Dialog Enterprise partners with Fortinet; announces ‘NGFWaaS’ launch in Sri Lanka

Navin Pieris, Group Chief Officer – Dialog Enterprise, Dialog Axiata PLC with Hasini De Silva – Regional Manager- Sri Lanka & Maldives, Fortinet following the signing of the partnership agreement. Also in the picture (from left): Sachitha Wimalasiri – Assistant Product Manager – Enterprise Security, Dialog Axiata PLC, Rashinda Silva - Product Manager – Enterprise Security, Dialog Axiata PLC, Ramesh Indika – Product Head – Enterprise Security, Dialog Axiata PLC, Venura Mendis – Head of ICT BU, Dialog  Axiata PLC, Charith Vithanaarachchi – Senior Manager – BFSI & Telco Business, Fortinet, Sanjeewa Ariyadasa – Principal System Engineer, Fortinet, Ishan Balasuriya – Principal System Engineer, Fortinet 

Dialog Enterprise, the corporate ICT solutions arm of Dialog Axiata PLC, in partnership with Fortinet, a global leader in broad, integrated, and automated cybersecurity solutions, announced the launch of Next-Generation Firewall as a Service (NGFWaaS) in Sri Lanka. 

Powered by FortiGate NGFW, the installation of this new virtual firewall which is six times faster, will enable Dialog Enterprise to offer cloud-based security to any edge at any scale. 

It will also deliver unparalleled AI-powered security performance and threat intelligence with complete visibility and secure networking convergence to customers across Sri Lanka, with uninterrupted uptime, even during power outages.

“Cybersecurity has become a board level concern for most organizations,” said Navin Pieris, Group Chief Officer - Dialog Enterprise, Dialog Axiata PLC. “They want to be sure that their business is protected, and their digital assets, intellectual property and customer data are secured. 

FortiGate Next-Generation Firewalls deliver seamless AI/ML-powered security and networking convergence over a single operating system and provide the highest ROI and lowest latency, across our enterprise portfolio. Being the only Fortinet managed security service provider in Sri Lanka, we are already seeing the adoption of our services by enterprise customers across all industries in the country.”