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RSA Secured® Certification Supports
Growing Demand for Strong Authentication for VPNs and Other
Applications
SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 29, 2004 — Fortinet
– the only provider of ASIC-powered, network-based antivirus
firewall systems for real-time network protection – today
announced that it has joined the RSA Secured® Partner
Program. As part of the program, both the FortiGate™
and FortiWiFi™ antivirus firewall products have been
awarded RSA SecurID® Ready certification, signaling the
interoperability with RSA SecurID two-factor authentication
technology.
This most recent validation from RSA Security further strengthens
Fortinet’s already impressive, integrated capabilities
for implementing secure connections to critical data resources.
Thousands of customers worldwide use Fortinet’s products
to implement high performance, secure virtual private networks
(VPNs) for remote workers and partners. To support these applications,
FortiGate and FortiWiFi platforms include ICSA-certified IPSec
VPN functionality, along with ICSA-certified antivirus, firewall,
and intrusion detection capabilities. This ensures that VPN
tunnels cannot be used to transport viruses, worms, Trojans
or other content-based threats. In addition, many organizations
use Fortinet’s granular policy and multi-zone capabilities
to segment internal networks and limit access to key servers
and applications only to designated employees. The RSA Secured
certification adds the power of two-factor authentication
to this broad range of security functions, and ensures that
only authorized users can connect to critical data resources
– whether from outside the company or within.
“We are pleased to welcome Fortinet to the RSA Secured
Partner Program,” said Stuart Cohen, director of partner
development at RSA Security. “Our relationship with Fortinet
helps enable our joint customers to select the right level
of investment and security to protect their business.”
Fortinet’s award-winning FortiGate and FortiWiFi series
of ASIC-accelerated antivirus firewalls detect and eliminate
the most damaging, content-based threats from email and Web
traffic such as viruses, worms, intrusions, inappropriate
Web content, all in real-time without degrading network performance.
The FortiGate and FortiWiFi systems deliver a full range of
network-level services, including firewall, VPN, intrusion
detection and traffic shaping, as well as application-level
services such as antivirus and content filtering, in dedicated,
easily managed platforms.
“Customers recognize the value of having tried-and-tested
security features in the products they buy,” said Richard
Kagan, vice president of marketing at Fortinet. Fortinet’s
strategic relationship with RSA Security builds upon our unmatched
portfolio
of certifications to provide customers with industry-leading
technology to combat evolving network security threats.”
About the RSA Secured Partner Program
The RSA Secured Partner Program is one of the oldest and largest
alliance programs of its type, bringing more than ten years
of experience and hundreds of complementary solutions together.
The RSA SecurID, RSA ClearTrust®, and RSA Keon® Ready
certification programs bring added assurance to customers
that the solutions they are deploying are certified as interoperable
with industry leading products, helping them achieve faster
time to deployment and lower overall cost of ownership. The
program reflects RSA Security’s commitment to providing
standards-based interoperability and mutual vendor support
to customers using RSA Security’s web access management,
twofactor authentication, digital certificate management or
encryption solutions.
About Fortinet (www.fortinet.com)
Fortinet's award-winning FortiGate™
series of ASIC-accelerated antivirus firewalls, winner
of the 2004 Security Product of the Year Award from Network
Computing Magazine and 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 e-mail and Web traffic
such as viruses, worms, intrusions, inappropriate Web content
and more in real time - without degrading network performance.
FortiGate systems are the only security products that are
quadruple-certified by the ICSA (antivirus, firewall, IPSec,
NIDS), and deliver a full range of network-level and application-level
services in integrated, easily managed platforms. Named to
the Red Herring Top 100 Private Companies, Fortinet is privately
held and based in Sunnyvale, California.
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RSA, RSA Secured, Keon, SecurID and ClearTrust
are either registered trademarks or trademarks of RSA Security
Inc. in
the United States and/or other countries. All other products
and services mentioned are trademarks of their respective
companies.
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