Case Study: Ascendi achieves centralized, integrated security and resilient operations with Fortinet Security Fabric

New Integrated Security Infrastructure for Portugal’s Leading Provider of Road Services

Ascendi, one of Portugal’s leading road infrastructure and asset-management providers, needed to protect a vast, data-driven network of more than 50,000 telematics devices, a public web portal, and a dispersed workforce after a rise in remote working. Their perimeter firewall was no longer sufficient; the IT team required integrated, privacy-by-design security with centralized visibility and policy control across devices, applications and users.

They deployed the Fortinet Security Fabric—including FortiGate NGFWs, FortiClient with FortiToken MFA, FortiWeb, FortiADC, FortiMail, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer and FortiGuard threat intelligence—supported by Fortinet Professional Services. The result was unified, centrally managed protection and segmentation, secure remote access, faster detection and response, and improved resilience and efficiency that reduced downtime and better managed security and privacy risks across the entire attack surface.

Ascendi

Adriano Carvalho

Head of IT