Covid-19 has affected every organization, from a family business to a large enterprise. In almost all cases, we have seen that most employees work from home. This in itself meant expanding the corporate network to home offices. To ensure security, organizations needed to provide each employee with the same level of security that they would have if they worked in an office. Covid-19 affected organizations of any size Covid-19 has affected every organization, from a family business to a large ...

Security incidents and data breaches can have very disruptive and devastating effects on an organization. In fact, according to the Ponemon Institute’s annual Cost of a Data Breach Report, the average total cost of a data breach is near $3.92 million, with an average of 25,575 records being stolen or compromised. Security incidents and data breaches can have very disruptive and devastating effects on an organization. In fact, according to the Ponemon Institute’s annual Cost of a Data Breach ...

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Ransomware attacks are on the rise. After a surge in remote working and with employees accessing organisational networks in ways that aren’t always perfectly secured, cybercrime has spiked over the past few months as malicious parties have taken advantage of the sudden move to life in lockdown. Opportunistic hackers have found a particularly tender target to focus on: hospitals and healthcare providers. Ransomware attacks are on the rise. After a surge in remote working and with employees ...

The rapid and global business response to COVID-19 served to underscore the need for business continuity plans that include flexible, anywhere, anytime, secure remote access to any information, using any application on any device, and from any location - and at scale. But this wasn’t some radical departure from the direction business was already headed. It simply accelerated our transition to a more fluid, digital world. Digital innovation, work-from-home, the Internet of Things, and other ...

The Engage program transformed the specifics of interaction with partners from a static model to a dynamic one. The modern world does not allow people to stand still, new technologies require constant development and study. Now the program has 3 areas – the level of relationships, business model and specialization. 1. Tell us more about the new Fortinet partner program. What is it designed for? The Engage program transformed the specifics of interaction with partners from a static model to a ...

To meet the demands of a dynamic business environment in today's rapidly changing digital world, many organizations are turning to SD-WAN for fast, scalable, and flexible connectivity between network environments. Connections between these environments must be managed to prioritize critical local networks and cloud applications. This is precisely what SD-WAN was designed to address; however, the wrong SD-WAN solution can inhibit adaptability and lead to security problems. To meet the demands ...

... Likewise, the impact on securing  Operational Technology  (OT) has been enormous. For ... environments are already available. Fortinet has developed a wide range ... for Operational Technology environments. And they are all integrated into the Fortinet ... : Fortinet’s FortiGate Next-Generation Firewalls not only segment operational technology logically ... list, please see the Fortinet Ecosystem Directory. Covid has ... cybersecurity of our Operational Technology.  Joe Robertson, EMEA CISO, Fortinet 21/12. ...

Operational technologies, or OT, are a critical ... acquisition (SCADA), or simply OT. Operational technologies, or OT, are a critical ... information security officer at Fortinet According to Wikipedia: Fortinet is an American ... it. A good example is Fortinet Security Fabric, which is an ...