Juventus Football Club and Fortinet have signed a sponsorship agreement through which Fortinet becomes the new Official Cybersecurity Partner for the next two seasons, through 2026. Juventus has also chosen Fortinet’s industry-leading Security Fabric platform to reduce complexity and streamline the identification and resolution of network and security issues across the club’s facilities.
Home to Juventus football and its fans, Allianz Stadium has been a leader in sustainability and serves as one of the premier entertainment hubs and tourist attractions in Turin, Italy. Juventus will implement Fortinet solutions within the Continassa neighbourhood, including the Juventus headquarters, Allianz Stadium data center, J|hotel, J|medical, and the First Team Training Center – JTC Continassa.
Fortinet’s Platform Approach Wins Over Juventus
Fortinet’s Security Fabric platform and unique ability to converge networking and security helps organizations like Juventus reduce complexity by consolidating siloed security tools, increasing visibility, improving performance, and decreasing the mean time to respond to incidents.
Fortinet’s industry-leading Secure Networking portfolio was critical to Juventus’s decision to select Fortinet as its Official Cybersecurity Partner. A core requirement for the project included the completion of an entire LAN edge infrastructure swap before the season’s start, which included replacing more than 50 switches and 160 access points (APs) across 10 locations.
Juventus will implement a central FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) cluster to control its switches and APs as part of the agreement. By adding FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer, Juventus now has a single pane of glass to help consolidate management, visibility, analytics, and control for the entire environment.
“This collaboration with Fortinet is a key milestone for Juventus as we aim to set new standards in technological advancement. We believe that together, we will be able to build a resilient network that will empower us to continue focusing on excelling on and off the pitch,” said Francesco Calvo, Managing Director, Revenue and Institutional Relations at Juventus.
“Integrating Fortinet’s next-generation firewalls and network security solutions into our infrastructure is a game-changer for Juventus. These technologies offer us unparalleled control and visibility over our network, allowing us to secure our operations while optimizing performance across all our facilities,” notes Mirko Rinaldini, Head of Information and Communication Technologies at Juventus.
“As the Official Cybersecurity Partner of Juventus, we are thrilled to be a central contributor toward their goal of protecting one of the most technologically advanced venues in the world with the Fortinet Security Fabric. We look forward to collaborating with the team and finding new and unique ways Fortinet can help grow the fan and visitor experience across all of their facilities,” said John Maddison, Chief Marketing Officer at Fortinet.
