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Fortinet Awards, Certifications, Customer Wins

Fortinet Awards
Certifications, Awards, and Customer Wins reflect Fortinet's continual innovation and best-of-breed performance in network security applications. Awards and honors are reported from news media, industry competitions and benchmarks, and business and technical organizations.

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 PRODUCT CERTIFICATIONS

NSS Approved
» Fortinet's FortiGate™ Security Appliances Achieve NSS Certification for Unified Threat Management (UTM) Capabilities

The FortiGate-3810A appliance has passed rigorous testing by NSS Labs, a prestigious independent security testing facility.



ICSA Labs Certified
» ICSA Labs Certified: Antivirus, Firewall, IPSec, SSL-TLS, IPS, and Antispam

Fortinet is the only company to achieve 6 ICSA Certifications. ICSA Labs manages and sponsors security consortia that provide a forum for intelligence sharing among the leading vendors of security products. In addition, ICSA Labs publishes surveys, security industry studies and buyers' guides for computer security products.



Common Criteria EAL-4
» Common Criteria EAL-4+ Certification

Communications Security Establishment's Common Criteria evaluations involve formal rigorous analysis and testing to examine security aspects of a product or system. Extensive testing activities involve a comprehensive and formally repeatable process, confirming that the security product functions as claimed by the manufacturer. Security weaknesses and potential vulnerabilities are specifically examined during an evaluation.



VB100
» Virus Bulletin 100 Award

Fortinet's FortiClient™ end-point security software has earned its fifth consecutive Virus Bulletin 100% award for its best-in-class antivirus capabilities. In this test, for antivirus products running on Microsoft Vista™, FortiClient earned 100 percent marks in every possible award category. The product was also specifically recognized for its reliability and performance.



 PRODUCT AWARDS

Award SC 2008
» Fortinet Wins SC Magazine Reader Trust Award
(March 2008)

FortiGate™ systems declared "Best Integrated Security Solution" in SC Magazine's 2008 Reader Trust Awards.



Award SC 2008
» Fortinet Secures Finalist Nomination in SC Magazine Awards Europe 2008
(February 2008)

Fortinet has been short-listed for the Best Security Solution for Government category of the SC Magazine Awards Europe with its FortiGate-5000 series. The SC Magazine Awards Europe are designed to reward excellence and innovation in the IT security industry.



Awards PC PRO 2007
» FortiGate-224B Receives 5 Stars From PC Pro
(November 2007)

Fortinet's security and networking platform also receives the 'PC Pro recommended' accolade and is described as "A feature-packed switch and security appliance that's remarkably easy to configure yet highly versatile."



Awards SC 2007
» Fortinet Wins Two SC Magazine Reader Trust Awards
(February 2007)

FortiGate™ systems has been declared "Best Intrusion Detection and Prevention (IPS) Solution" and "Best Integrated Security Solution" in SC Magazine's 2007 Reader Trust Awards.



Awards SC 2006
» Fortinet's FortiGate Systems Win Two SC Magazine European Reader Trust Awards
(April 2006)

Fortinet named "Best Unified Threat Management (UTM) Solution" and "Best UTM Security Appliance" by SC Magazine judges and users of information security products.



Awards SC 2006
» Fortinet FortiOS 3.0 Gets Kudos from CRN
(March 2006)

Fortinet's FortiOS 3.0 firmware running on a FortiGate-300A system received a very favorable "CRN Recommended" rating when tested for security functionality, management and performance.



Awards SC 2006
» Fortinet's FortiGate Systems Win SC Magazine's 2006 Reader Trust Award
(February 2006)

Winners were determined by SC Magazine judges and users of information security products who voted on the publication's website.



VARBusiness
» VARBusiness Top MidMarket Awards Recognizes FortiGate-500A
(May 2005)

In a review of vendors delivering products that do right by midmarket customers and partners, the Fortinet FortiGate-500A was recognized for delivering content protection by integrating seven essential security applications onto a single platform.



