SUNNYVALE, CA, Jun 25, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX News Network) -- Fortinet(R) (NASDAQ: FTNT) -- a leading network security provider and worldwide leader of unified threat management (UTM) solutions -- today announced that the company's FortiWeb(TM) Web application firewall appliance has received ICSA Labs Web Application Firewall Certification. ICSA Labs, an independent division of Verizon Business, tests industry products in real-life scenarios for security issues to help mitigate potential vulnerabilities. The Web Application Firewall Certification criteria were developed to help security managers gauge the effectiveness of products.

To attain ICSA Labs Certified status, Web application firewall (WAF) products must pass a rigorous set of functional, performance and platform security requirements. Web application firewall products must satisfy the entire set of baseline requirements. The FortiWeb-1000B appliance attained ICSA Labs' WAF Certification after stringent testing of security policy enforcement for the protection of HTTP and HTTPS Web-based applications.

"Fortinet continues to demonstrate its commitment to security with this latest certification," said Brian Monkman, Web application firewall program manager for ICSA Labs. "This is yet another in a long line of ICSA Labs certified Fortinet products, showcasing the company's commitment to end-to-end security."

The FortiWeb family of Web application and XML firewalls protect, balance and accelerate Web applications, databases and the information exchanged between them. Designed for medium and large enterprises, application service and SaaS providers, FortiWeb incorporates Fortinet's advanced threat research to protect Web-based applications, improve the security of confidential information and help address regulatory and Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance. FortiWeb goes beyond traditional Web application firewalls to provide XML security enforcement, application acceleration and server load balancing.

"We are thrilled to have another Fortinet appliance added to our list of ICSA Labs certified products," said Michael Xie, CTO and vice president of engineering at Fortinet. "The network security landscape is constantly changing and therefore it's important for vendors to be up-to-date with certifications such as ICSA Labs. The ICSA Labs certification of FortiWeb further underscores Fortinet's strong, third-party validated product portfolio that helps enterprises secure their network from end-to-end."

For more information about the ICSA Labs' Web Application Firewall certification testing program, the criteria used in testing, or free certification testing reports, please visit http://www.icsalabs.com/technology-program/web-application-firewalls.

About ICSA Labs ICSA Labs, an independent division of Verizon Business, offers vendor-neutral testing and certification of security products. Many of the world's top security vendors submit their products for testing and certification at ICSA Labs. Businesses rely on ICSA Labs to authoritatively set and apply objective testing and certification criteria for measuring product compliance and reliability. For more information about ICSA Labs, please visit: http://www.icsalabs.com.

About FortiGate Fortinet's FortiGate systems are ASIC-accelerated security appliances that integrate core security and network functionalities including firewall, SSL and IPSec VPN, antivirus, intrusion prevention, Web filtering, antispam, application control, data loss prevention, SSL traffic inspection and WAN optimization. All FortiGate systems are kept up to date automatically by Fortinet's FortiGuard(R) Network, which helps protect against the most damaging, content-based threats from email and Web traffic such as viruses, worms, intrusions, other unwanted network traffic and more -- around the clock and around the world. Fortinet solutions have won multiple awards and are the only security products that are certified in five programs by ICSA Labs for firewall, antivirus, IPSec VPN, network IPS and antispam.

About Fortinet (www.fortinet.com) Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) is a worldwide provider of network security appliances and the market leader in unified threat management (UTM). Our products and subscription services provide broad, integrated and high-performance protection against dynamic security threats while simplifying the IT security infrastructure. Our customers include enterprises, service providers and government entities worldwide, including the majority of the 2009 Fortune Global 100. Fortinet's flagship FortiGate product delivers ASIC-accelerated performance and integrates multiple layers of security designed to help protect against application and network threats. Fortinet's broad product line goes beyond UTM to help secure the extended enterprise -- from endpoints, to the perimeter and the core, including databases and applications. Fortinet is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., with offices around the world.

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