MALAYSIA, 25 August 2009 - Fortinet^® - a market-leading network security provider and worldwide leader of unified threat management (UTM) solutions - today announced the appointment of Christina Kok as Channel Sales Manager for Malaysia and Brunei. Tasked with overseeing Fortinets channel strategy on the ground, Christina will manage partner growth to accelerate market demand for Fortinets security solutions in both countries with new and existing customers.

Armed with fifteen years industry experience, she was previously the product manager for Ingram Micro Malaysia, driving marketing and reseller programs for network, storage and security solutions. On her appointment, Christina said, ÏI am glad to be part of the team and look forward to quickly accelerate the traction Fortinet has with the channel and end-users in Malaysia and Brunei.

To which, Benjamin Teh, Fortinets regional director for Asia South and Hong Kong added, ÏWe are very pleased to have Christina onboard, as her solid track record and industry knowledge will strengthen Fortinets presence. In addition, her channel expertise will help to further strengthen Fortinets brand and operations in both Malaysia and Brunei.

Fortinets FortiGate systems are ASIC-accelerated security appliances that integrate essential security applications such as antivirus, firewall, VPN, intrusion prevention, Web filtering, anti-spam and traffic shaping. All FortiGate systems are kept up to date automatically by Fortinet's FortiGuard Network, which helps ensure protection against the most damaging, content-based threats from email and Web traffic such as viruses, worms, intrusions, other unwanted network traffic and more - around the clock and around the world.