Fortinet  has announced its latest operating system software update – FortiOS 4.0 maintenance release 2 – which is designed to help customers achieve better security, flexibility and performance from their FortiGate multi-threat security platforms. The net benefit to customers is a more robust set of tools that allows them to customize FortiGate platforms to better meet the security and performance needs of their organizations. FortiOS 4.0 MR2 adds the following new functionalities including more security ,     more flexibility,        more visibility and control into network activity and  more performance.

“With our roots in innovation and our security focus, Fortinet is continuing to expand and extend our FortiOS feature set to meet the evolving security and performance needs of our customers,” said Michael Xie, CTO and founder, Fortinet. “The advancements in our FortiOS 4.0 MR2 release improve the security of a variety of applications, enable customers to better manage and control complex security with ease, and flexibly leverage our solution to best meet the security/performance needs of their organization. We believe this is a step forward in security innovation.”

FortiOS 4.0 MR2 is now available for FortiGate appliances as a free upgrade to existing FortiGate customers with active maintenance contracts.