State Transit Agency
Fortinet Protects a Large State Transit Agency by Modernizing and Driving Operations Forward
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A large state transit agency provides bus-only services for over 200,000 passengers daily. Keeping its web apps, communications, and network secure is essential to maintaining services for the community and engaging with vendors and operators.
The agency uses FortiGate Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs) to protect its locations, augmented by FortiGuard AI-Powered Security Services. The FortiGate NGFWs are also used alongside the FortiSandbox threat analysis solution to segment the agency’s network and stop potential threats from spreading. To protect its private cloud, the agency has implemented FortiGate virtual machines (VMs), a hybrid mesh firewall deployment which it manages through the FortiManager centralized management platform. The agency has also deployed the FortiWeb web application firewall (WAF) to secure customers’ app data and help ensure maximum uptime. With Fortinet, the agency can react to threats faster and keep up with increasingly sophisticated AI-powered attacks, maintaining a reliable and trustworthy service for customers.
“We are always a target, including for very sophisticated attacks that use AI to circumvent traditional security controls. Fortinet enables us to keep up with these trends, and having the visibility of the hybrid mesh firewall helps us react more quickly to any security event.”
– Head of Cybersecurity, Transit Agency
Business Impact
Better visibility and faster responsiveness to security events through optimized Fortinet infrastructure
Over 500,000 attacks prevented in one quarter
Less staff time is required to manage on-premises firewalls across locations
Streamlined integration reduces staff resources required to deploy and manage security solutions
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