Well-Connected Awards
» Finalist - Network Computing's 2005 Well-Connected Award - IPS Solution
(April 2005)

Fortinet's FortiGate-3600 integrated network security systems were named a 2005 Well-Connected Award Finalist in the Network Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) category by CMP Media, Inc.'s Network Computing Magazine



SC Magazine
» Fortinet Secures Two Finalist Nominations in SC Magazine Awards 2005
(January 2005)

Finalists for SC Magazine Excellence Awards 2005 were determined by a panel of network security industry experts. Finalists were determined by votes from users of information security products and services worldwide.



Network Computing's Security Product of the Year
» FortiGate-60 Antivirus Firewall was named Security Product of the Year
(May 2004)

Lauded for its breadth and depth of functionality, the FortiGate-60 beat out products from approximately 30 security vendors, including Cisco, Juniper Networks, Nortel Networks, Trend Micro, Network Associates and others to win Network Computing's coveted Well-Connected Award for Security Product of the Year.




 CORPORATE AWARDS

Deloitte's Fast 50
» Fortinet Ranked Among Top Five Fastest growing Silicon Valley Companies in Deloitte's Technology Fast 50
(October, 2007)

Fortinet ranked as a top five company in Deloitte's prestigious Technology Fast 50 Program for Silicon Valley, a ranking of the fastest growing Internet, media and entertainment, and communications companies in the area by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, one of the nation's leading professional services organizations. Rankings are based on the percentage revenue growth over five years from 2002-2006.



AlwaysOn
» Fortinet Certified as Five-Star Vendor from CMP's VARBusiness for Second Consecutive Year
(March 2007)

VARBUSINESS Magazine recognized Fortinet's Partner Program with it's highest rating.



AlwaysOn
» Info Security Products Guide awards Fortinet the "Hot Companies award for 2007
(January 2007)

Info Security Products Guide, world's leading publication on security-related products and technologies has named Fortinet one of its Info Security "Hot Companies" winners for 2007. Selected from an industry analysis of more than 500 prominent info security vendors around the world, this prestigious honor comes to Fortinet based upon a stern selection criteria of 4Ps, namely Products, People, Performance and Potential behind the company's growing success.



AlwaysOn
» Fortinet Ranked No. 2 Among Silicon Valley's Fastest Growing Internet, Media & Entertainment and Communications Companies in Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 Program
(October 2006)

Fortinet has been ranked as No. 2 in Deloitte's prestigious Technology Fast 50 Program for Silicon Valley, a ranking of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies in the area. Fortinet's increase in revenues of 7,764 percent from 2001 to 2005 resulted in a No. 2 ranking in the Internet, Media & Entertainment and Communication category of the Technology Fast 50 for Silicon Valley. The average increase in revenues among companies who made the Technology Fast 50 for this region was 1,464 percent.



AlwaysOn
» Fortinet Ranked No. 37 of 500 Fastest Growing Companies in North America on Deloitte's 2006 Technology Fast 500
(October 2006)

Fortinet was ranked No. 37 on Deloitte's 2006 Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies in North America. Rankings are based on percentage revenue growth over five years, from 2001-2005. Fortinet grew 7,764 percent during this period.



AlwaysOn
» Fortinet Ranked Among Top Ten Fastest Growing Companies in Silicon Valley
(September 2006)

Fortinet was selected by Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal as a "Fast 50" private company based on strong revenue growth over the past three years. This marks the second consecutive year Fortinet has made this coveted list.



AlwaysOn
» Fortinet Selected by AlwaysOn as AO100 Private Company Award Winner, For Second Consecutive Year
(July 2006)

For the second year, Fortinet was chosen among 1,000+ companies to receive an AlwaysOn1000 award based on technology innovation, market potential, customer adoption, media buzz and investor value creation.



Ernst & Young
» Fortinet Co-Founders Named Top Entrepreneurs
(June 2006)

Fortinet Co-Founders Ken & Michael Xie were honored with Ernst & Young's Northern California Entrepreneur Of The Year 2006 Award in the Network Security category.



