Fortinet Hosts Security 361o Conference to Help Firms Fight Advanced Threats and Bring Greater Intelligence to the Network

Bangkok, Thailand, 7 January 2013 – Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT) − a world leader in high-performance network security – today announced that it has just held its “Security 361^o” IT security conference at the Arnoma Hotel inBangkok. More than 200 senior business executives and IT professionals from the government, education, financial services and telecom sectors attended the event.

 

IT security today is about securing the enterprise end-to-end − from the endpoints to the perimeter and the core, including the database and applications. The Security 361^o conference demonstrated to Thai organisations how to fight increasingly sophisticated threats like advanced persistent threats (APTs) and application-based malware, and advised them on how to leverage mobile devices to boost employee productivity without compromising security.

 

At the thought-leadership panel discussion entitled “Beyond BYOD − What’s Next for Security in a Borderless World?”, Fortinet was joined by industry veterans from Novell and AIS to discuss the Bring-Your-Own-Device trend, mobile and cloud deployments, and emerging enterprise security issues. Members of the audience participated by asking thought-provoking questions and sharing personal experiences.

 

Said Peerapong Jongvibool, Fortinet’s Country Manager forThailand: “The security and networking landscape has changed. As BYOD and cloud take centre stage in enterprises’ IT operations, the network must become more intelligent and controllable so that it can effectively support multiple users, devices and applications without losing sight of business objectives.”

 

Fortinet’s recently launched FortiOS5.0 operating system that comes with its FortiGate® integrated multi-threat appliances provide this intelligence and control to the network. FortiOS5.0 integrates features that allow advanced identification and management of user and device behaviors − including reputation-based policies, better botnet detection, and protection and inspection of encrypted traffic − and works seamlessly with Fortinet’s other security solutions like FortiWeb®, FortiManager®, FortiAnalyzer® and FortiAP® to provide a consolidated security platform across the enterprise.

 

 

About Fortinet (www.fortinet.com)
Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) is a worldwide provider of network security appliances and the market leader in unified threat management (UTM). Our products and subscription services provide broad, integrated and high-performance protection against dynamic security threats while simplifying the IT security infrastructure. Our customers include enterprises, service providers and government entities worldwide, including the majority of the 2011Fortune Global 100. Fortinet’s flagship FortiGate product delivers ASIC-accelerated performance and integrates multiple layers of security designed to help protect against application and network threats. Fortinet’s broad product line goes beyond UTM to help secure the extended enterprise – from endpoints, to the perimeter and the core, including databases and applications. Fortinet is headquartered inSunnyvale,Calif., with offices around the world.

 

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