based on the number of virtual machines.

There are 3 types of virtual machines that counts towards Cloud Protection coverage.

Cloud Platform

Virtual Machine Type

Amazon AWS EC2 instances
Microsoft Azure Azure Virtual machines
Google Cloud Platform Compute engine VM instances

Depending on the license coverage, the number of virtual machines covered under each type of subscription license may be different. See Subscription Types for details.

Data Protection

Data Protection is an add-on service of Cloud Protection. It requires Cloud Protection to be active and running on the same cloud account.

Data Protection - Standard edition offers cloud storage monitoring and protection through data scan on Malware using FortiGuard

Data Protection - Advanced edition offers cloud storage monitoring with DLP and data scan on Malware using FortiGuard.

Data Protection - Standard cannot be combined with Data Protection - Advance license.

Data Protection license coverage is based on the volume of cloud storage data scanned, not by the size of the cloud storage.

For example, 100 GB of Data Protection license means the cloud storage data scan can cover up to 100GB of data.

Depending on the license coverage, the amount of data scan covered under each subscription license may be different. See Subscription Types for details

Subscription Types

There are two types of license subscription to obtain Cloud Protection and Data Protection Service: AWS Marketplace Subscription and FortiCloud License Subscription.

AWS Marketplace Subscription

FortiCloud License Subscription

Cloud Protection Service Usage