Case Study: McPherson Oil achieves secure, efficient, and scalable networking with Fortinet Security Fabric

Oil Products Company Integrates on the Fortinet Security Fabric for Efficient and Secure Networking

McPherson Companies, a leading fuel and lubricant distributor with 10 sites across the Southeast, faced rising cybersecurity risks typical for oil-and-gas businesses and needed an infrastructure overhaul. The IT team required an integrated solution that embedded security across the network, delivered efficient switching manageable from the same console as firewalls, improved disaster recovery, and offered an alternative to costly, end-of-life MPLS circuits.

McPherson deployed the Fortinet Security Fabric—including FortiGate NGFWs (HA pairs), FortiSwitch, FortiAP, Secure SD-WAN, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, FortiAuthenticator and FortiADC—plus FortiGuard services to enable centralized policy management, redundant internet connections, and replication between two data centers. The rollout delivered stronger threat protection and scalability, reduced vendor sprawl, saved an estimated three FTEs and roughly $70,000 annually from retiring MPLS, and simplified operations while setting the stage for future ZTNA adoption.

McPherson Oil

Chad Logan

Senior Director of IT and Applications