SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 9, 2005 - Fortinet - the confirmed market leader in Unified Threat Management (UTM) and only provider of ASIC-accelerated, network-based antivirus firewall systems for real-time network protection -today announced that two Canadian school districts, Lethbridge School District No. 51 and ed Deer Public Schools, have deployed Fortinet's FortiGate-500 systems and FortiGuard Web Filtering Subscription Service to secure their networks against attacks and other inappropriate or unwanted content for administrators, students, employees and staff.

"With thousands of students and administrators running different applications on our network, we needed a comprehensive security solution that can block the continuous networks attacks we receive from outside sources, as well as prohibit the malicious traffic and prohibited content that our users often unknowingly download and view while using the Internet," said Matt Norton, director of technology at Lethbridge School District No. 51. "After looking at several incumbent security vendors' technology, we chose Fortinet's FortiGuard Web Filtering Subscription Service running on the FortiGate-500 system because we were impressed with the network performance, competitive price and comprehensive protection delivered by the integrated Fortinet network security platform."

"We wanted to find a better, more efficient and economical way to secure our users against malicious content-based threats rather than purchasing and operating the three single-purpose security systems we were previously using," said Jeff Murray, network administrator at ed Deer Public Schools. "Fortinet's FortiGuard Web Filtering Subscription Service and FortiGate-500 system provided us with a fully-integrated security platform for the antivirus, intrusion detection/prevention and content filtering functionality previously requiring the purchase and management of three separate boxes. Additionally, the Fortinet platform scans traffic at near wire speed so there is no degradation to our network performance."

Integrated Network and Content Security for Educational Institutions
Fortinet's FortiGuard Web Filtering solution is a subscription service that provides Web UL filtering for schools, libraries, government agencies, and enterprise businesses of all sizes. The FortiGuard Web Filtering solution consists of two parts, the FortiGuard ating Server and the FortiGate system. The FortiGuard ating Server is a master ratings database that is made up of nearly 25 million domains and over 1 billion ULs, sorted into 56 categories. The FortiGuard Web Filtering solution does not require any additional hardware and can be activated on all FortiGate systems to improve productivity, and reduce the substantial risks and legal liability associated with inappropriate and illegal content.

Fortinet's FortiGate systems are ASIC-accelerated network security platforms designed to deliver a full-suite of integrated security services in real-time including antivirus, firewall, VPN, intrusion detection/prevention, native content filtering, anti-spam and traffic shaping. The FortiGate family of systems spans the full range of network environments - including all-sized businesses, educational institutions and other verticals -- and offers cost effective systems for a best in class suite of ICSA-certificated applications.

The FortiGate-500 network security platform is designed to meet larger educational institutions and enterprise-class requirements for security and performance. It includes 12 10/100 Base-T Ethernet ports combined with multi-zone functionality that enables organizations and educational institutions to segment their internal and external networks into independent security zones.

"The Internet is equally adept at offering students permitted access, or exposing them to inappropriate information and illegal content," said Adam Stein, vice president of corporate marketing for Fortinet. "Fortinet's FortiGuard Web Filtering Subscription Service and FortiGate systems together provide a unique cost-effective, comprehensive network security platform that adapts to the specific needs of the education vertical, helping to keep unwanted and malicious network traffic and inappropriate Web content out of schools' networks. We are actively helping our education customers minimize and ultimately eliminate non-educational pursuits on campus networks, easing their network administration strain on maintaining and managing campus network security."

For more information on Fortinet's FortiGuard Web Filtering

Subscription Service, please visit:
http://www.fortinet.com/products/fortiguard.html

For more information on Fortinet's FortiGate systems, please visit:
http://www.fortinet.com/products/