Gartner released a report titled, Survey
Analysis: Address Security and Digital
Concerns to Maintain Rapid SD-WAN
Growth detailing how security is the top
WAN concern.
Organisations are increasingly adopting
direct Internet access in their SD-WAN
deployments, raising security concerns and
requiring that CISOs be closely involved
for a smooth transition of any SD-WAN
deployment. At the same time, many SD-
WAN vendors don’t provide the advanced
security features required for these types
of deployments.
Fortinet delivers secure SD-WAN
Fortinet’s FortiGate Secure SD-WAN solution
delivers the functionality provided by
pure-play SD-WAN vendors with advanced
security built into one single offering.
It is backed by independent testing
to deliver excellent quality of experience
for voice and video, high VPN throughput
Two industry leaders
are coming together
to provide enterprise-
class capabilities across
cloud, network and
endpoint security.
and best price/performance. At Fortinet,
SD-WAN functionality has been organically
developed in-house and is a feature of
every FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall.
Purpose-built security processors and threat
intelligence from FortiGuard Labs further
ensure that security is an integral part of
Fortinet’s SD-WAN solution.
Lee Waskevich, VP of Security Solutions
at ePlus, said: “ePlus provides a broad
services portfolio and supports a wide
range of SD-WAN use cases to help our
customers connect to and secure multi-
cloud architectures.
“Fortinet-based secure SD-WAN
deployments empower our customers to
embed security into their SD-WAN rollouts.
We are impressed by Fortinet’s excellent
independent testing results and ability to
enable both SD-WAN and security features,
such as SSL inspection, while maintaining
enterprise-grade performance.”
Brent Baker, Director of Network Services
at PowerMax360, added: “As a long-standing
Fortinet platinum partner, our goal is to offer
the highest level of security and support to
our customers.
“We’re seeing Fortinet’s FortiGate
Secure SD-WAN take off because it delivers
a unique combination of security, WAN
networking, cost savings and single-pane-of-
glass management.
“Fortinet has the right approach to SD-
WAN, allowing us to provide our customers
with best-of-breed SD-WAN and security for
successful WAN transformation projects.”
We’re seeing Fortinet’s
FortiGate Secure SD-
WAN take off because
it delivers a unique
combination of security,
WAN networking,
cost savings and
single-pane-of-glass
management.
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