FORTINET
Fortinet is positioning itself as a guide for “ new normal ” security decision-making . “ It ' s all about building trust ,” states Peters . “ You have to align your values with the customer ’ s and determine how they ’ re trying to solve their most important problems .” In his view , there is no denying that data has become one of the most important assets of the 21st century - the near-ubiquity of Internet of Things ( IoT ) devices and the mounting viability of 5G are testaments to this , and as executives continue to collect ever-larger volumes of information to assist with operational optimisation . Maintaining a focus on enabling safe and continuous OT operations , Fortinet strives to identify and remediate threats in a way that inspires confidence and helps clients build robust security track records .
Fortinet aspires to “ get out in front ” of cyber threats at all times , a goal it achieves through endpoint detection and response and pre- / post-event analysis . The Fortinet Security Fabric enables the company to break down risks into manageable segments while still maintaining total visibility , therefore preventing customers from missing the big picture in the middle of an attack . “ What we ’ re doing is flipping the script ,” adds Peters . “ If I were to sit down with a board today , I would probably try to convince them to behave as if they ' ve already been compromised , because it ’ s highly likely that it will happen at some point in time . It could occur simply by employee error in accepting malware through an email . We ' ve certainly heard many instances of that over the last couple of years .” Moving forward , he is confident that Fortinet will continue to enable even greater threat visibility wherever the customer needs it . The company ’ s highly adaptive and proactive approach , which captures
granular elements of security without obscuring the whole , is a clear departure from cybersecurity ’ s highly reactive prior incarnations . Peters believes that new best-practice standards should coalesce on the idea of “ zero-trust access ” - “ I think we have to insist on earning trust in 2021 .” Several notable instances of ransomware attacks in the US confirm the formidable security challenges that modern businesses are facing . However , even here , Peters suggests a cultural solution that Fortinet can offer : stop thinking about the ransomware “ payload ” as the last event in a chain . “ The attacker has probably undergone a period
30 August 2021