Industrial automation and technology solutions company Yokogawa Engineering Asia has joined Fortinet’s Engage Partner Program. Fortinet claims that its Engage Partner Program is focused on maximizing opportunities for partners and enabling customer success. The partner program, according to Fortinet, has been designed to deliver profitability, growth and differentiation for organisations.
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Dr. Darius Ngo, Senior Vice President, Digital Enterprise Head Yokogawa Engineering Asia Pte. Ltd. Said: “We are excited to join Fortinet’s Engage Partner Program, which marks a significant step in our commitment to ensuring the security of IT/OT integration in key industries such as Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Mining, and Manufacturing. Our extensive experience in industrial automation and our deep understanding of the unique security challenges faced by these sectors make us well-positioned to deliver comprehensive security solutions in partnership with Fortinet.”
How the Fortinet Partner Program Works
Fortinet Partner Program has been strategically designed on three foundational pillars to strengthen engagement and success:
Synergies: Partners are given the freedom to choose their preferred areas of practice, with corresponding benefits. This gives them unprecedented flexibility on the progress they have made with Fortinet, ensuring that they take the right path to success.
Business Model: Partners can easily choose any or all of Fortinet’s three business models which are Integrator, MSSP, or Cloud. Each model is innovatively designed to deliver specific benefits, and carefully designed to enhance specific aspects of their business.
Competencies: The state-of-the-art Engage 2.0 program shares the tools and resources needed to successfully develop the critical solutions demanded by today’s rapidly evolving digital security landscape. Higher levels in selected positions are eligible to specialize in critical areas such as SD-WAN, Adaptive Cloud Security, Data Center solutions, LAN Edge and SD-Branch technologies, Zero Trust Access protocols, Operational Technology strategy , Security Operations strategies etc. This focused approach ensures that partner cybersecurity has the resources to penetrate and execute challenging territory.
Michael Murphy, OT APAC Leader, Fortinet said: “Fortinet is proud to be formalising our historically close relationship with Yokogawa as a strategic partner within the operational technology and critical infrastructure landscape. As OT systems become increasingly desirable targets by threat actors, they face elevated risks from both commodity and sophisticated malicious manipulation. This strategic partnership leverages Fortinet’s expertise in networking, monitoring, and access security, alongside Yokogawa’s transformative consulting services, to fortify defences and shape the future of secure, digitalised OT facilities. We are proud to collaborate and protect what matters most together.”