Fortinet and Penguin Solutions Stratus ztC Endurance
Pre-Validated and Performance-Tested Cybersecurity Architecture
OT Network Protection and Response Matched with Fault-Tolerant Computing for the Edge and Enterprise
Executive Summary
Fortinet and Penguin Solutions have partnered to deliver an advanced pre-validated and performance-tested cybersecurity solution, integrating the FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) with Penguin Solutions Stratus ztC Endurance. Whether installed in edge environments or enterprise data centers, this architecture boosts cybersecurity with intelligent, predictive fault tolerance powered by the Penguin Solutions proven redundant hardware architecture, which achieves 99.99999% availability. This validated and tested architecture is further fortified with built-in intelligence in the automated uptime layer with Smart Exchange and embedded security features.
The Challenge
Implementing cybersecurity measures across critical infrastructure and business processes, regardless of the environment or industry, presents challenges. As the attack surface expands, cyberthreats evolve, with attackers using increasingly sophisticated techniques to breach IT and OT systems. Addressing real-time operation requirements, regulatory compliance, and resource constraints within a diverse IT and OT vendor landscape adds further complexity to deployment efforts. Effective solutions must incorporate advanced cybersecurity measures tailored to integrated environments to mitigate risks effectively and ensure seamless protection across both IT and OT systems.
Joint Solution Description
The Fortinet FortiGate NGFW hosted on the Penguin Solutions Stratus ztC Endurance computing platform delivers a robust and reliable solution with a single cybersecurity OS. Organizations leveraging this joint solution benefit from simplified cybersecurity management, offering comprehensive network visibility and control on a platform boasting intelligent, predictive fault tolerance powered by the Penguin Solutions proven redundant hardware architecture. With an expected 7-to-10-year life span, twice that of traditional servers, and the promise of seven nines (99.99999%) system availability, this solution reduces the total cost of ownership while maximizing operational efficiency and cybersecurity protection.
Solution Components
n Fortinet FortiGate NGFW
n Penguin Solutions Stratus ztC Endurance
Solution Benefits
n Seven nines (99.99999%) system availability: Provides uninterrupted operation, safeguarding against downtime and preserving data integrity, while bolstering overall cybersecurity resilience on a common management and security framework.
n Workload consolidation and virtualization: Virtualization enables workload consolidation on the Penguin Solutions Stratus ztC Endurance platform, ensuring Fortinet’s cybersecurity solution runs alongside multiple OT and IT applications on a single HA/FT platform.
Overall, Fortinet’s unified strategy—comprising one operating system, one unified agent, one management tool, and one data lake—running on the powerful, predictive, and fault-tolerant Stratus ztC Endurance platform simplifies cybersecurity management like never before.
Solution Components
The Penguin Solutions Stratus ztC Endurance platform enables IT and OT to run critical applications without downtime or data loss, using intelligent, predictive fault tolerance. Using Stratus ztC Endurance enables digital transformation of computing infrastructure to modernize operations and deploy advanced software stacks, ensuring application availability and data integrity at the edge or data center. The platform combines built-in fault tolerance, proactive health monitoring, and serviceability by OT or IT, along with meeting cybersecurity requirements.
Fortinet FortiGate NGFWs protect data, assets, and users across today’s hybrid environments. Built on patented Fortinet security processors, FortiGate NGFWs accelerate security and networking performance to effectively secure the growing volume of data-rich traffic and cloud-based applications. FortiGate NGFWs, backed by FortiGuard AI-Powered Security Services, help organizations prevent cyberattacks and mitigate security risks with consistent, real-time protection and responses against even the newest and most sophisticated threats.
Use Case: Secure Smart Factory Operations
As manufacturers continue to increase digitalization and generate operational data, they face escalating cyberthreats and stricter regulatory mandates to protect systems and data from compromise. Organizations are able to use Penguin Solutions Stratus ztC Endurance to run Fortinet applications to create a security operations center (SOC) alongside their mission-critical automation applications in a single platform.
Solution Benefits cont.
n Predictive fault tolerance: Anticipates and addresses potential failures to ensure uninterrupted operations, bolstering cybersecurity defenses and enabling the convergence of security and networking to close security gaps and simplify management.
n Easy maintenance: Enables simple maintenance and replacements by IT and OT staff with a redundant, modular architecture and hot-swappable CRU modules.
n Lower TCO: Reduces IT footprint by using a reliable platform with an expected 7-to-10-year life span, enhancing cybersecurity protections and maximizing operational efficiency while minimizing maintenance expenses.
Figure 1: FortiGate NGFW hosted on Penguin Solutions Stratus ztC Endurance
Fortinet’s solutions—FortiGate, FortiAnalyzer, FortiDeceptor, and FortiManager—provide the additional layers of cybersecurity and single-pane-of-glass monitoring required on-premises to consistently and comprehensively extend an organization’s cybersecurity posture outside the data center.
This combined Penguin Solutions Stratus ztC Endurance and Fortinet solution enables:
n IT/OT convergence with minimal disruption
n SOC capabilities outside the data center
n Consistent cybersecurity posture as requirements grow
Example OT/IT stack:
n VMs for HMI SCADA, data historian, and MES
n FortiGate NGFW VM protecting the compute platform and endpoints with local firewall/IPS FortiGate NGFW:
n Segment PLC traffic from IT traffic
n Enforces policies for remote vendor access
n Inspects OT protocol traffic for anomalies
Penguin Solutions Stratus ztC Endurance:
n Run industrial automation applications with zero unplanned downtime or data loss
n 99.99999% reliability and proactive health monitoring
n Serviceable by OT or IT
About Penguin Solutions
With over two decades of experience as trusted advisors to our valued customers, Penguin Solutions is an end-to-end solutions provider helping solve complex challenges in computing, memory, and LED solutions.
Penguin Solutions designs, builds, deploys, and manages high-performance, high-availability enterprise solutions, allowing customers to achieve breakthrough innovations.
Our Stratus high availability and fault tolerant computing platforms ensure the continuous availability of our customers’ critical applications and data in remote data centers and edge locations.
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