Jim Richberg, public sector field chief information security officer at Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT), said government agencies should begin rethinking security as they prepare for impending information technology budget cuts as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT) has acquired Herndon, Va.-based cloud services provider OPAQ Networks for an undisclosed sum in a strategy to offer an integrated platform that converges software-defined networking and network security functions.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 10, 2019 — Bob Fortna, president of Fortinet’s (Nasdaq: FTNT) federal business, urged federal agencies to consider security while updating information technology systems to be compatible with cloud technology instead of adding features to secure IT infrastructure after modernization efforts have already taken place, ExecutiveBiz reported Dec. 4.

Bob Fortna, president of Fortinet’s (Nasdaq: FTNT) federal business, wrote in a Nextgov article published Friday that federal agencies should consider three cybersecurity threat trends and one is the tendency of threats to share public infrastructure.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 9, 2019 — Bob Fortna, president of the federal business at Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT), has said government agencies can utilize software-defined wide-area network capabilities in order to support high-bandwidth applications and prevent cyber attacks in line with modernization efforts, ExecutiveBiz reported July 31.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 3, 2019 — Bob Fortna, president of the federal business at Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT), said security protocols with segmentation, whitelisting, automatic quarantine and other functionality will work to support government agencies’ cybersecurity and digital transformation efforts, ExecutiveBiz reported March 20. Fortna wrote in a GCN guest …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 4, 2018 — Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT) has been named a founding partner of the World Economic Forum’s Center for Cybersecurity in support of international efforts to drive collaboration between industry, government, academia and civil society to counter cyber crime, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday its Founder, …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 30, 2018 — Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT) has received certification for the inclusion of additional Fortinet Security Fabric offerings in the Defense Department‘s list of products cleared for deployment in DoD networks, ExecutiveBiz reported Nov. 9. The company said Nov. 8 at least 50 more Security Fabric products have …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 15, 2018 — Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT) has partnered with Interpol to facilitate cyber information sharing as part of efforts to prevent cyber crimes and privacy threats, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Fortinet said Tuesday it will assign a threat intelligence expert to collaborate with the Interpol Global Complex …

Bob Fortna, president of Fortinet’s (Nasdaq: FTNT) federal business, has been elected to AFCEA International’s board of directors as vice chairman. Fortna will assist the board chairman in overseeing AFCEA’s affairs and serve on the nonprofit organization’s budget and finance committee as vice chairman, AFCEA said Thursday. The announcement of his …