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Total Network Solutions Provides Managed
Network Protection Service Using Fortinet’s FortiGate Antivirus
Firewall Platform
OSWESTRY, SHROPSHIRE, 14 APRIL, 2004 - The Office
of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM), Regional Co-ordination
Unit (RCU) has deployed an enhanced network security solution
to protect all Regional Government Offices throughout the
UK from virus attacks. Designed, installed and managed by
Total Network Solutions, it uses Fortinet's award-winning
FortiGate™ series of ASIC-accelerated Antivirus Firewalls,
which in the first month alone have prevented all attacks
from entering the Government network including MyDoom, NetSky,
Bagel and the Nachi virus.
The RCU has standardised on the FortiGate-400 Antivirus Firewall
for all 15 of its regional government offices, protecting
2500 users from the most damaging contentbased threats from
email and web traffic such as viruses, worms, intrusions,
inappropriate web content, etc. This is achieved in real time
at the network edge without reducing network performance.
Total Network Solutions is also providing 24-hour management
of antivirus updates to upload new virus definitions as soon
as a new virus has been detected in the wild. This will ensure
that the solution is kept up to date and providing maximum
protection against even the latest viruses.
"The sheer scalability and breadth of the FortiGate
platform was a key reason for deploying the systems throughout
our network," commented Chris Benefield, Senior ICT Project
& Account Manager of the Regional Co-ordination Unit.
"The products offer total network and content protection
with antivirus, intrusion detection, VPN, content filtering
and anti-spam capabilities provided in a single, integrated
solution."
Should a virus be introduced to the network via an infected
floppy disk or laptop, the FortiGate Antivirus Firewall automatically
stops it from infecting other sites on the network or being
transmitted to other government departments. They also pinpoint
any
infected machines on the network for isolation and cleansing.
The systems include a high-availability port and fail-over
logic to support redundant configurations, making them ideal
for mission-critical applications and environments.
About the Regional Co-ordination Unit
The Government Offices for the Regions (GOs) and their corporate
centre, the Regional Co-ordination Unit (RCU) are playing
an increasingly pivotal role at the heart of Government. Their
responsibility for delivering policy in the regions and their
multi-Departmental constitution make them ideally placed to
implement crosscutting initiatives, and to advise Departments
on successful implementation strategies at regional and local
level. Since May 2002 the RCU and GOs have been part of the
newly-formed department, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
(ODPM).
About Fortinet (www.fortinet.com)
Fortinet's award-winning FortiGate™ series of ASIC-accelerated
antivirus firewalls, winner of the 2003 Networking Industry
Awards Firewall Product of the Year, are the new generation
of real-time network protection systems. They detect and eliminate
the most damaging, content-based threats from email and Web
traffic such as viruses, worms, intrusions, inappropriate
Web content and more in real time – without degrading
network performance. FortiGate systems, the only security
products that are quadruple-certified by the ICSA (antivirus,
firewall, IPSec, NIDS), deliver a full range of network-level
and application-level services in integrated, easily managed
platforms. Named to the Chunghwa Customer Win Release - 4
“Visionaries” category in the 2003 Gartner Enterprise
Firewall Magic Quadrant, Fortinet is privately held and based
in Sunnyvale, California.
About Total Network Solutions
Formed in 1991, Total Network Solutions is a leading provider
of communications solutions and services and has recently
been acknowledged by Dun & Bradstreet as being the 59th
fastest growing company in the UK. The company is a Fortinet
Platinum Partner and was one of the first UK-based companies
to achieve BS7799-2 security standard accreditation for its
network management services which support its ‘best of
breed’ communications solutions. These have been provided
to organisations operating in many different markets in the
UK and offshore and include British Airways, Abbey National
Offshore and the London Internet Exchange along with many
parts of the public sector.
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