IPEXPO2012

Press releases

• Highest level of IPS and catch rate of the Industry Tests Demonstrate Fortinet Delivers Industry-Leading IPS Performance Performance Evaluation Tests Performed on the FortiGate-3950B Using BreakingPoint Security Testing Products and NSS Labs Methodology SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 12, 2012 - Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT), a world leader in high-performance network security, today announced that it delivers the highest level of combined intrusion prevention system (IPS) performance and catch rate of the industry. Those results were achieved with the FortiGate®-3950B, Fortinet’s next-generation firewall appliance for large enterprise and data center environments, and are based on tests performed using BreakingPoint security testing products and NSS Labs test criteria methodology. BreakingPoint security testing products are used throughout the world to harden networks and data centers in the face of escalating application loads and attacks. Those compact devices create high-performance application and attack traffic from hundreds of real-world applications, load from millions of users, and broad security coverage that includes tens of thousands of current attacks and malware, as well as obfuscation and evasion techniques. Each BreakingPoint product features built-in automation to produce a standardized Resilience Score to measure network and data center performance; security and scalability; the performance of massive virtualized infrastructures in the face of peak user loads and attacks; and to validate the accuracy and performance of Lawful Intercept and Data Loss Prevention systems. Following the NSS Labs IPS testing methodology, two L4 and L7 tests were conducted on the Fortigate-3950B appliance, one with IPS optimization enabled and the other without. The traffic setup was unidirectional and a large number of IP addresses were used on both the client and server sides to provide the most realistic testing conditions that reflect the largest number of devices present on a network. Industry’s Highest Performance IPS services and Best Catch Rate An inline network device such as an IPS system needs to provide as a minimum requisite sufficient throughput and low latency. Throughput provides the necessary performance when transferring large volumes of content across a corporate network, while the latency level is important to ensure that latency-critical network applications, such as VoIP and video, work seamlessly. By using the BreakingPoint Enterprise Application Mix test and the high medium and critical IPS signature, the FortiGate-3950B provided a throughput of 16.9 Gbps. Such level of throughput is necessary to deliver the advanced IPS services required to detect and block incoming threats without affecting network performance. The tests also showed that the FortiGate-3950B’s IPS technology achieved a latency level as low as 12.5 microseconds. With such results, Fortinet’s IPS technology offers the best performance available in the industry today. Another key parameter for today's systems is the ability to accept and process new connections every second. Tested using BreakingPoint security testing products, the FortiGate-3950B showed that the TCP traffic rate could support up to 100,000 new TCPs per second with IPS activated. Note that this result is 2.5 times higher in a pure firewall mode. At last, the FortiGate-3950B appliance achieved a 91% IPS Attack Catch Rate while being subject to the enterprise traffic mix test, making it one of the best catch rates under load in the network security industry today. Equally, the zero failure rate recorded in the tests for application transactions and cumulative TCP connections, even at full CPU utilization, demonstrates the appliance’s ability to effectively intercept malicious traffic without packet loss. “Beyond marketing claims, we believe that it is essential to validate the performance of our network security solutions using metric-based, rigorous real-world testing,” said Patrice Perche, Senior Vice President of International Sales & Support at Fortinet. “By leveraging BreakingPoint’s security testing products, we prove once again Fortinet’s strong foundation of high-performance security and real-time network protection to our customers.” http://www.fortinet.com/press_releases/120305.html

• Fortinet® Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant for Unified Threat Management SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 12, 2012 ― Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT) -a world leader in high-performance network security – today announced that the company has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the leaders quadrant of the “Unified Threat Management Magic Quadrant.” “Fortinet has been an innovator and leader in the unified threat management space for more than 11 years. As businesses and the threat landscape evolve, we continue to stay in front of the threats and deliver outstanding protection for our customers,” said Ken Xie, founder and CEO of Fortinet. “Customers of all sizes understand the value of unified threat management because these types of appliances protect their networks while simplifying their IT environments, streamlining