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Any organization handling consumer financial data have the additional
challenge of being compliant with security and privacy regulations imposed by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley
Act (GLBA). Companies that handle such data — for example, accountants, auto dealers and travel
agents — may not be aware that these regulations, previously applicable to traditional financial
institutions, apply to them as well. As a result, a wide range of companies that have relationships
with other companies where consumer financial data is exchanged are essentially responsible as "financial
institutions" for compliance with GLBA regulations.
Starting in May 2005, auto dealers, accountants, travel agents and other businesses not previously subject to GLBA regulation were identified as "financial institutions" and therefore required to come into compliance or face fines up to $11,000 per day from the US Federal Trade Commission
Next generation network security products, including the FortiGate Multi-threat Security systems, are available that
help protect the corporate network at its continually changing perimeter, by identifying and preventing malicious
blended security threats coming from both external and internal sources. Security platforms using ASIC engines can
go well beyond traditional network protection provided by traditional firewalls and stand-alone Intrusion Detection and Prevention
Systems (IDS/IPS), and protect the network from both viral and worm-based attacks propagated via email, IM and web traffic.
Protecting the business network and infrastructure is critical for ensuring the security and privacy of consumer
financial data and bringing an organization into compliance with GLBA regulations.
Comprehensive information on compliance is available in the following white papers:
Fortinet's FortiGate™ Multi-threat Security systems address the key network protection needs of financial institutions.
Fortinet's ASIC-powered systems scan email, IM, Web and file transfer content at the network edge and in real time - protecting
the financial network from viruses, worms and other inappropriate and malicious content before it can enter the network.
In addition, every FortiGate system includes built-in intrusion detection, intrusion prevention, firewall, VPN, web filtering, spam filtering and traffic
shaping functionality in one easy to install, maintain and update unit.
Fortinet systems are deployed throughout the world in financial services environments, in addition to e-commerce and business to business partnerships, including the following:
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