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Q&A with Bob Fortna President of Fortinet Federal Inc

Credit to Author: Shelly Scarpelli| Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2017 13:45:59 +0000

Bob Fortna joined Fortinet as president of Fortinet Federal Inc. earlier this year. We sat down with Bob to get his perspective on his new role and learn about what he envisions for Fortinet in supporting Federal agencies and partners.   As the Fortinet Federal Inc. leader, what do you see as the company’s role as a Federal agency partner? As prime targets for the most sophisticated adversaries seeking to impact national security, public safety, and civilian services, Federal Government agencies require the most comprehensive…

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PowerDNS Recursor HTML/Script Injection Vulnerability – A Walkthrough

Credit to Author: Chris Navarrete| Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2017 15:50:59 +0000

PowerDNS Recursor is a high-end, high-performance resolving name server that powers the DNS resolution of at least a hundred million subscribers. The “Recursor” is one of two name server products whose primary goal is to act as resolving DNS server. On Aug. 7, 2017, I reported an XSS (cross-site scripting) vulnerability to PowerDNS and its Security Team. They assigned it the identifier CVE-2017-15092. In this report I will explain how I was able to identify and trigger the vulnerability.

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E-Rate Program: What You Should Know When Filing

Credit to Author: Susan Biddle| Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2017 13:45:59 +0000

Having secure, reliable access to the internet is no longer an option. It’s necessary. This is especially true for schools, as curriculum and resources are increasingly moving online and cyberattacks are becoming more frequent. In fact, data shows that 141 US school districts have reported one or more cyber incidents since 2016. To meet these needs, K-12 schools and districts across the United States are currently in the process of applying for E-rate for Funding Year 2018. The E-rate program from the Universal Service Administration…

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Symbiotic Security in Healthcare

Credit to Author: Susan Biddle| Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2017 13:45:59 +0000

If healthcare providers can’t figure out how to safely adopt IoMT and operate in the digital age, they won’t survive. One of the benefits of consolidations, mergers and acquisitions is that the acquiring practice is oftentimes now acting as a SaaS provider for the smaller, acquired practice – including providing cybersecurity. Because networks are more complicated than ever before, security is only as strong as its weakest link. 

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Fortinet Delivers Advanced Web Application Protection Through New Managed Rules for AWS WAF Service

Credit to Author: Mark Byers| Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 13:50:59 +0000

Fortinet is one of the first companies to participate in the expansion of the AWS WAF program with a set of four packaged rulesets. AWS WAF customers can choose from basic WAF rulesets that provide protection from cross-site scripting, SQL injection, and malicious botnets, while our advanced ruleset offers the latest general application attack types and known vulnerabilities.

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Fortinet Delivers Advanced Web Application Protection Through New Managed Rules for AWS WAF

Credit to Author: Mark Byers| Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 13:50:59 +0000

Fortinet is one of the first companies to participate in the expansion of the AWS WAF program with a set of four packaged rulesets. AWS WAF customers can choose from basic WAF rulesets that provide protection from cross-site scripting, SQL injection, and malicious botnets, while our advanced ruleset offers the latest general application attack types and known vulnerabilities.

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Executive Insights: The Digital Transformation of Security

Credit to Author: Ken Xie| Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 15:50:59 +0000

Securing the entire distributed infrastructure using single set of integrated security protocols and complementary policies require a Security Fabric approach built around interconnected security tools. Such an integrated fabric is able to span the entire network, and then dynamically adapt as network infrastructures adjust to meet changing data and workload needs. And it needs to do all of this at the speed of digital business. 

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Fortinet Delivers Advanced Web Application Protection Through New AWS WAF Partner Managed Rules

Credit to Author: Mark Byers| Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 13:50:59 +0000

Fortinet is one of the first companies to participate in the expansion of the AWS WAF program with a set of four packaged rulesets. AWS WAF customers can choose from basic WAF rulesets that provide protection from cross-site scripting, SQL injection, and malicious botnets, while our advanced ruleset offers the latest general application attack types and known vulnerabilities.

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