HCS joins forces with Fortinet, aiming to boost revenues by €2.5m

'Expert level' partnership one of only a handful in Ireland

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Dan Hegarty, head of sales, HCS, with Paul Donegan, country manager Ireland, Fortinet

IT services, cybersecurity and digital transformation company HCS announced that it expects to increase revenues by €2.5 million in the next two years after securing an ‘expert level’ partnership with Fortinet.

To support the growth in demand for these services, HCS will create 15 jobs across its security managed and professional services teams.

As a Fortinet Expert partner, HCS will provide specialist managed offerings to customers across cloud security, network security, firewalls, security fabric, Zero Trust network access, and SD-WAN. The company expects to see the biggest growth in SOCaaS (security operations centre as-a-service) and SASE (secure access service edge) over the next 12 months. The partnership will also enable HCS to add endpoint detection and response (EDR) capabilities to its managed services portfolio.

HCS is planning to expand its customer base into the financial and government sectors where customers will have increased access to cybersecurity skills and resources, enabling them to maximise their business performance.

Dan Hegarty, head of sales, HCS, said: “We build security into every solution we manage. Customers’ security needs are evolving and implementations based on standards such as the public sector cyber security baseline standards and those required by cyber security insurance companies are gathering pace. We look forward to working with both new and existing customers to build out their security architectures and further developing our strong relationship with Fortinet.”

Paul Donegan, country manager for Ireland at Fortinet, said: “The team has a depth of expertise in cybersecurity and providing innovative and transformative Fortinet security solutions to customers. With this achievement HCS now join a select number of Irish companies to have reached this partnership level which cements their position and recognises the ongoing commitment and investment across the business. We are excited to continue to work closely with HCS and build on our valued partnership.”

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