1 The Information Security (IS) team for Salt Lake County, Utah, supports up to 6,500 end-users across a variety of locations and business types. A team of only seven is responsible for maintaining security and managing user access for services and businesses across the entire county—including Salt Lake City. Replacing End-of-Life Legacy Hardware About ten years ago, Salt Lake County first started working with Fortinet after existing security appliances from another vendor started having problems toward their end of life. They opened a request for proposals (RFP) to evaluate competing solutions. While price was a factor, they wanted physical next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) that could deliver ample performance and features for their needs at the time—which included protecting two

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