Case Study: U.S. Public University achieves campuswide visibility and stronger threat protection with Fortinet

U.S. Public University blocks 2 million+ threats daily with Fortinet

A U.S. public university, a major tier 1 research institution, faced challenges protecting sensitive scientific data and meeting strict grant cybersecurity requirements. They also needed to efficiently manage security for a decentralized IT environment across 25 diverse departments. To address this, they turned to Fortinet for a next-generation firewall solution.

Fortinet deployed FortiGate Next-Generation Firewalls as part of a Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS) offering, managed centrally with FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer. This provided the university with campuswide visibility and threat protection. The results included blocking over two million threats daily with 100% accuracy in IP address blocking, automated threat response, and significant time savings for IT staff through streamlined management.