Security systems provider, Fortinet, has deployed an enterprise network security platform for Altium Limited, an Australian developer and supplier of electronics design software for the Microsoft Windows platform, to protect and manage its headquarters offices in Australia and the US, and regional branch offices in Asia and Europe.

Altium’s Sydney-based IT staff replaced its previous software security solution with an end-to-end multi-layered enterprise security platform from Fortinet from Australian distributor WhiteGold, and deployed with help from Dimension Data. Altium’s new network security platform includes:
 
•        Two FortiGate-300A systems to protect its Sydney, Australia headquarters
•        Two FortiGate-300A systems for its US headquarters in San Diego, Calif.
•        Two FortiGate-300A systems for its offices in the Netherlands
•        Two FortiGate-300A systems for its offices in Germany
•        Two FortiGate-200A systems to protect its office in Tasmania
•        Six FortiGate-200A systems – two deployed in each of its offices in Tokyo, Japan; Shanghai, China and Switzerland
•        One FortiAnalyzer security logging, reporting and analysis appliance at its Australia headquarters
 
According to Altium, since deploying the new enterprise security system, the company has seen a substantial reduction in malware and cut spam by approximately 80%. 
 
Altium’s IT Manager, Nathan Stanfield, said: “We are delighted with our Fortinet solutions.  Deploying them has made our network security platform more effective and more manageable.  Fortinet’s ability to push the latest virus signatures into our FortiGate systems automatically, which eliminates the need to check and maintain updates, has improved our security and provided our network administrator more bandwidth for ongoing maintenance of our systems around the globe.”