FCC Environment CEE
European Leader in Sustainable Waste Management Enhances Service Efficiency with Secure SD-WAN
Overview
FCC Environment CEE is one of central and southeast Europe’s leading sustainable waste management providers. A lack of compatibility and integration between its networking and security components restricted visibility and prevented the effective troubleshooting of users’ frequent connectivity issues. Additionally, its hub-and-spoke network model increased latency for cloud applications.
FCC Environment CEE selected Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, a converged solution that leverages the advanced SD-WAN capabilities built into the FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall, to connect its 200 sites. The company also uses the FortiManager unified management tool for the centralized, automation-driven management of network and security policies and FortiAnalyzer for log management, analytics, and reporting. Using Fortinet technology, FCC Environment CEE has increased network visibility, performance, and resilience while complying with key industry reporting standards.
“Having all the required networking and security functionality in such a powerful, single solution is a huge advantage. We had around 200 sites to connect, ranging from small offices with just a single computer to large facilities employing a complex mix of IT and OT equipment. Fortinet Secure SD-WAN was not only simpler and quicker to deploy to all these locations, but it immediately increased our visibility and control.”
– Wolfgang Bitomsky, Ph.D., CIO, FCC Environment CEE
Business Impact
Increased productivity and business continuity through improved network performance and resilience
Enhanced overall cyber protection through integrated security controls and automated threat detection and response
Lowered the administrative and compliance burdens by at least 15% through simplified, automation-driven management, reporting and analytics
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