Tech Pioneer
» Fortinet Certified as Five-Star Vendor by VARBUSINESS Magazine
(March 2006)

VARBUSINESS Magazine recognized Fortinet's Partner Program with it's highest rating.



Tech Pioneer
» Fortinet Selected as 2006 Technology Pioneer by World Economic Forum
(December 2005)

Fortinet's Founder Ken Xie was recognized for advancing network security innovation, and profiled in Time Magazine.



Fast50
» Fortinet Ranked Among Top Five Fastest Growing Companies in Silicon Valley
(October 2005)

Fortinet was chosen by Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal as a "Fast 50" private company, as a result of its strong revenue growth over the previous three years. PDF Version of Article



AlwaysOn 2005
» Fortinet Selected by AlwaysOn As Top 100 Award Winner
(July 2005)

Fortinet was recognized for innovation, customer adoption and market/investment potential and its company founder & CEO presented as part of the CEO Pitch at Stanford forum during the AO2005: Innovation Summit.



Light Reading
» Fortinet Scores Third Slot in Light Reading's Top Ten Private Company List
(July 2005)

Fortinet rises in repeated ranking in Light Reading's Top Ten Private Company list, based on financial stability, experienced management team, and enterprise and carrier-class security technology.



Red Herring Top 100
» Red Herring Top 100 Private Companies
(May 2005)

Red Herring has a long tradition of discovering new and innovative technology and entrepreneurs. Since 1997, Red Herring editors have selected a group of private companies that are emerging as the brightest stars in the business universe.



Entrepreneur Hot 100
» Entrepreneur Magazine Honors Xie Brothers as Top Entrepreneurs
(May 2005)

Entrepreneur Magazine recognized Fortinet's Ken and Michael Xie as top ranked Entrepeneurs across all industries. Companies included are no more than five years old, but have annual sales in excess of $1 million.




 CUSTOMER WINS

Verizon
» Fortinet's Consolidated Network Security Platform Selected for New Managed Security Services Option from Verizon Business
(May 2008)

Verizon Business has added Fortinet's FortiGate security appliances to its unified threat management offerings for its customers located in the United States, as well as in many countries in Europe and Asia-Pacific.



Nissan
» Nissan Deploys Fortinet's Enterprise UTM Systems to Protect Headquarter, Sales and Distribution Offices
(December 2007)

Nissan™ Korea has successfully deployed Fortinet's FortiGate™ security appliances to help provide comprehensive protection for its main headquarters in Seoul, four sales offices in Seoul, Seoung-nam and Busan, and one distribution center in Kim-po.



HEAnet
» Fortinet Completes its Largest Web Content Filtering Deployment, Protecting More Than 800,000 Students and Staff
(July 2007)

Fortinet® today announced the completion of its largest Web content filtering deployment to date, securing more than 800,000 students and school staff at HEAnet, Ireland's National Research and Education network. Fortinet's FortiGate™-5140 multi-threat security systems and FortiGuard™ Web Filtering and Antivirus services have been deployed in HEAnet data centers to protect 4,000 primary and secondary schools across Ireland.



NTT Europe
» NTT Europe Online Selects Fortinet Solutions for its Managed UTM Services Offering
(April 2007)

Fortinet® today announced that NTT Europe Online, one of the leading providers of managed hosting services in Europe, has selected Fortinet's integrated network security platform to fuel its new Managed UTM Services offering. This follows Fortinet's recently announced sales win with NTT Communications, parent company of NTT Europe Online.



Nintendo
» Fortinet Wins Enterprise Security Deal with Nintendo
(September 2006)

Fortinet today announced that Nintendo of America Inc., a leader in interactive entertainment, has purchased and will deploy Fortinet's FortiGate™-5000 Series high-end multi-threat security systems and FortiGuard subscription services.




