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Dave Finger, Director of Product Marketing, FortinetYes, there are annual studies that calculate the cost of the average data breach. And yes, within weeks of a major data breach the headlines shift from number of records lost to estimated cost. So it is unsurprising, if troubling, that a recent survey of enterprise executives indicated that the #1 thing they are most concerned about protecting from cyber attack is customer data. However, there are other important aspects to making a business case for improving your security posture. This webcast will discuss what we feel you should be concerned about losing and why…and it’s not just customer records that require costly breach notification.

As headlines continue to publicize the latest cybersecurity attack, one thing remains clear, the need for a higher level of enterprise network security.

With the pervasiveness of virtualization and its role in cloud and SDN deployments, what remains front and center is security, privacy and the notion of a zero trust model approach. From VMware PEX in San Francisco, Jonas Tichenor talks with both companies to find out more about the Fortinet VMX virtual appliance for VMware vSphere.

Understand the new model of Firewall – Internal Network Firewall (INFW) that sits at strategic points of the internal network, by viewing this 90 second whiteboard video

In this high stakes world of cyber security, no vertical has more at risk data than federal agencies. Business hacks can certainly be devastating to the bottom line, but an attack on federal data can be a matter of national security. Fortinet continues to grow its reach by not only securing networks but using its valuable threat intelligence to stop cyber attacks in their tracks. Fortinet recently announced a partnership with the Department of Homeland Security which helps the company improve access to the latest cyber threat intelligence and helps strengthen customers worldwide from increasingly sophisticated and potentially damaging threats. Digital Strategist, Jonas Tichenor has more from Washington D.C.

Extending Its Cloud Platform, Fortinet’s FortiGate-VM Helps Secure and Achieve Compliance for Microsoft Azure Enterprise Customers Globally SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – May 6, 2015 – Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT), a global leader in high-performance cyber security solutions, today announced a collaboration with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) to provide High-performance Network Security for Microsoft Azure. Fortinet’s unrivaled FortiGate-VM Next Generation Firewall helps enable Azure Enterprise customers to improve security for their cloud-based workloads and meet security and compliance requirements. FortiGate-VM is strategically designed to help customers better mitigate potential blind spots by implementing critical network security controls including bi-directional stateful Firewalling, Intrusion Prevention, Application Control, VPN, along with additional security controls within their Azure Virtual Network.  "As a global leader in IT infrastructure services, Microsoft is an ideal

Major Telecom Operator in Switzerland Chooses Fortinet’s FortiGate Solutions for High Performance Firewall Capabilities, Virtualization, Scalability and Flexibility SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 15, 2015 – Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT), a global leader in high-performance cyber security solutions, today announced that Swisscom (VTX: SCMN), the major telecom operator in Switzerland, has selected FortiGate® high performance data center firewall, FortiManager™ security management appliance and FortiAnalyzer™ network security logging, analysis and reporting solutions to protect vital data center infrastructure. Fortinet’s ability to virtualize high performance firewall capabilities was central to Swisscom’s investment, future proofing the scale and flexibility of security for its service delivery data center. Swisscom is the largest telecom operator in Switzerland, with over 21,000 employees and annual turnover of over 11bn€. The company offers mobile communications, fixed networks, Internet