California state agencies advancing their adoption of cloud-native security under Cal-Secure need a secure, scalable, and policy-aligned platform. Fortinet’s Secure Access Service Edge (FortiSASE) solution delivers services through Fortinet-owned, globally distributed Points of Presence (PoPs), rather than depending solely on third-party cloud providers. This allows state agencies to maintain greater operational control over performance metrics such as latency, uptime, and routing, which in turn helps agencies and their staff perform their mission more effectively and meet IT and cybersecurity goals of the State’s Envision 2026 Strategic Plan.
This approach also directly supports California’s regulatory and compliance obligations by enabling geographic data sovereignty. Agencies can enforce where data is processed and stored, aligning with CDT’s Cloud Computing Policy (SAM 4983.1), Zero Trust Architecture guidelines, and state privacy mandates. This is especially important for departments handling regulated or sensitive data, such as health, justice, and education.
Furthermore, did you know that Fortinet is the only vendor on the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for SASE Platforms that is also recognized in four different network security Magic Quadrant™ reports, which include SD-WAN, SSE, Enterprise Wired and Wireless LAN Infrastructure, and SASE Platforms?
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