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SECURITY NEWS A10 Networks gains five major 5G GI-LAN security design wins in second half of 2018 A 10 Networks, a provider of intelligent and automated cybersecurity solutions, announced it has secured five major 5G network design wins in the second half of 2018 for its A10 Thunder Convergent Firewall (CFW) Gi/SGi firewall solution, including three wins in the fourth quarter. traffic. A10 Thunder CFW outperforms all competitors in these areas. “A10 is extremely well positioned to address the security needs of mobile carriers and their 4G and 5G networks,” said A10’s CEO Lee Chen. “We secured five major 5G design wins in recent months and are working closely with numerous A10 Networks was selected by these carriers in Asia and EMEA because of the Thunder CFW’s ability to meet the massive capacity demands of 4G and 5G networks with unprecedented performance and scale, comprehensive feature set and rich automation capabilities. Capacity demands rise significantly in 5G networks due to substantial increases in concurrent sessions, extreme reliability and higher connections per second. As a result, legacy firewalls often cannot handle the other leading operators around the world on their 5G security upgrades and transformation projects.” “5G networks introduce major new requirements for scalability and performance, lower latency, complex virtual multi-vendor integrations, and automation,” Chen added. “This complexity plays directly to A10’s strengths as an industry and technology leader in hyperscalability, feature richness, Gi-LAN consolidation, and AI- driven automation.” A10’s CEO Lee Chen Fortinet serves as a founding partner of World Economic Forum’s Centre for cybersecurity F ortinet, a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, has announced the company has been named as the first cybersecurity founding partner of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Centre for Cybersecurity. Both organisations believe the threat of cybersecurity demands a global response. To respond to the threat of cybercriminals WEF has established the Centre for Cybersecurity, a global network of partners from business, government, international organisations, academia and civil society to collaborate on cybersecurity challenges. Fortinet’s partnership with the centre is further reinforcement of the company’s longstanding commitment to public and private sector collaboration. In conjunction with the Centre for Cybersecurity, Fortinet will continue its efforts to collaborate, innovate and develop INTELLIGENT TECH CHANNELS Issue 22 powerful global solutions to reduce global cyberattacks, contain current and future Ken Xie, Founder, Chairman of the Board, and CEO, Fortinet cyberattacks, and deter cybercrime. Fortinet’s CEO Ken Xie will serve as a member of the Centre for Cybersecurity Advisory Board. “We are proud to be the first cybersecurity company named a founding partner of the WEF Centre for Cybersecurity and look forward to collaborating with global leaders from the private and public sectors through our shared commitment to deliver a response to the growing global cybersecurity threat,” said Ken Xie, Founder, Chairman of the Board, and CEO, Fortinet. “The WEF’s Centre for Cybersecurity is important for global multi-stakeholder collaboration and serving as a founding partner of the centre is yet another step forward in our own mission to secure the largest enterprise, service provider and government organisations in the world.” ˜ 13