When deployed in Google Cloud, FortiGate-VM provides advanced security and networking functions that complement Google's native services. It delivers comprehensive Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) through its integrated security services like Intrusion Prevention (IPS), antivirus, and application control, which go beyond Google's basic firewall rules. FortiGate's Secure SD-WAN capability offers sophisticated application-aware traffic steering and resilient connectivity between on-premises data centers and Google Cloud, a feature not natively offered by GCP. Furthermore, FortiGate provides critical SSL/TLS deep inspection to detect and block threats hidden within encrypted traffic, a capability essential for a robust security posture that is not a function of native Google Cloud networking components.

Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Peering: This is a native Google Cloud networking service used to connect VPCs. FortiGate operates within VPCs but does not provide the peering functionality itself.

Cloud Load Balancing: Google Cloud offers a comprehensive and highly scalable suite of native load balancing services. While FortiGate has load-balancing features, it does not replace or primarily complement Google's native offering.

Identity and Access Management (IAM): This is a core, native Google Cloud service for managing permissions and access to resources. FortiGate does not provide a competing or complementary IAM platform.

1. Fortinet in Google Cloud Platform - Solution Guide: This document outlines the key use cases for FortiGate in GCP.

Page 5, "Next Generation Firewall (NGFW)": "FortiGate-VM provides next generation firewall (NGFW) capabilities for organizations to protect their workloads in Google Cloud. This includes top-rated FortiGuard security services, such as IPS, antivirus, web filtering, and application control." (Supports Advanced Threat Protection and SSL/TLS Inspection).

Page 6, "Secure SD-WAN": "Fortinet Secure SD-WAN for Google Cloud enables organizations to extend their on-premises networks into the cloud and build a seamless, secure, and high-performance hybrid-cloud network." (Supports Secure SD-WAN).

2. FortiGate-VM on GCP - Administration Guide: This guide details the features and configuration.

"Features" section: Explicitly lists features such as "Firewall," "Intrusion prevention system (IPS)," "Antivirus," "Web filtering," "Application control," and "SSL/SSH inspection," confirming the advanced security stack. It also details "SD-WAN" configuration. This confirms that these are core functionalities of the FortiGate-VM product deployed in GCP.