Verizon Business expands global managed services with Fortinet Secure SD WAN
October 27 2021 - 8:00AM
Verizon Business announced the expansion of its global SD WAN
offering with the addition of Verizon Software Defined Secure
Branch with Fortinet Secure SD WAN. The solution is designed to
provide businesses, including enterprise and business market
customers, with a converged networking and security solution
“in-a-box” to secure and connect hybrid and remote workforces.
According to the Verizon Business 2021 Data Breach
Investigations Report, which analyzes 29,207 quality incidents, of
which 5,258 were confirmed breaches, phishing attacks increased by
11 percent, while attacks using ransomware rose by 6 percent.
Additionally, 85 percent of breaches involved a human element,
while over 80 percent of breaches were discovered by external
parties.
“The quick transition to hybrid and/or remote working models
opened new avenues for cyber threat actors,” said Sampath
Sowmyanarayan, Chief Revenue Officer for Verizon Business.
“Solutions like Verizon’s Software Defined Secure Branch with
Fortinet add those layers of security that help safeguard your
employees, your business and ultimately your customers against
cyberattacks.”
Deployed leveraging Fortinet Secure SD WAN, which integrates SD
WAN, firewall, and advanced routing, this security-driven
networking solution delivers quality of experience at any scale and
enables consistent network and security policies. The solution also
works with many types of network transports including MPLS,
Internet, Broadband, and Wireless to enable hybrid WAN and LAN
transformation. It builds upon the capabilities of traditional
network routing with additional SD WAN and integrated security to
help safeguard communications between network endpoints, either
on-premises or in the cloud, and ensure organizations are better
protected from the expanded attack surface introduced by remote and
hybrid work. This simple, all-in-one solution provides customers
with added agility and flexibility as they adjust their digital
transformation agendas based on ever-changing business needs.
“Fortinet is committed to supporting our partners and customers
with innovative Secure SD WAN technology based on a security-driven
networking approach that tightly integrates an organization’s
network infrastructure and security architecture,” said John
Maddison, EVP of products and CMO at Fortinet. “By leveraging
Fortinet Secure SD WAN, Verizon enables organizations to take a
‘work from anywhere’ approach to their network and security to
support remote and hybrid workforces.”
"IDC predicts that enterprises will commit to providing
technical parity to a hybrid workforce, i.e., ensuring secure
access to the technical resources needed to conduct their job
regardless of their access method," says Ghassan Abdo, Research VP
at IDC. "The Verizon Software Defined Secure Branch based on
Fortinet is aligned with this vision."
Learn more about Verizon’s enterprise managed network
services.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) was formed on
June 30, 2000 and is one of the world’s leading providers of
technology and communications services. Headquartered in New York
City and with a presence around the world, Verizon generated
revenues of $128.3 billion in 2020. The company offers data, video
and voice services and solutions on its award-winning networks and
platforms, delivering on customers’ demand for mobility, reliable
network connectivity, security and control.
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