Case Study
How a 138-Year-Old Paper Distributor Adopted Fortinet Solutions
1 A few years ago, cybersecurity at Central Michigan Paper reached a turning point when the small IT team turned to third-party service providers to manage some of their security solutions. The paper distributor, which has been in business since 1885, has always operated with a lean staff. Currently, the IT team consists of two Progress OpenEdge programmers, who support a legacy enterprise resource planning (ERP) system as well as servers and B2B websites, and Network Administrator John Haney. Needless to say, Haney is not dedicated to security full time. “We all wear many hats,” he explains. “I have been responsible for the cybersecurity projects, but our department supports hardware, software, VoIP communications, backups, networking, and our system users. It can be stressful
