Case Study: Law Enforcement Technology Provider achieves 99% faster VPN setup and stronger security with Fortinet

Law Enforcement Technology Provider Bolsters Security and Improves Productivity for Diverse Customer Base

A U.S.-based systems integrator that builds and manages technology for law enforcement and government—including facial recognition, biometrics, inmate tracking, mugshots and booking systems—faced growing security and scalability challenges as it expanded. Legacy firewall hardware required costly add-ons, VPNs were difficult and slow to configure, logging was fragmented, and customers required CJIS-compliant segmentation and flexible cloud options.

The company implemented Fortinet’s Security Fabric—FortiGate NGFWs and FortiGate VM on AWS, FortiAnalyzer VM, FortiClient, FortiSandbox Cloud, UTM services and 24x7 FortiCare—plus third-party integration. The deployment produced a 99% reduction in VPN setup time (saving ~16 weeks of customer waiting annually), ~20 hours/month saved on log reviews, a 30% cost reduction for a customer moved to AWS, centralized visibility and proactive security without SSL/TLS performance loss, and lower overall costs versus the prior solution while enabling new audit and managed services.