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Fortinet, Frost & Sullivan and ISSA Address Security in a Dynamic Network Threat Environment

In Free Webinar, Industry Experts Discuss How to Secure an Ever-Expanding Network Perimeter

Sunnyvale, Calif., June 30, 2004 - Fortinet - the only provider of ASIC-powered, network-based antivirus firewall systems for real-time network protection -today announced it will participate in a free webinar, titled "The Expanding Security Perimeter", along with industry experts from Frost & Sullivan, a leading international consultancy, and the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA). This webinar will provide attendees with valuable information on how to protect ever-expanding network perimeters in today's dynamic and dangerous threat environment.

When:The webinar will be available beginning today, June 30, 2004. Attendees can register at: http://www.issa.org/webcast.html

What:"The Expanding Security Perimeter" - industry experts address one of the biggest challenges facing network security administrators today - protecting an ever-expanding network perimeter from today's sophisticated and dangerous threats. Attendees will hear compelling information that will help them better understand:

  • Security architectures that can deliver complete content protection in real-time
  • How to scale networks securely to handle higher speed throughput and defend against viruses, worms and blended security attacks
  • How to know when to bolster your security defenses

Attendees will also receive a new, exclusive executive summary on trends in the Intrusion Prevention and Detection market, prepared by Frost & Sullivan.

>Who:Presenters will include:

  • Jason Wright, program leader of security technologies, Frost & Sullivan
  • Richard Kagan, vice president at Fortinet
  • Jim Reavis, editor, CSOinformer; vice president, Information Systems Security Association; and president, Reavis Consulting Group

About Fortinet (www.fortinet.com)

Fortinet is the confirmed leader of the Unified Threat Management market. The company's award-winning FortiGate™ series of ASIC-accelerated antivirus firewalls, winner of the 2004 Security Product of the Year Award from Network Computing Magazine and the 2003 Networking Industry Awards Firewall Product of the Year, are the new generation of real-time network protection systems. They detect and eliminate the most damaging, content-based threats from e-mail and Web traffic such as viruses, worms, intrusions, inappropriate Web content and more in real time - without degrading network performance. FortiGate systems are the only security products that are quadruple-certified by the ICSA (antivirus, firewall, IPSec, NIDS), and deliver a full range of network-level and application-level services in integrated, easily managed platforms. Named to the ed Herring Top 100 Private Companies, Fortinet is privately held and based in Sunnyvale, California.

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Key to our selection of Fortinet was the truly integrated functionality of its FortiGate security appliances. In evaluating other solutions, we found that one product might have offered IPS but nothing much beyond that. Another offered a range of functions, but as a piecemeal solution from multiple vendor partners. We found that none matched the breadth of Fortinet's integrated platform.

Laurie Ellims
Technical Architect/Security Manager
Victoria University of Wellington