OVERVIEW
The Superintendence of Health Regulation (SRS) of El Salvador is leading digital transformation by digitizing more than 550 health-related procedures and building secure, citizen-facing platforms. To protect sensitive data and critical services, SRS adopted a DevSecOps strategy with FortiDAST and FortiDevSec, embedded cybersecurity into development, and unified its infrastructure with FortiGate, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, and FortiMail. With the Fortinet Security Fabric, SRS advanced its cyber resilience, reduced costs by 50%, and significantly elevated both security maturity and regulatory compliance.
80%
risk reduction
50%
improvement in TCO
Challenges
- Needed to secure 550+ digitalized procedures and sensitive public health data
- Legacy systems with outdated with significant vulnerabilities
- Disparate, siloed security tools doubled costs and lacked visibility
Solution
- Gained 24x7 visibility into threats with a unified platform
- Hybrid Mesh Firewall secure HQ, regional sites, and cloud workloads
- Converged networking and security improved business continuity
Results
- Blocked nearly 2,000 daily cyberattacks with unified visibility and real-time response
- Modernized digital services, enabling secure, agile, and citizen-friendly government interactions
CUSTOMER QUOTE
“Fortinet delivers the speed we need a converged approach allows us to secure our wired and wireless infrastructure more effectively and make better decisions.”
- Harold Suárez, Head of the ICT Unit, Superintendence of Health Regulation
Region
Latin America
Industry
Government