Launches New FortiGate 3000 series and an Enhanced FortiClient Endpoint Solutions at GISEC Deliver Advanced Protection from Cyber Threats, from the Inside Out

Dubai, UAE, April 26, 2015 - Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) - a global leader in high-performance cyber security solutions, is protecting customers at every entry point into the network with its expanded Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) framework, which extends from endpoint devices all the way to the data center. The company today announced enhancements to its FortiClient solution at the Gulf Information Security Exhibition (GISEC) 2015.

The enhanced FortiClient solution enables every device - local or remote, stationary or mobile to be protected anytime, anywhere. In addition, Fortinets two new FortiGate 3000 series high-performance firewalls, ideally suited for top-of-rack applications, help protect internal traffic and prevent threats from moving laterally within an organizations network. This multi-layered security approach is critical for identifying and thwarting todays highly-sophisticated attacks that find ways to circumvent perimeter defenses. Only Fortinet can offer such broad and integrated protection in a security platform that scales from the endpoint to the cloud, from megabit to terabit, and can be deployed across an organization from the smallest office to the largest datacenter. 

The constantly evolving threat landscape and advancements in IT infrastructures are forcing organizations across the Middle East to rethink their overall security strategy, says Alain Penel, Regional Vice President Middle East at Fortinet. No longer can they rely on border-only solutions to protect against risks that threaten the health of their business. Only Fortinets broad cyber security platform provides protection from the endpoint to the data center or cloud. With FortiGate and FortiMail already in the ATP Framework, the addition of FortiClient closes another possible hole in protection.

Advanced Threat Protection Meets Endpoint Devices

The prevalence of headline-making data breaches demonstrates that the increase in network complexity and vast expansion of company-issued endpoint devices can result in attack surfaces with numerous entry points that are often left unprotected.

Fortinets extended ATP platform with its next-generation FortiClient solution can now seamlessly integrate with FortiSandbox to quickly thwart threats entering at both on-network and off-network endpoint devices.  FortiClient recently received AV Comparatives highest Advanced+ rating for file detection, hot on the heals of a top rating in its real-world protection test this past December.

Boasting more than two million users, the FortiClient software employs advanced virus, spyware, heuristic and reputation-based detection engines to prevent both new and evolving threats, on a device, a web site or a physically connected peripheral like a USB drive. When integrated with FortiSandbox, FortiClient automatically hands off questionable objects for additional inspection, enabling discovery and protection against new malware and zero-day threats, while automatically quarantining malicious files or even the entire device if necessary. A new management component that helps organizations easily facilitate large scale provisioning, monitoring and administration of endpoint protection will also be available.

Internal Network Firewalls Protect Your Most Valuable Data

Today's highly-sophisticated attacks find ways to circumvent perimeter defenses through compromised devices, while many others originate from within.  Once inside the network, the most precious information is at risk, yet most security systems arent currently designed to defend against these types of attacks.  The ability to provide protection on the inside of a companys network is not tenable without a solution engineered with the performance and features required to operate at the increased speeds of the internal network environment. This internal east/west traffic can be up to four times the volume of traffic entering and leaving the network.

Fortinets newly announced FortiGate 3000D and FortiGate 3100D Network Firewalls are designed to sit at the top of the rack; leveraging Fortinets legendary FortiASIC-driven high performance and extreme port density to enable a level of internal network visibility and protection that no one else in the industry can provide.

Featuring up to 32 10-Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports all in a compact 2U appliance form factor, the FortiGate 3000D and 3100D reveal insights into internal traffic and help prevent malicious code from moving laterally within an organizations network. This critical layer of security, optionally integrated with FortiSandbox, helps detect and stop cyber criminals from roaming an organizations internal networks, seeking out valuable data housed in R&D, HR, finance or customer database servers. The FortiGate solution also actively discovers and reports new zero-day threats and malicious code to Fortinets FortiGuard Labs for automatic analysis and remediation, propagating real-time threat protection to Fortinets security solutions.

Availability

The new FortiClient will be available in Q3 2015. Interested organizations can sign up for an early beta program today. To register for the beta program, please visit: https://support.fortinet.com/Home.aspx

The new FortiGate 3000D and 3100D are now available in the Middle East. Please contact your authorized Fortinet channel partner for pricing and details. For more information about Fortinets Firewall products, please visit: www.fortinet.com/products/fortigate/

About Fortinet
Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) protects the most valuable assets of some of the largest enterprise, service provider and government organizations across the globe. The companys fast, secure and global cyber security solutions provide broad, high-performance protection against dynamic security threats while simplifying the IT infrastructure. They are strengthened by the industrys highest level of threat research, intelligence and analytics. Unlike pure-play network security providers, Fortinet can solve organizations' most important security challenges, whether in a networked, application or mobile environments  be it virtualized/cloud or physical. More than 210,000 customers worldwide, including some of the largest and most complex organizations, trust Fortinet to protect their brands. Learn more at www.fortinet.com, or follow Fortinet at the Fortinet Blog, Google+, Linkedin or Twitter.

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