Stephen Watkins serves as Director and Principal Security Architect at Fortinet where he leads a Global Solution Architecture Team and focuses on Secure SD-WAN and SD-Branch solutions, and the Fortinet Security Fabric. Having more than 25 years IT & Information Security experience and expertise, he is responsible for influencing solution capabilities and evangelizing Fortinet’s portfolio and cybersecurity pedigree throughout industry. Stephen is a published author in the Information Security domain and regularly speaks about numerous topics at industry events. He has earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in Computer Science (Concentration in Information Security) and has maintained CISSP certification for over 15 years.