 FORTINET MILESTONES

Fortinet
» Fortinet Receives ISO 9001:2000 Certification for High Standards of Quality Management
(June 2008)

Fortinet has received certification to the ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management Systems standard. The certification applies to Fortinet's Burnaby and Ottawa, Canada locations, which represent key research and development centers for the company for activities such as hardware and software design and development, the FortiGuard® Network services, technical documentation and manufacturing operations.



Fortinet
» Fortinet a Leader in Gartner Enterprise Network Firewall Magic Quadrant 2007
(September 2007)

According to the Gartner report, the enterprise network firewall market is driven primarily by the requirement to provide network policy enforcement and intrusion prevention at trust boundary points. Also, as the report's authors state: "There are many viable firewall providers, but the leading vendors provide a path to more inspection and blocking capabilities at higher speeds and at lower price points."



Fortinet
» Fortinet a Top 3 Network Security Appliance Vendor
(September 2007)

According to IDC, Fortinet ranks No. 3 among the top five largest security appliance vendors worldwide for the quarter and is the fastest growing of these vendors year over year from Q2 2006. The company also maintains it's worldwide UTM revenue leadership.



Fortinet
» Fortinet Ranked No. 1 in Worldwide UTM Revenue for 2006
(March 2007)

IDC research data confirmed that Fortinet ranked No. 1 for worldwide UTM revenue for 2006. Additionally, in line with Fortinet's objectives to grow in the high-end market, IDC data confirmed that in Q4 2006, Fortinet experienced significant quarter over quarter growth in shipments of its high-end security systems.



Fortinet
» Fortinet Rises to Tier 1 Enterprise Security Vendor Status by Current Analysis
(December 2006)

Fortinet has been named a Tier 1 vendor by Current Analysis, a leading independent research firm. The attached report also shows that Fortinet is the only Tier 1 vendor rated as very positive, crediting the company's focus on developing an impressive set of homegrown UTM systems and services that provide enterprises with a strong security posture without the complexity of point security solutions.



Fortinet
» Fortinet Named a Top 10 Most Influential Security Company
(July 2006)

Leading trade publication ranks Fortinet among the year's ten most influential security company, recognizing its technology innovation and market growth.



Fortinet
» Fortinet Ranked Among Top Five Fastest Growing Companies in Silicon Valley
(October 2005)

Strong revenue growth garners Fortinet #4 spot on Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal's "Fast 50" Private Companies List.



Fortinet
» IDC Recognizes Fortinet As Market Leader in Unified Threat Management, for second consecutive year
(September 2005)

Market analyst report for September 2005 shows Fortinet as leader in the UTM market for second consecutive year.



Fortinet
» Fortinet Establishes New Global Headquarters
(September 2005)

The new location in Sunnyvale, California doubles the size of Fortinet's headquarters to accommodate growing staff, expanded operations, and increased customer demand.



Fortinet
» Fortinet Delivers Four Expanded FortiGuard Subscription Services
(June 2005)

Fortinet's announces FortiGuard Security Subscription Services, a family of four complementary services that keep Fortinet systems up-to-date and safe from unwanted and malicious network traffic through continuous and automatic "push" updates that ensure protection against the latest viruses, worms, Trojans, Spyware and other threats - without required network administrative time or oversight.



Fortinet
» Fortinet Secures $50 Million in Mezzanine Funding
(March 2004)

Significant growth and stellar execution drives investor confidence





 
 

   
   
 

Year Founded
2000

Headquarters
Sunnyvale, California

Number of Employees
1,000+

First Product Release
May 2002

Units Shipped to Date
300,000+

Customers
20,000+ worldwide

Market Leadership
WW UTM Factory Revenue Leader
Top 3 Largest Network Security Appliance Vendors

Industry Accolades
80+ awards, including:
  • Security Product of the Year
  • Best Integrated Security Appliance
  • Best IPS solution
  • Top Mid-market Solution
  • 2006 Technology Pioneer
6 ICSA Labs certifications
NSS Labs approved (UTM)
ISO 9001 certified

Corporate and Securities Counsel
Wilson Sonsini
Goodrich & Rosati
Palo Alto, California

Auditors
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
San Jose, California
 
 
 
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