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Burger King Brazil Adopts Fortinet Secure SD-WAN to Improve User Experience and Security While Reducing Costs
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN Enables Burger King Brazil to Realize Full Application Visibility and Network Control to Improve Security Across all Corporate and
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[{"type":"text","content":"Fortinet Secure SD-WAN Enables Burger King Brazil to Realize Full Application Visibility and Network Control to Improve Security Across all Corporate and Restaurant Locations\nSUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- \n John Maddison, EVP of Products and CMO at Fortinet“With the goal of digital innovation, organizations continue to search for ways to improve upon their traditional WAN networks to provide customers with a superior end-user experience without opening themselves up to new cyber risks. With the continuing expanse of cyberattacks, security can never be an afterthought in any network deployment. Fortinet’s security-driven networking approach to SD-WAN offers customers like Burger King Brazil increased performance, visibility and control without sacrificing overall security.” News Summary Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT), a global leader in broad, integrated and automated cybersecurity solutions, today announced that Burger King Brazil, head franchisee of the Burger King and Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen restaurants, has implemented Fortinet Secure SD-WAN to gain high-performance networking capabilities that simplify operations, enhance business agility, and improve security across corporate and restaurant locations. Burger King Brazil, a subsidiary of BURGER KING, the second largest fast food hamburger chain in the world, has been in the country nearly 20 years and has more than 800 stores across all states in Brazil. POPEYES®, also a restaurant chain of Burger King Brazil, began Brazilian operations in 2018 and currently has 23 restaurants. The company serves thousands of customers daily and relies on its internal network to carry out transactions from customer orders and conduct data analysis. As the Burger King Brazil restaurant network continues to grow and the number of customers increases proportionally, so do the infrastructure and digital security requirements for the company. After completing internal performance evaluations of its security infrastructure, Burger King Brazil concluded it was time to modernize. This led the company to look for a security solution that could meet its visibility and network control needs in order to improve its internal database and customer security across all corporate and restaurant locations. Further, the restaurants’ infrastructure and digital security requirements required...