Case Study: City of Green Bay strengthens municipal cybersecurity and connectivity with Fortinet

City of Green Bay strengthens security across nearly 40 locations with Fortinet

The City of Green Bay faced a growing cybersecurity challenge, needing to protect essential municipal services across nearly 40 locations with limited IT staff. Their fragmented, multi-vendor security tools created visibility gaps and struggled against frequent phishing and ransomware threats targeting public systems. These issues threatened the uninterrupted connectivity required for critical services like police and fire departments.

To address this, the city partnered with Fortinet, implementing an integrated Fortinet Security Fabric solution. This included FortiGate next-generation firewalls with Secure SD-WAN, FortiAnalyzer, and FortiEDR for centralized visibility and automated response. The Fortinet solution provided real-time visibility and rapid threat response, successfully blocking phishing and ransomware attempts before they reached users. It improved network uptime, prioritized connectivity for essential services, and established a stable foundation for future security expansions like Zero Trust architecture.

City of Green Bay