Case Study: Municipal Water Utility strengthens OT security and resilience with Fortinet

Municipal Water Utility reduces WAN costs by $3,000-$4,000 with Fortinet

A U.S.-based municipal water utility faced significant cybersecurity challenges due to a flat network architecture that lacked visibility and separation between its IT and operational technology (OT) systems. To modernize its aging network and strengthen its security posture, the utility partnered with Fortinet to deploy an integrated security solution.

Fortinet implemented its AI-Native Security Fabric, including FortiGate NGFWs for secure IT/OT segmentation, FortiSwitch and FortiAP for granular control, and FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer for centralized management. The results included improved protection of critical operations, increased network performance from 100 Mbps to up to 10 Gbps, and automated SD-WAN failover that reduced connectivity costs by $3,000 to $4,000 per month.