John Milionis, Director, Channel and Distribution, Australia, at Fortinet, said, “The 2024 Australia Partner of the Year Awards celebrate Fortinet’s partners for their outstanding contributions to advancing cybersecurity. These partners play a vital role in Fortinet’s mission of providing effective cybersecurity solutions and have excelled in addressing customer challenges with precision, innovation, and dedication. From mitigating cyber threats to securing hybrid IT environments and protecting critical infrastructure, their efforts help organisations build resilience and operate with confidence. Fortinet remains committed to equipping partners with the tools, training, and support they need to continue delivering exceptional outcomes in a rapidly evolving threat landscape.”                                             

Fortinet®, the global cybersecurity leader driving the convergence of networking and security, today announced the winners of its Australia Partner of the Year Awards for 2024. These awards celebrate the exceptional achievements of Fortinet’s partners in helping companies enhance their security postures and accelerate secure digital transformation.

The awards recognise partners for revenue growth, investment in Fortinet training and certifications, innovation in delivering tailored solutions, and successful collaboration on customer engagements.

Recognising Excellence Across Categories

The 2024 Fortinet Australia Partner of the Year Award winners are:

• Australia Partner of the Year: Telstra
• Australia Enterprise Partner of the Year: NTT DATA
• Australia Government Partner of the Year: CBR Cyber
• Australia Growth Partner of the Year: LAB3
• Australia Managed Security Services Provider of the Year: mcr IT
• Australia Operational Technology Partner of the Year: Ip.Glass
• Australia Security Operations Partner of the Year: Scyne Advisory
• Australia Telco Partner of the Year: Aussie Broadband

• Australia Distributor of the Year: Wavelink

Commitment to a Secure Future

Fortinet is committed to helping partners meet new and evolving customer challenges created by work-from-anywhere models, hybrid IT environments, and the evolving threat landscape through Fortinet’s Engage Partner Program and enablement tools for partners. The program is focused on enabling growth opportunities that are unique with Fortinet’s expansive portfolio built around the Fortinet Security Fabric, designed to secure customers’ entire infrastructure from the data centre to the cloud.

In addition, Fortinet is committed to helping partners grow productive, predictable, and rewarding relationships to differentiate from competitors. The Fortinet Engage Partner program helps partners acquire the industry knowledge they need to increase business opportunities, deliver digital acceleration for customers with customisable programs, and accelerate partner growth. 

Fortinet congratulates all its valued winners and looks forward to building on this shared success in the future.

About Fortinet (www.fortinet.com) 
Fortinet is a driving force in the evolution of cybersecurity and the convergence of networking and security. Our mission is to secure people, devices, and data everywhere, and today we deliver cybersecurity everywhere our customers need it with the largest integrated portfolio of over 50 enterprise-grade products. Well over half a million customers trust Fortinet’s solutions, which are among the most deployed, most patented, and most validated in the industry. The Fortinet Training Institute, one of the largest and broadest training programs in the industry, is dedicated to making cybersecurity training and new career opportunities available to everyone. Collaboration with esteemed organisations from both the public and private sectors, including Computer Emergency Response Teams (“CERTS”), government entities, and academia, is a fundamental aspect of Fortinet’s commitment to enhance cyber resilience globally. FortiGuard Labs, Fortinet’s elite threat intelligence and research organisation, develops and utilises leading-edge machine learning and AI technologies to provide customers with timely and consistently top-rated protection and actionable threat intelligence. Learn more at https://www.fortinet.com, the Fortinet Blog, and FortiGuard Labs