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Credit to Author: Susan Biddle| Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2017 12:58:00 +0000

Due to the sensitive information housed within medical records (Social Security numbers, addresses, medical claim data etc.), healthcare has always been one of the most frequently targeted industries by cybercriminals. Hackers who successfully steal this data can profit in a big way, as it has high value in the cybercrime black market. As digital capabilities grow within healthcare, so too do the number of vulnerabilities. This upsurge in capabilities and targets can largely be credited to the rise of the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT),…

Credit to Author: Derek Manky| Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2017 12:58:00 +0000

Our 2017 Security Predictions article was titled “The Year of Accountability.” In it, I reviewed the security trends of 2016 and wrote, “If something isn’t done, there is a real risk of disrupting the emerging Digital Economy. The need for accountability at multiple levels is urgent and real.” Smart to Smarter The first half of 2017 has shown that this is more of a concern than ever. New attacks, built on the technology foundations and successes established over the past couple of years, are now smarter and more…

Credit to Author: Peter Newton| Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2017 12:57:00 +0000

We are proud to announce that full cloud-based management is now available for our FortiGate UTM products through the FortiCloud services.  We have seen impressive growth in the adoption of our FortiCloud solution over the past several years that has validated the value of a cloud management model for Fortinet customers.  FortiCloud started 10 years ago as a cloud-based solution for log storage and analytics.  Over the years, we’ve improved those analytics and added the ability to mass deploy devices (FortiDeploy), independently…

Credit to Author: Darlene Gannon| Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2017 12:58:00 +0000

Like data center sprawl, virtualization sprawl occurs when the numbers, locations, and functions of virtual machines distributed across a network grow to the point that they can no longer be managed effectively. As organizations continue to move applications and other core workloads into the cloud, virtualization sprawl can give way to “security sprawl” if not architected properly. In order to achieve the scale, elasticity, and efficiency benefits of the cloud, the data and security elements across all environments must be integrated,…

Credit to Author: Axelle Apvrille| Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2017 21:00:00 +0000

At the end of this past June, Fortinet ran the NSE Experts Academy which featured for the first time a Capture The Flag (CTF) session. We welcomed close to 60 participants, and feedback was extremely positive. We congratulate the top 2 winners, with very close scores, teams YouMayNotWannaCry and ACSN. Our CTF had two specifications: While it included challenges on Fortinet products it was not limited to them – this was not a sales session but a technical one! For instance, while we had challenges on FortiSandbox, FortiCam, and FortiGate,…

Credit to Author: Susan Biddle| Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 12:58:00 +0000

Networks used by educational institutions benefit from being open and promoting a limitless flow of information and ideas. However, much like the student-teacher relationship, the user-network relationship is one that must be built on trust. The extent of personal information and intellectual data that is often housed on these networks requires a reliable cyber security platform. That’s where FortiSIEM enters the discussion. As an all-in-one platform, FortiSIEM provides networks with the opportunity to rapidly find and fix security threats,…

Credit to Author: Anthony Giandomenico| Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2017 21:00:00 +0000

The first day here at Black Hat is over. On the expo floor, a number of vendors are promoting that they now provide critical threat intelligence along with the other technologies they provide. Of course, in general, this is a good thing. The biggest challenge organizations have historically faced has been a lack of visibility into their networks, especially cloud and virtualized environments. The challenge, however, is how are organizations supposed to consume, correlate, and make use of all of this information? Dozens of intelligence feeds from…

Credit to Author: Derek Manky| Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2017 12:58:00 +0000

The biggest trend in security today seems to be information sharing. Everyone agrees that sharing threat intelligence is key to detecting and stopping attacks. The challenge isn’t that there aren’t enough sources for threat intelligence, but that there is simply too much information being generated, and that includes far too much redundancy. What we need an ecosystem to vet and process the information first – an information exchange and clearing house – like the cyber threat alliance (CTA) that Fortinet helped establish back…