Case Study: White Family Dealerships achieves $120K annual savings and stronger security with Fortinet Secure SD-Branch and SD‑WAN

Auto Dealer Converges Security and Networking With Fortinet SD-WAN and SD-Branch

White Family Dealerships, a multi-location auto retailer operating 18 dealerships across Ohio, Wyoming and South Dakota, needed better security, visibility, and control over its distributed IT environment. Relying on a third-party provider left IT staff with limited insight and slow response times, frequent travel to troubleshoot on-site, and costly MPLS links—while automakers and regulators required stronger cybersecurity and consistent compliance.

The company implemented Fortinet Secure SD-Branch and SD-WAN with FortiGate firewalls, FortiSwitch, FortiAP, FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer, FortiSIEM, FortiEDR, FortiMail, FortiAuthenticator/Token and FortiExtender to converge networking and security under centralized management. The rollout delivered a security posture that meets automaker requirements, $120,000 annual savings from replacing MPLS (about a three-year ROI), faster remote provisioning, easier dealership onboarding, improved uptime and greater operational efficiency.

White Family Dealerships

Shane Williams

Director of IT