Herzog Technologies, Inc.
Fortinet Protects Widely Dispersed OT Equipment for Railroad Service Provider
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Herzog Technologies, Inc. (HTI) specializes in providing communications and technology services to support its parent company, Herzog—the only organization in the world to build, operate, and maintain every aspect of railroad transportation. Safeguarding the IT and OT systems that support many freight trains and tens of millions of passengers had become a significant burden for its lean networking team. So, the company sought a more cost-effective way to secure, monitor, and manage those systems as a whole.
Working with a Fortinet strategic partner, HTI rolled out a Fortinet Security Fabric centered on FortiGate Next-Generation Firewalls. The solution not only met HTI’s need for centralized threat detection, mitigation, and control; it also boosted the reliability and cost of network connectivity across the company’s widely distributed footprint.
“Once we put in those first FortiGate firewalls, the move toward Fortinet grew rapidly. Everybody loved the visibility and that they did not have to dig into logs on the command line to get it. We got granular control quickly. Our executives were immediately impressed.”
– Jesse Fritz, Network Architect, Herzog Technologies, Inc.
Business Impact
Enhanced security and granular network control at a low cost
Improved reliability of wide area network (WAN) connections
50% less staff required to manage widely dispersed network
5x faster onboarding for new engineers saves on overhead cost
Reduction in log analysis from hours to minutes
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