TOP 10 – FIREWALLS

COMPANY: FORTINET HQ: CALIFORNIA, US CEO: KEN XIE FOUNDED: 2000

Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, and led by founder and CEO Ken Xie, Fortinet is recognised globally for enterprise security innovation. The vendor sets the industry benchmark through its flagship FortiGate Series firewalls. Powered by custom Application-Specific Integrated Circuits( ASICs), FortiGate appliances deliver hardware silicon acceleration, achieving unprecedented SSL inspection throughput and deep threat prevention at a low total cost of ownership. As well as being robust hardware, these proprietary ASICs create highly- sustainable, scalable networks with optimal energy efficiency. Running on the unified FortiOS operating system, FortiGate seamlessly converges highperformance SD-WAN networking and zero-trust security across dynamic hybrid mesh deployments, while sharing threat telemetry through Fortinet’ s Security Fabric. Positioned highest for Ability to Execute in Gartner’ s Hybrid Mesh Firewall Magic Quadrant, Fortinet continues to define modern enterprise cyber resilience for organisations navigating an increasingly complex threat landscape. cybermagazine. com 47