SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 31, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

Ken Xie, founder, chairman and chief executive officer at Fortinet 
"Network complexity, the lack of visibility and sheer volume of threat data, coupled with a shortage of skilled cyber professionals are all impeding the ability for today's enterpises to detect and respond to an increasingly hostile and sophisticated threat landscape. Addressing these challenges for our joint customers, managed security service providers play an increasingly critical role in Fortinet's mission to protect the next evolution of enterprise infrastructures with our seamless, automated and tightly integrated Security Fabric."

Overview of Fortinet at AT&T's The Summit - Booth #207
Fortinet® (NASDAQ:FTNT), the global leader in high-performance cybersecurity solutions, today released details about its participation at The Summit, AT&T Business' inaugural customer event. Fortinet is a Premier Sponsor of The Summit, taking place in Dallas, Texas on October 30 - November 2, 2017. For additional details, please read the Fortinetblog.

Executive Panel on the Evolution of Network Security
Title: Winning the Security Battle for Your Enterprise Requires a New Approach
Panel Overview: Traditional network security is insufficient to the task of protecting and defending the virtualized and borderless enterprise of today and tomorrow. The next evolution of infrastructure security requires a new, more broad, powerful and automated approach.
Date & Time: Wednesday, November 1 at 2:00 - 2:45 p.m.
Room: Grapevine B-4-5-6
Speakers: Ken Xie, CEO, Fortinet; Phil Quade, CISO, Fortinet; Matt Paull, Sr. Director Technology Development, Best Western Hotels & Resorts; Michael Daniel, President, Cyber Threat Alliance (Moderator);

Experience Fortinet Security Fabric Solutions in the Innovation Showcase
Fortinet will be demonstrating its latest technology advances, including the award-winning Fortinet Security Fabric, at booth #207, in the Innovation Showcase.

Additional Fortinet speaking sessions will take place in the Innovation Showcase:

Innovation Showcase Lab Session
Title: Balancing Flexible Network Access with Enterprise-Class Security
Date & Time: Tuesday, October 31 at 12:30 p.m.
Room: Lab Two
Presenter: Troy Roberts, VP Secure Wireless and Access Technologies, Fortinet

Innovation Showcase Theater Presentation
Title: The Impending Global Security Force - Our journey from individual armies to a united front has begun.
Date & Time: Wednesday, November 1 at 10:30 a.m.
Room: Theater One
Presenter: Rick Mashburn, Director Systems Engineering, Fortinet

About Fortinet
Fortinet (NASDAQ:FTNT) secures the largest enterprise, service provider, and government organizations around the world. Fortinet empowers its customers with intelligent, seamless protection across the expanding attack surface and the power to take on ever-increasing performance requirements of the borderless network - today and into the future. Only the Fortinet Security Fabric architecture can deliver security without compromise to address the most critical security challenges, whether in networked, application, cloud or mobile environments. Fortinet ranks #1 in the most security appliances shipped worldwide and more than 320,000 customers trust Fortinet to protect their businesses. Learn more at http://www.fortinet.com, the Fortinet Blog, or FortiGuard Labs.    

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