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Credit to Author: John Maddison | Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 13:45:00 +0000

The proliferation of online devices accessing personal and financial information, the adoption of virtualized and multi-cloud environments, and the growing connection of everything – from armies of IoT devices and critical infrastructure in cars, homes, offices, and industry, to the rise of smart cities – have combined to create new destructive opportunities for cybercriminals.

Credit to Author: Susan Biddle| Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 13:45:59 +0000

Educational institutions have become regular targets for cybercriminals. In fact, the education sector accounted for 13 percent of data breaches in the first half of 2017, resulting in the compromise of around 32 million records. One of the top reasons that schools are targeted is the diverse data they store on students and staff, including personally identifiable information (PII), healthcare information, and financial information. These records can then be sold on the dark web to be used for purposes of identity theft and fraud. As educational…

Credit to Author: David Maciejak| Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 12:45:59 +0000

Not long after a new strain of the Akuma malware was discovered targeting ZyXEL devices with a new series of login/password attacks, FortiGuard Labs last week also began detecting strange scanning activities on uncommon TCP ports 52869 and 37215. We and other threat research teams quickly began to suspect that these were tied together, and that there was a new botnet out there.

Credit to Author: John Maddison| Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 13:45:59 +0000

The transition to hyperconnected networks, such as smart cities and connected utility services, is driving the convergence of IT, OT, and IoT networks. To successfully defend these integrated networks, organizations need an architecture that scales across the entire infrastructure to provide unified visibility and control, distributed segmentation, and integrated protection.

Credit to Author: Ronald J. Hebert, Jr, Michelle Balderson| Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 13:45:59 +0000

So, how much should a company invest in the cybersecurity of their OT systems and what is the appropriate level of cybersecurity required for them?

Credit to Author: Damien Lim| Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 13:45:59 +0000

Fortinet is not standing still in the face of the rapidly changing threat environment. Recently, we added some significant new technologies to the latest iteration of FortiClient, our endpoint protection product. For example, FortiClient now includes an Anti-Exploit Engine that delivers a next-generation approach to endpoint protection. It also includes auto-patching capabilities that streamline patch management for known vulnerabilities. Automation of patching drives efficiencies while enabling organizations to address vulnerabilities faster.

Credit to Author: Julian Kanarek| Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2017 15:45:59 +0000

On December 7, 2017 Fortinet officially broke ground on our new threat intelligence and research and development campus located next to our existing facilities in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.

Credit to Author: Patrick Grillo| Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2017 13:45:59 +0000

At the end of the day, complying with GDPR may very well simply turn out to be the right thing to do to protect the privacy and interests of all of an organization’s stakeholder communities. As a society, we simply can’t go on shrugging off data breaches that harm millions of people, often on multiple occasions in their lifetime.