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2 years later: 7 facts on how Covid-19 has affected global cybersecurity

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 ...
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6 Important best practices for preparing for data breaches and security incidents

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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Research: security must accompany 5G implementation, not follow it

... solutions) will create its own cybersecurity risk resulting from overcomplexity, diminished ... the 5G network and services, operational technology (OT), and industrial internet of ... . Joe Robertson, Field CISO at Fortinet, on OT and IT security ...
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Operational Technology Leaders Continue to Face Security Challenges

Operational technology (OT) is the cyber ... IT networks comes with increased cybersecurity risk. Operational technology (OT) is the ... increased cybersecurity risk. To understand the types of threats facing operational technology ... and how OT teams can mitigate these threats, Fortinet ... compiled in the Fortinet 2021 State of Operational Technology and Cybersecurity Report. The report ... leaders are tracking and reporting cybersecurity measurements consistently with " ...
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Healthcare and ransomware: how to protect your organisation

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 ...
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5G-enabled edges require the network and security to converge

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 ...
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Interview: new Fortinet partner program

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 ...
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What Makes SD-WAN More Than Just a Branch Solution

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 ...
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What has COVID-19 taught us in the context of information technology security?

... . Likewise, the impact on securing  Operational Technology  (OT) has been enormous. For ... range of cybersecurity solutions that are a perfect fit for Operational Technology environments ... . And they are all integrated into the Fortinet Security ... disposal: Fortinet’s FortiGate Next-Generation Firewalls not only segment operational technology logically ... harden the cybersecurity of our Operational Technology.  Joe Robertson, EMEA CISO, Fortinet 21/12 ...
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Is the risk of attacks on the OT infrastructure real? Opinion of a leading Fortinet specialist

Operational technologies, or OT, are a critical segment of the network used by businesses that produce goods or engage in physical processes. Industries such as manufacturing, chemical, oil and gas, mining, transport and logistics use specialized technologies to manage facilities: Assembly and production sites and power systems. The control, monitoring, and management of these systems have been gradually automated over the past few decades, and the specialized systems that perform these tasks ...