Fortinet Connects Tepper Sports & Entertainment Teams with Unified SASE Solution

Fortinet announced that Tepper Sports & Entertainment, which owns and operates the NFL’s Carolina Panthers, MLS’s Charlotte FC, and Bank of America Stadium, has deployed Fortinet’s Unified SASE and other Security Fabric solutions to strengthen cybersecurity, simplify operations, and enable secure access for users across stadiums, offices, and remote environments.

"With Fortinet Unified SASE, we have significantly increased our security without adding extra work and inefficiencies for the support team. With Fortinet, we did not have to learn multiple operating systems, and we can navigate our solutions with confidence. That not only makes us more efficient, but it has removed some of the guesswork of troubleshooting, so we can resolve issues internally more quickly."

With security needs spanning Bank of America Stadium, Atrium Health Performance Park, and a mobile workforce that includes global scouts and operations staff, TSE selected Fortinet to unify and modernize its security posture and reduce vendor complexity while enhancing visibility and control. TSE needed a solution that was simple to manage without sacrificing security. Fortinet enables consistent protection and performance across the entire TSE footprint, including critical facilities, key technology investments, and staff, while also addressing the growing volume of IoT and connected devices that connect throughout their high-density event environments.

“Organizations like Tepper Sports & Entertainment are modernizing their infrastructure to meet rising security demands without adding operational overhead,” said Jaime Romero, Executive Vice President, Marketing at Fortinet. “By leveraging Fortinet Unified SASE and FortiGuard AI-powered Security Services, TSE can protect users and data everywhere, from stadiums to remote locations, while simplifying management for a lean IT team. That’s the power of an integrated, AI-driven cybersecurity platform.”

TSE needed a platform capable of addressing evolving NFL and MLS security standards, while meeting the day-to-day demands of sports and entertainment operations. The organization deployed:

From player scouting reports to proprietary schemes, TSE’s most sensitive data often resides with remote users. With Fortinet Unified SASE, all user traffic, both on-site and remote, ensures constant protection and consistent policy enforcement.

The organization also extended its Fortinet deployment into Microsoft Azure using FortiGate virtual machines, allowing for uniform security controls across cloud workloads and on-premises environments.

By transitioning from a patchwork of disconnected tools to Fortinet’s unified platform, TSE has significantly improved threat visibility and operational efficiency. This consolidation reduces complexity for a small IT staff and positions the organization to meet the evolving cybersecurity requirements of professional sports leagues with confidence and agility.

“We needed a simple solution so that we could maintain and manage things in-house,” Bence adds. “When we looked at how the FortiOS crosses from the firewalls to SASE seamlessly, it was clear we would not need training on multiple different tools. The consistency of the interface across the Fortinet Security Fabric gives us a pure foundation for our future security environment as well, as MLS and NFL requirements change and other needs arise.”

Source: Fortinet media announcement