Case Study: City of Columbia strengthens public service security and NERC compliance with Fortinet

City of Columbia strengthens critical services and achieves decade-long compliance with Fortinet

The City of Columbia, Missouri, faced the challenge of securing its critical public services and citizens' data while ensuring compliance with utility industry regulations. To protect its network and manage access for numerous vendors, the city partnered with vendor Fortinet and implemented a suite of products including FortiGate Next-Generation Firewalls and FortiClient Endpoint Management Server.

The solution implemented by Fortinet provided a highly automated and integrated security infrastructure. This resulted in the City of Columbia achieving compliance with North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) standards, enhancing the protection of resident data, and increasing the resiliency of its public services. The city also reported increased endpoint uptime and improved productivity.

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