Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 49 | Page 16

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EFFECTIVE AI-DRIVEN SECURITY OPERATIONS

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In the reality of today ’ s market , digital innovationacross on-premises , cloud and applications to users and devices-is critical . However , complexities and blind spots abound .

Attackers understand this all too well and aim to exploit those blind spots to carry out successful attacks and compromises . Worse yet , based on research conducted by FortiGuard Labs , we believe that the future of cyberattacks will be heavily influenced by swarmbots-where cybercriminals leverage Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence ( ML / AI ) to attack networks and devices in a co-ordinated and simultaneous fashion .
In addition to the accelerating pace of cyberattacks , the growth of unsecure or unknown devices attaching to the network , along with a host of breaches resulting from stolen credentials , often stretches security teams to a breaking point .
For organisations to achieve their digital innovation outcomes while effectively managing complexity and defending against advanced threats , teams need a broad , integrated and automated cybersecurity platform such as the Fortinet Security Fabric .
FortiOS , a security-hardened , purpose-built network operating system , is the software foundation of the entire Fortinet Security Fabric . Designed to deliver tightly integrated and intuitive security and networking capabilities across the entire organisation , FortiOS delivers everything from core network functionality to best-in-class security that protects organisations end to end , including the ability to extend the Fortinet Security Fabric to third-party solutions using application programming interfaces ( APIs ) and Security Fabric connectors . FortiOS also provides seamless automation and orchestration , helping organisations overcome resource challenges and skills gaps .
With this latest release of FortiOS and its integrated components , Fortinet customers can expect to detect more ( and more sophisticated ) threats as well as respond to and remediate issues faster-regardless of their level of security operations centre ( SOC ) maturity .
FortiOS 6.4 and the Fortinet Security Fabric now include new , ML-based advanced threat protection capabilities at the endpoint ( FortiEDR ) and across network , web application and email attack vectors ( FortiSandbox and FortiAI ). At the same time , it increases SOC visibility , automation and orchestration with FortiAnalyser ,
FortiSIEM and FortiSOAR , each of which helps response across the native Fortinet Security Fabric , across thirdparty solutions deployed throughout the environment and across a multifunction SOC . p
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