Case Study
Cox Media Group Keeps the News On-Air with a Secure, Highly Resilient Network
Cox Media Group needed to protect dozens of television and radio stations from persistent cyberattacks without disrupting around-the-clock broadcasting. Its legacy infrastructure made routine patching and maintenance risky because system changes could interrupt live operations. FortiGate Next-Generation Firewalls, FortiSwitch, FortiAP, FortiManager, and FortiAnalyzer created a secure, distributed architecture that supports varied broadcasting and digital workloads. Central IT retains overall control while authorized station teams can make local changes, and security logs are shared with a managed service provider for monitoring. Cox Media Group can now patch an entire television station in under four hours without affecting broadcasts. The platform reduces operational risk, improves deploy
