Network security, optimised networking and business continuity: Fortinet’s continuous improvement
Network security is moving beyond firewalls, advanced threat protection and data leak prevention into network optimisation and business continuity. Security is increasingly being seen as a business process enabler as opposed to simply an adjunct to your company’s IT infrastructure. And as more and more enterprises migrate mission critical applications into the cloud, business continuity and return on investment are becoming key considerations for executives as they evolve their infrastructure from cost centres into agile and elastic organisational assets.
One company driving this transformation is Fortinet. Since establishment in 2000, Fortinet has been at the forefront of security innovation and delivery. It’s FortiGate firewalls have set the benchmark for comprehensive protection and speed since their introduction as UTM (Unified Threat Management) appliances in 2004; it’s FortiGuard Labs employ more than 250 expert researchers and analysts around the world and collects data from more than two million sensors to protect more than 270,000 customers every day. And its acquisition of security information and event management (SIEM) solution provider AccelOps earlier this year has expanded Fortinet’s functionality well beyond traditional security.
Three key innovations
Three innovations in particular set Fortinet apart: The FortiOS operating system, the FortiASIC architecture ‘system on a chip’ and internal segmentation. FortiOS operates in concert with your entire network environment to protect every component from the server to the client and into the cloud. The FortiASIC chip ensures low-latency operations up to five times faster than comparable solutions. Internal segmentation compartmentalises data and applications, either on-site or in the cloud, so that you can insulate individual groups of users, set multiple policies and contain and minimise the ramifications of any security breach…Click HERE to read full article.
