It was not good enough. It was a disaster.
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He clicked over to a security log. "Also, I enabled the Intrusion Prevention System specifically for hospitality threats. There’s a known vulnerability in older hotel key card systems. The FortiGate is already blocking probes from an IP address in Eastern Europe trying to scan for that port." It was not good enough
Leo’s client was The Breakers Resort , a sprawling oceanfront property with nearly 400 rooms, six restaurants, a water park, and a network that handled everything from guest Wi-Fi and credit card transactions to security cameras and the front desk reservation system. Two weeks ago, they’d been hit by a ransomware attack that had locked their booking system during the busy summer season. The attackers had exploited an outdated VPN on their old firewall—a generic router the previous IT guy had called "good enough." He clicked over to a security log
And for Brenda Hollis, who now slept through the night without worrying about her reservation system being held for bitcoin, that little metal box was worth more than a hundred lifeguards on the busiest day of summer. End of story.
That fall, Leo added two more FortiGates to his portfolio: one for a large real estate firm in Market Common, and another for an urgent care clinic on Highway 17. Each deployment was different—the clinic needed HIPAA compliance logging, the real estate firm needed SSL inspection for their remote agents—but the core was the same.
"Alright, Brenda," Leo said, wiping a bead of sweat from his brow. The office was small, and the rack ran warm. "The old firewall is history. This FortiGate is your new digital lifeguard."