Fortinet FortiNAC CA-700F

Fortinet FortiNAC CA-700F

The FortiNAC CA-700F is an ultra high-performance Network Access Control (NAC) appliance designed for large-scale enterprise environments requiring comprehensive visibility, Zero Trust access enforcement, and real-time threat containment. It combines advanced endpoint discovery, classification, and continuous risk assessment with automated remediation to protect complex, heterogeneous networks that include IT, IoT, OT, and BYOD devices.

What It Does

FortiNAC helps organisations:

• Maintain an always-current inventory of network devices and users

• Identify and profile endpoints using AI-driven methods and contextual threat intelligence

• Enforce dynamic access policies based on identity, device type, behavior, and risk posture

• Detect anomalous or non-compliant devices in real time

• Trigger automated containment and remediation actions

• Share contextual data with SIEM, analytics, and security tools for improved incident response

Granular Visibility and Device Profiling

FortiNAC utilises machine learning and FortiGuard Services to classify and profile devices with precision. Profiling methods include active and passive scanning, agent and agentless techniques, behavioral analysis, and integration with FortiGuard IoT Services enabling accurate identification of headless IoT, OT, and mobile devices. Continuous monitoring helps organisations detect emerging risks and enforce appropriate access controls.

Zero Trust Access and Intelligent Segmentation

FortiNAC enhances Zero Trust enforcement by verifying device integrity and controlling network access based on least privilege. After classification and identity verification, FortiNAC applies segmentation and access policies that limit each devices connectivity to only necessary resources, reducing attack surface and preventing lateral movement.

Key enforcement features include:

• Role-based access control

• Dynamic VLAN assignment

• Micro-segmentation based on contextual device behavior

• Integration with firewall policies and network infrastructure for enforcement

Automated Threat Response

FortiNACs automation capabilities react to network events in real time by triggering workflow policies when suspicious or anomalous behavior is detected. Automated actions may include quarantining endpoints, adjusting access rights, or notifying security teams. This reduces mean time to respond and contains threats before they propagate.

FortiNAC integrates with key elements of the security ecosystem such as FortiGate, FortiSIEM, FortiAnalyzer, FortiClient EMS, FortiSwitch, FortiAP, and FortiExtender to share context and enforcement signals across the network.

Third-Party Ecosystem Integration

FortiNAC supports broad interoperability with networking technologies, directory services, authentication platforms, mobile device management solutions, and endpoint security products. This enables unified discovery, profiling, and enforcement across heterogeneous environments, regardless of underlying infrastructure vendor.

Deployment Options

FortiNAC is deployed as an out-of-band solution that collects context from network infrastructure rather than inspecting traffic inline. Deployment options include physical appliances, virtual machines on common hypervisors, and cloud marketplace instantiations.

FortiNAC supports high availability configurations such as active/passive failover and N+1 failover groups to ensure operational continuity in distributed environments.

Licensing

FortiNAC offers flexible licensing tiers tailored to organisational needs:

PLUS License

Provides comprehensive visibility, onboarding, access control, and reporting.

PRO License

Adds real-time automated response, event correlation, guided workflows, critical alerting, and deeper incident response capabilities.

Licensing is available in both perpetual and subscription formats, sized by concurrent managed endpoint counts.

Hardware Specifications (CA-700F)

The FortiNAC CA-700F is a 1U rack-mount appliance designed for large enterprise deployments.

• CPU: AMD EPYC 7543P 32-core, 2.8 GHz base frequency

• Memory: 96 GB DDR4

• Storage: 2 x 960 GB SSDs

• Network Interfaces: 1 x GbE RJ45 and 4 x 10 GbE SFP+

• RAID: Software RAID1

• Power: Hot-plug 1+1 redundant PSU

• Cooling: 5 system fans

Capacity and Performance

The CA-700F supports up to 50,000 managed endpoints and is built to manage high-throughput NAC workloads while maintaining performance for authentication, RADIUS, guest services, flow analysis, and anomaly detection across large distributed networks. It scales to support large numbers of security events, API requests, and integrations across global environments.

Ideal Use Cases

FortiNAC CA-700F is suited for:

• Large enterprise campuses and multi-building deployments

• Healthcare and industrial networks with extensive IoT/OT footprints

• University networks and high-density environments

• Hybrid cloud and global distributed architectures

• Environments requiring automated threat containment at scale

View data sheet: FortiNAC Data Sheet