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provide threat detection, prevention and
response capabilities. It had to allow
for internal segmentation, complete
end-to-end visibility and superior
protection from advanced threats,”
said Ali Mohamed Aljeadi, Head of IT
Infrastructure and Security (CISO), at
Abu Dhabi City Municipality.
After evaluating several solutions from
vendors such as Cisco and Palo Alto
Networks, ADM selected the Fortinet
FortiGate range of next-generation
firewalls as it met its stringent selection
criteria while providing a single-pane-
of-glass management and reporting
system, flexible features and integration
capabilities with third party vendors
via the Fortinet Security Fabric’s open
architecture, high performance and
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unmatched third party validation. The
fact that Fortinet offered local technical
assistance centre (TAC) support also had
a significant impact on ADM’s decision.
“Fortinet has provided us with a suite
of solutions and a single-pane-of-glass
approach for monitoring, managing
and reporting. The solution is easy
to manage, allowing the security
administration staff to focus on critical
tasks, therefore reducing time to identify
and mitigate threats. We also need fewer
resources to manage the appliances,”
added Aljeadi.
A combination of Fortinet’s solutions
have been deployed including
FortiGate Next-Generation Firewalls
(three high-end FortiGate 3200D, 24
FortiGate 300D, 45 FortiGate 81E, four
FortiGate 30E), FortiSandbox 3000E
and FortiAnalyzer 1000E, across ADM’s
headquarters and 45 branches within
Abu Dhabi City to secure close to
9,000 users.
FortiGate Next-Gen Firewalls provide
ADM with Intrusion Prevention Systems,
VPNs, URL Filtering, Web Antivirus, Anti-
Spam, Anti-X, Antivirus and Sandboxing.
ADM has also subscribed to Fortinet’s
services, while utilising the FortiAnalyzer
to generate periodic reports for both
c-level executives and the security team.
The implementation took place in two
phases with the data centre and ATP
being completed in Q1 of 2018, while
the SD-WAN implementation for the
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