HybrIT Achieves Fortinet SASE Specialisation – Strengthening Security Portfolio

HybrIT has achieved the Fortinet Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Specialisation, a recognition that validates advanced capability in delivering unified, cloud-delivered networking and security solutions. This accreditation strengthens HybrIT security portfolio and reinforces its commitment to protecting modern hybrid workforces through scalable, intelligent, and high-performance security services.

What SASE Is and Why It Matters

SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) is a framework that converges networking and security into a single, cloud-native architecture. It provides secure access for users, devices and applications regardless of location. Traditional security models rely on on-premises firewalls and perimeter controls, which are no longer effective when users connect from home networks, shared spaces, or mobile devices. SASE shifts these controls into the cloud, delivering consistent security enforcement, visibility, and user experience across every edge of the network.

Fortinet’s SASE solution, known as FortiSASE, extends enterprise-grade protection through a unified operating system (FortiOS) and a single management platform. It merges Secure Web Gateway (SWG), Firewall as a Service (FWaaS), Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) into one consolidated cloud platform.

Strengthening The HybrIT Security Portfolio

Through this specialisation, HybrIT can now deliver fully integrated, AI-driven security powered by FortiGuard threat intelligence. FortiSASE leverages over 25 years of Fortinet innovation, providing real-time defence through AI and machine learning that identify and neutralise threats before they impact users or systems.

Core Technical Components of FortiSASE

• Secure Web Gateway (SWG): Protects users against advanced web threats with deep SSL inspection (including TLS 1.3), web filtering, antivirus, and anti-malware capabilities. This allows for full visibility and control of encrypted web traffic without compromising performance.

• Firewall as a Service (FWaaS): Extends the full power of FortiOS to the cloud, offering next-generation firewall capabilities such as intrusion prevention, DNS filtering, and sandboxing. This ensures consistent protection whether users are on corporate networks or remote.

• Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA): Replaces traditional VPN models with identity and context-based access control. Each connection is verified per user, per device, and per session, applying explicit policies that continuously assess device posture.

• Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB): Provides both inline and API-based integration with leading SaaS platforms. This enables secure access to sanctioned cloud applications, visibility into shadow IT, and control over data flows across multi-cloud environments.

• Data Loss Prevention (DLP): Monitors and protects sensitive information in motion and at rest, backed by FortiGuard AI feeds with hundreds of pre-defined data patterns. This helps organisations maintain compliance with frameworks such as GDPR, ISO 27001 and PCI.

• Remote Browser Isolation (RBI): Enhances web security by executing sessions in a secure remote container, preventing exposure to zero-day threats and malicious content.

• Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM): Offers end-to-end visibility of user connectivity, application performance and network health, reducing troubleshooting times and ensuring optimal experience for all users.

Unified and Scalable Cloud Management

FortiSASE operates as an extension of the Fortinet Security Fabric, powered by the FortiOS operating system that unifies Fortinet’s entire security ecosystem. HybrIT can manage all SASE functions through a single cloud-hosted management plane, enabling centralised policy control, analytics and reporting. Integration with FortiAnalyzer provides deep data visibility across web, private and SaaS access layers, allowing security teams to detect, investigate and respond to threats efficiently.

The architecture supports both agent and agentless deployments. The FortiClient agent provides unified endpoint protection (EPP), ZTNA, CASB and vulnerability management in one client, while agentless security ensures coverage for unmanaged or BYOD devices. This flexibility extends protection to every user and location, including thin edge environments such as FortiAPs, FortiExtenders and FortiBranchSASE devices that secure remote micro-branches where local firewalls may not exist.

FortiSASE Global Performance and Compliance

FortiSASE delivers protection through a globally distributed network of Points of Presence (PoPs), ensuring low-latency connectivity and a 99.999 percent SLA-backed inspection performance. The platform is SOC 2 Type II certified, providing assurance that controls and data handling practices meet industry-leading security and privacy standards.

Integration with Fortinet Secure SD-WAN further enhances performance by dynamically routing traffic through the most efficient path to applications, whether hosted in the cloud or a private data centre.

Delivering Fortinet SASE as a Managed Service

HybrIT is now equipped to deliver Fortinet SASE as a fully managed service, combining secure networking, access control, and advanced cloud-based security into one comprehensive, scalable, and intelligent solution. This service enables customers to simplify complex network architectures, reduce operational overheads, enhance visibility, and achieve consistent, policy-driven security enforcement across all users, devices, and locations.

By adopting FortiSASE, HybrIT customers gain:

• Enhanced protection through unified, AI-driven threat intelligence

• Consistent security for all users, devices and locations

• Improved visibility, analytics and compliance reporting

• Scalable, cloud-delivered performance with global reach

HybrIT can help your organisation build a secure, high-performance environment powered by Fortinet SASE. Speak with our team today to discover how this fully managed solution can enhance visibility, protect users anywhere, and simplify your security operations.

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