The saying less is more has never been truer when applied to IT security vendors. If you currently employ a large number of vendors to keep your business and its information safe, you’ve likely had challenges when it comes to support and management. When you have fewer vendors, these challenges are minimized.
The Benefits of One Security Vendor
Security shouldn’t be complicated. A business shouldn’t have to waste hours on the phone waiting for support. When you have only one security vendor, it reduces the number of support contracts to negotiate and manage. Instead of multiple phone numbers to call, you now have one main phone number to get help with your security issue.
Staff training is also better when you only have one security vendor to deal with. When you get a new vendor, IT staff will need training to take maximum advantage of the security solution. The amount of support you receive will increase if you only need it from one vendor. If you have ten plus vendors, the amount of training IT staff will need will skyrocket. It’s likely IT staff will need less overall training, but more sessions will be available from one vendor.
Cost is another benefit to having a single security provider. Multiple vendors can be a costly luxury that businesses may not be able to afford. Their IT support can also come with additional expenses if a contract fails to renew. When you deal with a single vendor, the total cost of ownership is lower thanks to volume discounts. When you reduce the number of vendors, you can consolidate your security needs like firewall management.
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The Security Vendor You Want
Businesses don’t want their IT staff spending all their time dealing with third-party security vendors. They have other tasks to complete. Businesses need a security vendor that has a reasonable cost with the security features they require.
Fortinet security solutions, like the FortiManager, are packaged with the features businesses need at one low bundled price. They can also reduce your support costs with their single pan-of-glass management and reporting systems. These systems make it easy to maintain and deploy Fortinet infrastructure.
An effective security solution needs to consistently and reliably control online traffic through users, content, and applications. To be an efficient method of defense, solutions need to be simple to manage, scalable, and consolidated. The FortiManager is a flexible solution for businesses that will contain threats and evolve with your constantly changing network.
Fortinet and its quality security solutions give peace of mind to a large number of prestigious companies, many of which are on the Fortune 500 list. This security vendor can easily meet your IT needs at an affordable price. ACSI is a Fortinet reseller partner and experienced in implementing their solutions into vertical markets including K-12, post-secondary education, government, and energy. Having too many security vendors will give you problems, but having Fortinet will solve them.
