Indian Institute of Management implements campus-wide network security with Fortinet Security Solutions

Company News

Mumbai, October 16

Fortinet – the pioneer and leading provider of multi-threat security solutions – today announced that Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode (IIMK), a member of IIM group of institutions, has purchased and deployed a Fortinet enterprise-class security and management platform to protect its campus-wide network. Fortinet partner Nortech was instrumental in the deployment, which included a FortiGate-500 multi-threat security appliance and FortiReporter security reporting and analysis software.

The Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode is an institute of higher learning that conducts post-graduate management programs and executive management education programs for working professionals. The management programs cover a wide range of subjects, such as finance, IT, marketing, strategy and organizational behavior. IIMK is located in Kunnamangalam, Kozhikode (previously known as Calicut). IIMK’s campus connects to the Internet and research and academic networks such as RENNIC and ERNET via a 512 Kbps leased circuit from BSNL, with a 2MB ISDN line from BSNL and a 64 Kbps VSAT link as backup.

IIMK’s technology department needed to design and deploy a comprehensive security solution that would not only provide necessary defenses against intrusions, viruses, worms, Trojans and other malware, but also to detect abuse within the network and provide reports of incidents and network statistics for audit purposes.

IIMK’s technology staff evaluated solutions from SonicWall, WatchGuard and Cyber Roam before deciding on Fortinet’s FortiGate-500 to replace the existing Linux firewall on their network. The FortiGate-500, together with Fortinet’s FortiReporter software provided for all of IIMK’s security, reporting and audit compliance needs. IIMK contracted Fortinet partner Nortech to do the deployment and implementation.

“To achieve our security goals, we needed a solution that could defend against external and internal threats,” said Mr.Ashok Pathak, systems manager, IIMK. “We also needed additional features such as bandwidth management and strong reporting capabilities so that we could have a good idea of how the network performed and how it was being used. Fortinet’s FortiGate-500 and FortiReporter addressed all our requirements.”

Fortinet’s FortiGate-500A multi-threat security appliances provide performance, flexibility, and security necessary to protect today's growing enterprises. The FortiGate-500A platform features two 10/100/1000 tri-speed Ethernet ports, 4 user-definable 10/100 ports for redundant WAN links, high availability, and multi-zone capabilities, and an internal 4-port switch. All Fortinet FortiGate systems provide comprehensive network and content protection through the integration of eight essential security applications and services -- including antivirus, firewall, VPN, intrusion prevention (IPS), anti-spam, anti-spyware, web filtering and traffic shaping. The systems are kept up to date automatically by Fortinet’s FortiGuardTM subscription services, which provide continuous updates to ensure protection against the latest viruses, worms, Trojans and other threats-around the clock and around the world.

Fortinet's FortiReporter Security Analyzer provides security professionals with real-time security intelligence to help identify and understand hacker, virus, and SPAM/spyware behavior to combat security threats and meet compliance auditing requirements.

“More organizations and businesses are deploying our products to provide of the array of functions necessary to maintain corporate security,” said Mr. Hansen Chang, Fortinet’s VP for Asia Pacific. “Fortinet provides a full range of security products that allow administrators to protect every part of their network, from the gateway, to the data center, to desktops, as well as solutions for logging, management, analysis and reporting.”

For further information, please contact:

Avantika Punekar

EXL Public Relations

Ph: +91 98459 25480

Email: avantika@exlpr.com

Yvonne Cheong

Fortinet, Inc.

Email: ycheong@fortinet.com