Security tools are wrapped in marketing vernacular that sometimes obscures what a device or tool can actually do. In reality, a standard Next-Gen Firewall with some added interoperability is almost always what organizations really mean when they claim to have a security platform. Security platforms are usually deployed at the edge of the network, and control traffic moving north and south past a predefined perimeter, demarcation point, or security zone. A Security Fabric is fundamentally different from a platform, and is an adaptive, architectural approach to security, enabled by open standards.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3200447/critical-security-analysis-platform-vs-fabric.html