Case Study: QIAGEN secures global IP and enables rapid work-from-home VPN rollout with Fortinet

How a Biotech Company Keeps Employees Safe When Working From Home

QIAGEN, a global biotech company focused on COVID‑19 testing, genomic services and research, needed to replace end‑of‑life edge security across 45 locations and multiple data centers while protecting critical IP, financial and customer data and adapting quickly to pandemic-driven work‑from‑home demands. Procurement and deployment were complicated by differing international regulations and the team wanted an application‑aware firewall with integrated IPS, antivirus, web filtering and future SD‑WAN/zero‑trust capabilities.

QIAGEN deployed Fortinet’s FortiGate NGFWs with FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, FortiClient and Professional Services, rolling out high‑availability firewalls globally and centralized, single‑pane‑of‑glass management. The solution enabled companywide VPN access within days, reduced latency, freed IT time, improved day‑to‑day threat mitigation and strengthened confidence in protecting the company’s IP and sensitive data.

Qiagen

Chris Fire

Senior Manager, Service & Solution Network Data