Why is it important for FortiGate to inspect all TCP traffic?

Inspecting all TCP traffic is vital for ensuring security and compliance. By thoroughly analyzing this traffic, FortiGate can identify and mitigate potential threats such as malware, data breaches, and unauthorized access attempts. This proactive stance helps organizations enforce security policies and regulatory requirements, which are increasingly critical in today's digital landscape where cyber threats are ubiquitous.

Additionally, comprehensive traffic inspection assists in ensuring that sensitive data is not being transmitted insecurely or in violation of compliance regulations. By not inspecting all TCP traffic, there remains a risk that harmful traffic could pass through undetected, leading to security incidents that might compromise sensitive information or the organization's overall security posture.

While reducing network latency, prioritizing traffic, and maintaining user privacy are important aspects of network management and security, they are secondary to the core need for thorough inspection of traffic to uphold security and compliance standards.