Anonymous Poultry Producer
Fortinet Brings Superior Security to Industrial-Scale Poultry Producer
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The corporate network of a large U.S. poultry producer is crucial for keeping its 15 facilities and offices running smoothly. OT equipment plays a key role in poultry processing, while IT systems provide communications, quality control, and back-office functions. A cyberattack on these systems could undermine the company’s image and cause safety issues.
The company has therefore embraced the Fortinet Security Fabric for a tightly integrated networking and security infrastructure. This solution includes FortiGate Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs), which fully separate the company’s OT network from its IT systems, and which are equipped with FortiGuard AI-Powered Security Services. The FortiGate NGFWs integrate with FortiAP access points and FortiSwitch enterprise switches in a Fortinet Secure SD-WAN. In addition, the company enabled secure remote access and security operations solutions from Fortinet to monitor and detect security events on its network. Not only is the Fortinet Security Fabric enhancing the company’s security posture, but it has also helped increase the productivity of IT staff as well.
“Working with an assortment of providers makes everything more complicated. The idea of building a security posture with a single provider whose products tightly integrate was very appealing. We quickly made the decision to standardize on Fortinet solutions wherever possible.”
– Director of IT
Business Impact
Significantly improved security posture
Better visibility into network and security
Workload for central IT team reduced by about 60 hours per month
20–30 hours saved per month on management time
Faster changes to local networks
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