Top Taiwan University Secures Network with Fortinet Solutions

Sunnyvale, Calif., June 10, 2004 - Fortinet, Inc., the only provider of ASIC-powered, network-based antivirus firewall systems for real-time network protection, today announced that Soochow University, a leading university in Taiwan, has chosen Fortinet's FortiGate™ platform to secure its campus network that supports more than 14,500 students and 1,000 staff members.

Soochow University needed to enhance its existing network security infrastructure to better address the increase in network and content-based attacks originating inside and outside the network, implement a formalized security policy, and provide a platform for growth. Previously, the University was using desktop anti-virus software to counter the threat of viruses, worms and Trojans, and network protection was provided by Layer 3 switch/router packet filters.

Soochow University evaluated vendor solutions based on several criteria, including price, performance, manageability and hardware specifications, eventually choosing Fortinet because of these factors:

• Breadth of functionality -- Fortinet's FortiGate solutions deliver an impressive and broad range of functions, including antivirus, firewall virtual private networking (VPN), intrusion prevention, intrusion detection, content-filtering, and more.
• High-Speed Gateway Anti-Virus -- FortiGate ASIC-accelerated devices deliver gigabit-level performance throughput at a fraction of the cost of competing solutions
• Real-time Attack Protection -- Fortinet's FortiProtect service provides 24x7 attack monitoring and automatically updates FortiGate units in real-time in response to new attacks.
• Superior Technical Support -- Fortinet and its system integrator, HP Consulting, in Taiwan, provided the best level of technical support.

Fortinet's FortiGate-3000, FortiGate-1000 and FortiGate-60 antivirus firewalls provide the basis for Soochow University's new high-performance network security infrastructure. With the improved security infrastructure in place, the University can now protect users and data from even the most sophisticated content-based worms, viruses and other malware, as well as network-based Denial of Service (DoS) attacks.

Tsui-Ting Hsu, Supervisor of Network Division of Soochow University's Computing Center said, "We chose Fortinet because of its broad functionality, as well as its user-friendly management interfaces. An important aspect of security is also how easily the security infrastructure can be managed."

F. Matthew Young III, Vice President and General Manager, Fortinet Asia Pacific said, "Universities and educational institutions are particularly vulnerable to malicious activity, yet network users still demand a high level of service. This deployment environment is a true test of the effectiveness and efficiency of any security product."

About Soohow University (http://www.scu.edu.tw )
Soochow University is a premier private educational institution in the Republic of China (ROC), Taiwan. Soochow University has 2 campuses, comprising 5 schools and 22 departments, and has an enrolment of about 13,000. One campus is located in scenic Waishuangshi, near the National Palace Museum, while the other campus is located downtown in Chung Cheng District, the political and commercial center of Taipei. Soochow University produces professionals who contribute significantly to Taiwanese society in various fields.

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.