eClerx selects Fortinet to deploy Network Security Platform

eClerx has selected Fortinet to deployed FortiGate network security platform to strengthen its security posture, reduce management complexity, and free up real estate in its data center. The outsourcing firm chose Fortinet's solutions for their high performance, superior range of network security features – including single sign-on and virtual domains – and cost-effectiveness.

To better serve its long-term business interests, eClerx decided to replace all its standalone firewall appliances with a network security solution that would deliver an integrated suite of security functions including firewall, VPN, IPS, antivirus, Web filtering and endpoint network access control. The objective was to benefit from broader protection, ease management and free up data center rack space. With this upgrade, the firm also wanted to implement user-based authentication through the integration of the new security appliances with the company's active directory, so that users could have their security policies pushed to them irrespective of the machines they are using. Lastly, eClerx wanted the appliances to have built-in wireless controllers to ease wireless access management for employees needing mobile devices for their work.

Rajesh Maurya, Fortinet's Country Manager for India & SAARC, said, "The virtualization capability offered in our FortiGate appliances uniquely enables organizations to segment their network into multi-tenant environments for delivering best levels of protection and flexibility. This, along with our solution’s ideal mix of performance, feature set and manageability, allows us to gain strong traction in enterprises such as eClerx and be increasingly favoured over traditional point solutions."

The FortiGate-1240B can accelerate 38 of its 44 ports to switching specifications, allowing organizations to enforce firewall policies between network segmentation points for layered security with switch-like performance. This provides seamless performance to eClerx employees while they access the Internet or their internal private network, resulting in higher productivity.

FortiGate's Virtual Domains (VDOM) was another feature for eClerx. This feature allows the appliance to be split into multiple virtual instances, with each single instance functioning as an independent FortiGate unit. Each VDOM has its own physical interface, routing configuration and security policies, allowing eClerx to cater to different departments through a single FortiGate device. The VDOM feature has also enabled eClerx to secure their internal cloud hosting service.