SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 19, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

John Maddison, senior vice president of products and solutions at Fortinet
"Cybercriminals are evolving new attack strategies at an alarming rate and creating a situation in which the time from breach to full compromise occurs in minutes. This has made it a high priority for security teams to adopt solutions for advanced detection and rapid mitigation. We're honored to receive this latest NSS Labs Recommendation for FortiSandbox which maintains our four-year record of consistently delivering proven sandbox solutions to protect our customers. Fortinet is a strong believer in independent testing and validation that provides our customers with the critical information they need to make data-driven, validated purchase decisions."

News Summary
Fortinet® (NASDAQ:FTNT), the global leader in high-performance cybersecurity solutions, today announced the results of the latest NSS Labs Breach Detection System (BDS) group test. Fortinet's newly introduced FortiSandbox 2000E was put to the test to validate its performance when deployed in an enterprise environment, earning NSS Labs coveted ‘Recommended' rating.

• NSS Lab's BDS report is the industry's most comprehensive test of security effectiveness for Breach Detection Systems offered today and helps security customers select the best solutions based on real-world performance.
• The FortiSandbox 2000E caught 100% of web and email malware, received a 99.0% overall breach detection score, more than doubled datasheet throughput performance, and offered the lowest Total Cost of Ownership of the solutions tested.

Sandboxing is a Security Requirement
Recent and rapid outbreaks of malware like WannaCry, necessitate that every organization have a sandbox deployed as an automated analysis tool and threat intelligence hub capable of detecting advanced threats and zero-day exploits before they can impact enterprise networks.

Fortinet's new FortiSandbox 2000E appliance delivers high performance protection against advanced threats for mid-sized to large enterprises and service providers, with flexible deployment options covering the network edge, the data center core and even internal segments. The leading security efficacy and high throughput earned the FortiSandbox 2000E a fourth consecutive ‘Recommended' rating from NSS Labs that reinforces Fortinet's technical innovation and philosophy of supporting independent third-party testing and validation.

A Central Intelligence Hub for Enterprise Security
To effectively defend against the rapidly evolving threat landscape, today's sandbox solutions need to operate as part of a larger security fabric that allows native sharing of threat intelligence generated by the sandbox across a wide range of security products, including next-generation firewalls (NGFW), intrusion prevention systems (IPS), secure mail gateways, web application firewalls (WAF), and endpoint security solutions. The open nature of Fortinet's Security Fabric also extends this intercommunication to third-party technology partners and their solutions through the Fabric Ready Partner Program.

As part of the Fortinet Security Fabric, FortiSandbox is natively integrated with Fortinet security solutions across an enterprise entire attack surface, automatically sharing threat intelligence across NSS Labs Recommended FortiGate NGFWs, Fortinet IPS, FortiWAF and FortiClient solutions. This level of integration makes FortiSandbox an organization's central hub of threat intelligence to automate defenses across the entire enterprise architecture.

Supporting Quotes

Vikram Phatak, chief executive officer of NSS Labs
"NSS Labs test reports provide enterprises with the information they need to make informed decisions. Fortinet has been a regular participant in our various testing programs and has demonstrated consistently exceptional performance over the years with the solutions that make up their Security Fabric."

Additional Resources

• Please visit the FortiSandbox Homepage for more details about Fortinet's sandbox solutions.
• You can also join this Fortinet Webinar to learn more about Fortinet's sandbox solutions for enterprise.
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• Join the conversation on the Fortinet blog.
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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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