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Credit to Author: Amy Thompson| Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 12:50:59 +0000

The strong ties between Fortinet and its channel partner community account for much of the value Fortinet delivers to customers, end users, and the world at large. Seeking to increase the amount of news about partner activity and initiatives, we are launching a bi-weekly blog post series.

Credit to Author: Jonathan Nguyen-Duy| Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 12:50:59 +0000

As we become even more integrated and interconnected, we need better ways to manage complexity. One way to accomplish this is through integration and automation for better visibility and control – especially in highly elastic environments. As a result, we’re seeing a need to move away from isolated point defense systems like individual firewalls and intrusion detection systems, to a more comprehensive risk-management framework that weaves disparate security devices into a single, holistic security fabric.  

Credit to Author: Richard Armstrong, John Welton| Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 12:50:59 +0000

We sat down with Richard Armstrong, VP of Solutions Engineering, Fortinet, to learn more about the NSE Xperts Academy taking place this week and the role it has for our valued partners in this industry context.

Credit to Author: Phil Quade| Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 12:50:59 +0000

Over the past month, we have all watched with dismay as the islands of the Caribbean and coasts of Texas and Florida were hit with devastating rains and high-speed winds. In the days leading up to the storms’ landfalls, some of the most talented scientific minds deployed astounding levels of technology to assess and communicate the severity of the approaching threats—despite the fact that severe weather is notoriously unpredictable, with inherent uncertainty that makes truly accurate assessment of the threat nearly impossible. In…

Credit to Author: Axelle Apvrille| Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 16:50:59 +0000

Welcome back to our monthly review of some of the most interesting security research publications.

Credit to Author: Wayne Chin Yick Low| Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 13:50:59 +0000

One of our daily routines as researchers here at FortiGuard Labs is to write and maintain our internal fuzzers to help us more effectively find potential vulnerabilities on different software products. In this blog post we would like to share how we discovered multiple Embedded Open Type (EOT) font vulnerabilities by using a combination of dumb and intelligent open source fuzzers.

Credit to Author: David Maciejak| Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 13:50:59 +0000

Do you ever feel the Internet is especially slow these days? Or do you have ever wonder if maybe it’s just your computer that’s getting slower? Don’t rush to the IT shop to buy a new computer yet … you may have been a victim of a new trick used by malevolent hackers called browser “cryptojacking.” What is cryptojacking? It’s a new trick used to mine cryptocurrencies on your computer using your CPU resources in the background without your knowledge. All that a cybercriminal has to do is load a script…

Credit to Author: Susan Biddle| Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 12:50:59 +0000

Fortinet’s Vice President of Strategic Programs, Jonathan Nguyen-Duy, recently hosted a webinar called “Implementing Security with Digital Transformation Initiatives.”  This talk touched on why digital transformation is so crucial across industries, as well as the technological capabilities organizations need to adopt in order to ensure a successful digital transformation.