performance and lowering their total cost of ownership.” To be considered a UTM, security appliances must include a stateful firewall, remote access, site-to-site virtual private network support, Web security gateway functionality and network intrusion prevention, which are focused on blocking attacks against unpatched Windows PCs and servers. Fortinet’s FortiGate consolidated security platforms meet and exceed Gartner’s definition. In addition to the required features, FortiGate security appliances deliver unmatched performance and protection while simplifying the network enabling multiple security functions to be managed in one console. FortiGate appliances and virtual appliances integrate the FortiOS™ operating system with FortiASIC™ processors to provide comprehensive, high-performance security. FortiGate appliances provide enterprise-class protection against network, content and application-level threats. Dynamic updates from Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs™ research team ensure FortiGate appliances are protected against the latest threats 24/7/365. Additionally, FortiGate platforms incorporate sophisticated networking features, such as high availability (active/active, active/passive) for maximum network uptime and virtual domain (VDOM) capabilities to separate various networks requiring different security policies. For more about the FortiGate family of products, please visit: http://www.fortinet.com/products/fortigate/. Disclaimer: Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in their research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. 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 2011 Fortune 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 in Sunnyvale, Calif., with offices around the world. More information can be found at www.worldsfastestfirewall.com Copyright © 2012 Fortinet, Inc. All rights reserved. The symbols ® and ™ denote respectively federally registered trademarks and unregistered trademarks of Fortinet, Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliates. Fortinet's trademarks include, but are not limited to, the following: Fortinet, FortiGate, FortiGuard, FortiManager, FortiMail, FortiClient, FortiCare, FortiAnalyzer, FortiReporter, FortiOS, FortiASIC, FortiWiFi, FortiSwitch, FortiVoIP, FortiBIOS, FortiLog, FortiResponse, FortiCarrier, FortiScan, FortiDB and FortiWeb. Other trademarks belong to their respective owners. Fortinet has not independently verified statements, certification,or tests herein attributed to third parties and Fortinet does not independently endorse such statements. Nothing in the news release constitutes a warranty, guaranty, or contractually binding commitment, and, in addition, any product specifications or product performance discussed herein may be based on the products in a particular environment under particular circumstances. This news release may contain forward-looking statements that involve uncertainties and assumptions. If the uncertainties materialize or the assumptions prove incorrect, results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements and assumptions. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including but not limited to, any statements related to expected trends in cybercriminal activity. These trends are difficult to predict and any stated expectations regarding these trends may not ultimately be correct. Fortinet assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements. Gartner "Magic Quadrant for Unified Threat Management" by John Pescatore, Greg Young, [5 March2012]. http://www.fortinet.com/press_releases/120312.html

• Fortinet® Extends Next-Generation Firewall Product Line with New Enterprise-Class Appliance and Carrier-Grade Security Blade New FortiGate™-5101C Combined with the FortiGate-5140B Chassis Can Secure Over 100 Gbps of IPv6 Traffic, Turning the Two into the World’s Fastest Firewall for Both IPv4 and IPv6 SUNNYVALE, Calif., February 27, 2012- Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT) - a world leader in high-performance network security – today announced two additions to its next-generation firewall product family that are designed to meet the growing threat protection and IT infrastructure control requirements of large enterprises, service providers and carriers that provide complex, multi-tenant cloud-based services. The FortiGate™-3240C is a multi-threat security appliance that provides best-in-class port density for optimal scalability. The FortiGate-5101C is a high-powered security blade that integrates the latest FortiASIC™ processors to accelerate the performance of FortiGate-5000 Series ATCA-compliant systems including the FortiGate-5140B, the world’s fastest firewall. With IPv6 performance up to 100 Gbps, the FortiGate-5140B is also the world’s fastest IPv6 firewall. By combining ultra-high performance with broad security capabilities, Fortinet’s next-generation firewalls consolidate stand-alone security products. This consolidation minimizes the historic security/performance tradeoff by eliminating the sources of latency that negatively impact network performance. As a result, organizations have the freedom to enforce control over their IT infrastructure at a much more granular level without having to make