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Fortinet adds richness to network security appliances

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BANGALORE, INDIA: Fortinet, a leading network security provider, today announced the launch of its FortiOS 4.0 operating system in India market. The new firmware upgrade integrates hundreds of new features to significantly improve the value and functionality of its FortiGate multi-threat security appliances.

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Four of the most notable features of Fortinet's new OS are: Application control, Data Leakage Protection (DLP), WAN optimization and SSL traffic inspection.

The combination of these features will help customers to secure their network by removing the malicious traffic that is reducing available bandwidth and a, at the same time, accelerate the clean traffic for optimal network performance.

Vishak Raman, regional director, India and SAARC, Fortinet, said that with FortiOS 4.0 , Fortinet is redefining the consolidated security landscape it founded by offering a broad and powerful combination of security and networking services in a single, integrated platform.

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"While FortiOS 4.0 will bring many new enhancements to customers, the additional three sec8urity features and one additional network service will serve to intensify the value and ROI of Fortinet's consolidated security devices, " Raman added.

According to the regional director, the security features added to FortiOS - application control, DLP and SSL inspection - have been designed to address the folowing:

  1. The rising level of cyber threats,
  2. The evolving nature of user behavior, including broadening security to cover what is now considered to be part of the""network," driven by Web 2.0 innovations.
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