John Maddison, chief marketing officer and executive vice president, product strategy, Fortinet, said, “Fortinet serves tens of thousands of secure SD-WAN enterprise customers, offers the world’s only SD-WAN application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) solution, and has been named as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for SD-WAN for the fourth year in a row. We believe this recognition solidifies Fortinet’s presence as an industry leader and demonstrates our ability to transform and secure our customers’ infrastructure and provide a foundation for the transition to single-vendor secure access service edge (SASE).”

News Summary

Fortinet®, the global cybersecurity leader driving the convergence of networking and security, has announced that for the fourth consecutive year, it has been named a Leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for SD-WAN. Fortinet is also the only Leader to be positioned highest in Ability to Execute for at least three consecutive years.

Fortinet believes this consistent recognition as a Leader and is positioned highest for Ability to Execute is a testament to our commitment to SD-WAN innovation. Fortinet Secure SD-WAN offers unparalleled support for ongoing network transformation initiatives by:

• Creating a seamless transition to single-vendor SASE through the integration with FortiSASE cloud-delivered security services, which is managed through a single, intuitive console. The Fortinet single-vendor SASE solution provides consistent enterprise-grade security and a superior experience for users no matter where they are located.
• Lowering costs and consolidating point products by converging artificial intelligence (AI)-powered security, such as data loss prevention, intrusion prevention system, and SSL deep packet inspection with next-generation firewall, advanced routing, and zero-trust network access (ZTNA) application gateway functions.
• Empowering hybrid work with integrated ZTNA for secure application access everywhere and branch security that simplifies the entire network infrastructure.
• Integrating with digital experience monitoring to ensure optimal user and IT experience through end-to-end monitoring, intelligent application steering, and simplified operations.

Additional third-party recognition for Fortinet Secure SD-WAN and single-vendor SASE

For four years in a row, Fortinet has been named a Gartner® Peer Insights™ Customers’ Choice for SD-WAN. In independent third-party testing performed by Cyber Ratings, Fortinet received a “Recommended” rating, the highest available.

SD-WAN is a foundational element of Fortinet’s single-vendor SASE solution, and Fortinet was recognised as a Challenger in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Single-Vendor SASE, which is the first Magic Quadrant of its kind. Additionally, Fortinet was named a Leader in the Forrester Wave™: Zero Trust Edge Solutions, Q3 2023 report. Zero Trust Edge is also known as SASE.

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“Fortinet came out on top. FortiSASE seamlessly integrates with our existing products while protecting our previous Fortinet investments. It was easy to extend FortiClient to FortiSASE, which freed us from needing to train our people on a new SASE solution. FortiSASE was really the next step in our network evolution.”
– Peter VanDorp, cybersecurity analyst, Wellington Catholic District School Board

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