In Fortinet announced that the A.P. Mahesh Co-operative Urban Bank (Mahesh Bank) has deployed its FortiGate network security platform and FortiAnalyzer centralized reporting appliances to secure its data center and network of 39 branches. Mahesh Bank chose Fortinet over competing vendors like Cisco, Check Point and Juniper for its proven firewall performance, easy to deploy and manage solutions, and support services, says Fortinet.
To secure both its Internet and Intranet applications, the network security platform's comprehensive functionality, stability, scalability and low total cost of ownership convinced Mahesh Bank to use Fortinet exclusively in its network.
"The FortiGate platform carried all the security functionality we needed, while the highly qualified support team assured us that they could be the single, reliable go-to party for all our servicing needs," said Milind Rajhans, Assistant General Manager IT & CISO at Mahesh Bank.
“We regularly sent them technology and solution updates and actively supported the customer even before we signed the deal," said Muneer Ahmed, Managing Director of DigitalTrack.
Mahesh Bank's 39 branches have each deployed a FortiGate-40C appliance to extend edge security, providing secure network access via VPN. They also serve as routers to connect the branches to the Internet via MPLS. Using a centralized network security policy, the head office now has complete control of the Internet and application usage as well as transactions conducted at every branch.
The FortiGate-40C appliances at the branches are equipped with 3G connectivity in failover mode – in case the main internet connectivity fails, there will be an automatic dialup using the 3G connection. This 3G connectivity feature was not available in competitive products.
The two FortiGate-300C appliances implemented at Mahesh Bank's datacenter have a virtualized framework with different security policies for Internet and Intranet users.
The edge FortiGate solutions work together with these appliances to define common policies for users to access applications by enabling a broad range of security features including antivirus, antispam, Web filtering, VPN, intrusion prevention and application control. A FortiAnalyzer- 200D centralized reporting appliance provides visibility to IT administrators by analyzing the network and reporting anomalies.
“The Mahesh Bank implementation highlights that with the right architecture and solutions, smaller co-operative banks − not just big banks − can benefit from advanced security technologies," said Rajesh Maurya, Fortinet's Country Manager for India & SAARC.
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