"Fortinet reaches significant achievement as its partner program expands to more than 400 organizations, aiming to enhance general security measures for each participant"
In a significant stride towards addressing the complexities of modern security environments, Fortinet has announced that its Fabric-Ready Technology Alliance Partner Program has surpassed 3,000 integrations across more than 400 technology partners. This extensive ecosystem is designed to help organisations manage their security more effectively.
The program offers key benefits and features that include broad visibility, simplified operations, enhanced incident response, and rapid deployment.
Broad Visibility
Fortinet's open architecture and vast ecosystem provide comprehensive visibility into security risks across diverse environments, including IT/OT intersections. This broad visibility aids organisations in better identifying and managing threats.
Simplified Operations
Fortinet Fabric Connectors automate security policies and workflows, minimising manual tasks and ensuring compliance. This simplicity makes security management more efficient.
Enhanced Incident Response
Partner solutions within the program share real-time threat intelligence with Fortinet Security Fabric, enabling coordinated and timely responses across the entire attack surface.
Rapid Deployment
The program includes pre-validated integrations that reduce systems integration costs and accelerate time to value, allowing faster implementation of security solutions with lower operational overhead.
Extensive Ecosystem
The program's growth, which has seen it expand 36-fold since its inception in 2015, reflects a strong and broad ecosystem that enhances the overall security fabric and addresses the increasing complexity of modern enterprise security environments.
Strategic Partnerships
Through collaboration with industry leaders like Armis, the program fosters advanced integrations that deepen real-time security visibility and enable policy-driven enforcement of zero-trust access and network segmentation, particularly in OT/IoT environments.
The Fabric-Ready Technology Alliance Partner Program is a testament to Fortinet's commitment to improving the effectiveness of security operations and accelerating the digital journey with confidence. With over 3,000 integrations, it is one of the most extensive in the cybersecurity industry.
The depth of Fortinet's integrations helps organisations consolidate their security tools, bolstering efficiency and productivity. Recent additions to the program include Armis, CrowdStrike, Digital Realty, Equinix, Megaport, Qualcomm, and Servicenow.
Fortinet's Open Ecosystem aims to address modern security complexities, such as the expanding digital attack surface and infrastructure sprawl. The integrations extend across various domains, including cloud and virtualization, automation, endpoint security, and networking.
The program offers partners infrastructure, resources, and tools to integrate with Fortinet's Security Fabric. Fortinet Fabric Connectors facilitate turnkey automation and synchronization of security policies across multivendor environments through one-click activation.
Neil Prasad, vice president and head of global technology alliances at Fortinet, commented that the Fortinet Open Ecosystem is among the largest in the cybersecurity industry. He stated that the ecosystem enables organisations to secure their digital landscapes, regardless of their existing technology stacks.
Meanwhile, Sophos has announced a new partner program, with details to be uncovered in a future ChannelPro article. Trend Micro and Google Cloud have recently expanded their partnership to focus on AI security.
The extensive Fortinet network enables channel partners to tailor solutions across verticals and customer needs to address security gaps. Fortinet's marketing chief, Jaime Romero, reiterated that the ecosystem allows customers to integrate the Fortinet Security Fabric with their existing and future technologies.
In conclusion, Fortinet's Fabric-Ready Technology Alliance Partner Program is a significant step towards managing complex security environments more effectively by delivering seamless integration, automation, real-time intelligence sharing, and rapid deployment, supported by an expansive and growing partner ecosystem.
- The Fabric-Ready Technology Alliance Partner Program, with over 3,000 integrations, is one of the most extensive in the cybersecurity industry, offering partners infrastructure, resources, and tools to seamlessly integrate with Fortinet's Security Fabric.
- Broad visibility provided by Fortinet's open architecture and vast ecosystem, including integrations with partners like Armis, enables organizations to secure their digital landscapes, regardless of their existing technology stacks, and address security complexities such as the expanding digital attack surface and infrastructure sprawl.
