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26 Additional Fortinet Security Fabric Solutions Earn the U.S. Department of Defense’s Endorsement for its Approved Product List Certification
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Publishes Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) on FortiGate Firewalls RESTON, Va., Nov. 03, 2021 (GLOBE
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[{"type":"text","content":"Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Publishes Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) on FortiGate Firewalls\nRESTON, Va., Nov. 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Steve Hoffman, President, Fortinet Federal Inc.\"Government agencies need cybersecurity solutions that are able to scale to protect against the growing attack surface and evolving threat landscape while meeting their unique mission critical objectives. Achieving DoDIN APL certification for more solutions within the Fortinet Security Fabric platform demonstrates our ongoing commitment to enabling trusted operations and the validation requirements specified for the Department of Defense.” News Summary Fortinet Federal, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fortinet Inc. (NASDAQ: FTNT), a global leader in broad, integrated and automated cybersecurity solutions, today announced that 26 additional Fortinet Security Fabric solutions have achieved Department of Defense Information Network (DoDIN) Approved Products List (APL) certification. The certification qualifies designated Fortinet products for sale to Department of Defense (DoD) agencies based on stringent Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) testing, a standardized methodology for the secure installation and maintenance of computer software and hardware.The addition of these products to the existing APL means that the DoD can choose from an even wider range of Fortinet’s industry-leading solutions to address unique and demanding cybersecurity needs.In addition to DoDIN APL certification, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) published a FortiGate Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG). The guide details to DoD administrators specific security hardening configuration guidance to provide greater assurance that FortiGate firewalls are deployed in a manner consistent with DoD policies and guidelines. Fortinet Federal a wholly owned subsidiary of Fortinet Inc. was founded with the security of the United States government in mind and is ideally suited to protect agencies within the intelligence community and the Department of Defense, as well as civilian agencies. The Fortinet Security Fabric platform protects classified and unclassified Federal systems used by all of the 15 cabinet-level agencies and by numerous independent executive agencies. Fortinet Federal complies with Federal certification requirem...