Alleima
Fortinet Brings Security, Efficiency, Performance, and Stability to a Global Manufacturer’s Network
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Alleima leverages advanced materials technologies to build high-end components for a wide range of industries. Divesting from its parent company, Alleima was required to build a new networking and security infrastructure from the ground up.
The company built its infrastructure on the Fortinet Security Fabric. It uses Fortinet Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs) to connect its LANs and for IT-OT network segmentation. The company also connected its global operations via Fortinet Secure SD-WAN. Each FortiGate is supported by FortiGuard AI-Powered Security Services for unified threat protection. Alleima also deployed a security operations (SecOps) solution from Fortinet to gain insights into security events and for automated detection and alerting. Additional solutions in its Security Fabric include the FortiClient Endpoint Management Server (EMS), FortiEDR endpoint detection and response, and FortiAuthenticator for user authentication. With Fortinet, Alleima has eliminated the network performance and reliability issues of its legacy environment and now benefits from significant efficiencies that enable it to maintain a lean global IT team.
“Fortinet makes awesome products, and I love installing them. They make my job easier while also improving my team’s ability to secure and support our many sites.”
– Chris Lubinski, Network Security Engineer, Alleima
Business Impact
Response time for security events reduced from two weeks to 30 minutes
Network performance and stability vastly improved
Production issues no longer bring down the entire network
Security improvements possible without expanding staff
User support requests fulfilled in 90% less time
Minutes, rather than hours, to deploy and configure new network devices
Six hours to roll out entire Fortinet infrastructure to a new site vs. 24 hours previously
Port configuration changes completed on the day of the request vs. wait of five to seven business days in legacy environment
Minimized training required to manage network security
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