Fortinet Acquires Bradford Networks

Fortinet completed the acquisition of Bradford Networks, further enhancing the Fortinet Security Fabric by converging access control and IoT security solutions to provide the large enterprise with broader visibility and security for their complex networks including:

• Complete, continuous, agentless visibility of endpoints, users, trusted and untrusted devices and applications accessing the network including IoT and headless devices.
• Enhanced IoT security through device micro-segmentation, dynamic classification of headless devices by type, profile, as well as automatic policy assignment to enable granular isolation of insecure devices, all using a simple web user interface.
• Accurate event triage and threat containment in seconds through automated workflow integrations that prevent lateral movement.
• Easy, cost-effective deployment due to highly scalable architecture that eliminates deployment at every location of a multi-site installation.

Widely recognized by Gartner and Forrester, Bradford Networks has won numerous awards and is trusted by large enterprises worldwide to protect and defend against threats from the ever-increasing digital attack surface.

Rob Scott, chief executive officer, Bradford Networks

“We are excited to join with Fortinet, the leader in network security, to deliver exceptional visibility and security at scale to large enterprise organizations. Bradford Networks technology is already integrated with Fortinet’s Security Fabric including FortiGate, FortiSIEM, FortiSwitchand FortiAPproducts to minimize the risk and impact of cyber threats in even the toughest security environment such as critical infrastructure - power, oil and gas and manufacturing.”

Fortinet does not expect the transaction to have a material impact on the Company’s second quarter or full year 2018 financial guidance disclosed on May 3, 2018.