CyberRatings.org conducted an independent test of the FortiGate 600F against the Enterprise Firewall Test Methodology v3.0, at their facility in Austin, Texas. The product was subjected to thorough testing to determine how it handled TLS/SSL 1.2 and 1.3 cipher suites, how it defended against 1,724 exploits, whether its protection could be bypassed by any of 1,444 evasions, and whether the device would remain stable under adverse conditions. To provide a more realistic rating based on modern network traffic, both clear text and encrypted traffic were measured.
![CyberRatings.org rates enterprise firewalls on a scatter plot according to the x-axis of price per protected Mbps and the y-axis of security effectiveness. Fortinet is ranked in the top right corner, with 99.88% security effectiveness and around $5 per protected Mbps.](/content/dam/fortinet/images/diagrams/diagram-cyberratings-enterprise-firewall-comparison.png)
FortiGate 600F received a 99.88% security effectiveness rating, as well as AAA scores across the following categories:
- Routing & Access Control
- SSL/TLS Functionality
- Threat Prevention
- Stability & Reliability
![CyberRatings.org Enterprise Firewall April 2023 badge. Fortinet v6.4.12 is recommended.](/content/dam/fortinet/images/general/badge-cyberratings-enterprise-firewall-apr-2023.jpg)