FORTINET FC-10-F50G5-112-02-60 FortiGate 50G-5G Services and Subscriptions

Five-Year Filtering and Asset-Lifecycle Plan for FortiGate 50G-5G

FC-10-F50G5-112-02-60 supplies 60 months of FortiGuard URL, DNS and Video Filtering for one eligible FortiGate 50G-5G. The long term reduces renewal events but does not freeze website classifications, organizational policy, inspection requirements or appliance suitability. No firewall or 5G service is included.

Preserve governance through staff changes

Record business, security and exception owners for every major policy group. Set review dates and expiry for temporary overrides, and retain evidence for recategorization requests. Store the registered serial and entitlement certificate in a controlled asset record so account ownership is not lost when administrators change.

Review changing ratings and encrypted traffic

Sample newly categorized sites, DNS false positives, video exceptions and policy changes every year. Document where certificate or deep inspection is permitted and which privacy-sensitive traffic bypasses it. Validate primary WAN and 5G failover behavior after DNS, proxy or certificate changes.

Test resilience and platform fit

Document expected behavior when rating services are unavailable, monitor category-block spikes and retain approved allow/block tests. At midterm, assess encrypted-traffic load, business application growth, cellular usage and device headroom. A prepaid entitlement must not delay a required architecture change.

Prepare final-year continuity

Export policy and exception records, remove obsolete bypasses and confirm renewal, replacement and entitlement-transfer rules before expiry. Keep the exact SKU, serial, region, account and 60-month dates. IPS, malware, DLP, FortiCare, RMA and carrier service remain separate.

Official Fortinet sources: DNS filtering guidance and video-filter requirements.