Batteries Plus Bulbs
Specialty retailer Batteries Plus Bulbs has grown to 740 locations, partly due to an aggressive franchising strategy. Eight years ago, the company built a new cybersecurity infrastructure that featured a legacy firewall managed by a managed security services provider (MSSP)—and other, non-integrated tools managed in-house. This resulted in limited visibility into the company’s overall security posture.
Batteries Plus Bulbs replaced that legacy arrangement with a comprehensive contract with Fortinet Partner Leeward Business Advisors using Fortinet technology. Leeward now manages many network and security operations functions for the company, leveraging FortiGate next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) seamlessly integrated with Fortinet SD-WAN, wireless access point, and security management and analysis solutions along with a variety of security services. The company now has an efficient, scalable security architecture with single-pane-of-glass visibility—and enhanced protection against cybersecurity risks—at the same cost to franchisees as the old solution.
Learn more about Batteries Plus Bulbs’ journey by reading the case study, which details the company’s deployment of an integrated security architecture.
Business Impact
Full visibility of the entire security architecture from a single pane of glass
Flexibility to bolster specific security elements in the future with integrated solutions
Scalability to meet the company’s future security needs
Solution was cost neutral compared with prior solution while delivering vastly better performance and security