performance compromises. This power to control improves an organization’s overall security posture and elevates control over users, applications, data and devices in support of optimal productivity and business process best practices. Designed from the ground up as a next-generation firewall that tightly integrates application control technologies with an intrusion prevention system, the FortiGate-3240C exerts granular control over more than 1,900 discrete applications and provides real-time protection against current and emerging Advanced Persistent Threats. In addition, the compact 2-RU format appliance delivers up to 40 Gbps of firewall throughput and tremendous scalability with 12 hardware-accelerated 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10-GbE) ports and 16 hardware-accelerated Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports, ports, the highest 10-GbE port density in its class. In addition to serving as a next-generation firewall, the FortiGate-3240C consolidates a rich set of security features to help protect high bandwidth networks including integrated Intrusion Prevention, user-based policies and endpoint policy enforcement. As an IPv6-ready platform with strong authentication options for secure remote access and policy compliance, the new appliance provides integration with Fortinet’s FortiManager™ and FortiAnalyzer™ systems to centralize and simplify management, reporting and analysis for thousands of Fortinet devices. In addition, the FortiGate-3240C supports redundant, hot-swappable power supplies to minimize single points of failure in large, complex enterprise and carrier networks where network downtime can have dire financial consequences. Featuring the latest FortiASIC Content Processor and Security Processor chips, FortiGate-5101C security blades accelerate the performance of FortiGate-5000 Series ATCA-compliant chassis-based systems. A fully stocked FortiGate-5140B chassis using FortiGate-5101C security blades will provide up to 100 Gbps of IPv6 firewall throughput for next-generation networks, providing the fastest IPv6 protection on the market. This is critical to large enterprises and service providers migrating to the new standard protocol for the Internet. In addition to being the fastest ATCA security blade in the industry, the FortiGate-5101C supports consolidated security functions that help protect low-latency networks against the latest blended threats and Web-based attacks. By populating FortiGate-5000 series chasses-based systems with FortiGate-5101C security blades, networks can be segmented by customer, business unit or any other logical division for granular control with up to 300 virtual domains per blade that is ideal for virtualized infrastructures. The security blades also integrate with FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer systems to provide centralized command with rich analytics and reporting to help security managers stay fully current with evolving security needs. “The introduction of our latest next-generation firewall products really changes the dynamics of how large enterprises, service providers and carriers apply high performance security in their networks,” said Michael Xie, chief technology officer with Fortinet. “The enormous throughput and scalability of these systems give organizations new freedom to develop and enforce a broad range of aggressive security policies that apply highly granular control over users, applications and devices without compromising network performance. As a result, we’re helping merge security best practices with optimal operational and business processes.” Availability The FortiGate-3240C and FortiGate-5101C will be available in Q2 2012. 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 2011 Fortune 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 in Sunnyvale, Calif., with offices around the world. Copyright © 2012 Fortinet, Inc. All rights reserved. The symbols ® and ™ denote respectively federally registered trademarks and unregistered trademarks of Fortinet, Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliates. Fortinet's trademarks include, but are not limited to, the following: Fortinet, FortiGate, FortiGuard, FortiManager, FortiMail, FortiClient, FortiCare, FortiAnalyzer, FortiReporter, FortiOS, FortiASIC, FortiWiFi, FortiSwitch, FortiVoIP, FortiBIOS, FortiLog, FortiResponse, FortiCarrier, FortiScan, FortiDB and FortiWeb. Other trademarks belong to their respective owners. Fortinet has not independently verified statements or certifications herein attributed to third parties and Fortinet does not independently endorse such statements. Nothing herein constitutes a warranty, guarantee, or binding commitment by Fortinet. This news release may contain forward-looking statements that involve uncertainties and assumptions. If the uncertainties materialize or the assumptions prove incorrect, results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements and assumptions. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements. These trends are difficult to predict and any stated expectations regarding these trends may not ultimately be correct. Fortinet assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements. http://www.fortinet.com/press_releases/120227.html