Case Study: Global Financial Services Organization achieves unrivaled protection and high performance with Fortinet

Financial Services Powerhouse Combines Protection and Performance to Secure Its Global Infrastructure

A leading global financial services firm with hundreds of offices worldwide needed to rearchitect its security stack to meet tightening compliance requirements and protect large, high‑value data flows without sacrificing the near‑real‑time performance required by trading and market applications. Key challenges included maintaining throughput during deep traffic inspection, enabling fine‑grained network segmentation to isolate customer and business data, and improving monitoring and operational efficiency across a complex infrastructure.

After a rigorous proof‑of‑concept, the firm selected Fortinet’s FortiGate firewalls, deployed in multiple models and centrally managed with FortiManager, with the Fortinet Security Fabric providing API‑enabled integration across the security stack. The deployment delivered high‑performance inspection and highly granular “micro cell” segmentation without added latency, centralized visibility for faster response, automated threat coordination, and continued regulatory compliance while boosting the security team’s efficiency.