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Fortinet to showcase Cybersecurity Mesh Architecture

Cybersecurity risks are increasing rapidly in the era of remote work , hybrid and multicloud adoption , and digital acceleration .

Alain Penel – Regional VP – ME & Turkey
As more people connect to corporate networks and systems from new locations and different devices , cybercriminals are evolving their techniques and the sophistication of their cyberattack methods .
These factors combined have created the perfect storm of more advanced threats and expanding attack surfaces .
Fortinet ’ s focus at GITEX this year is to enable businesses to address their most pressing cybersecurity challenges , including the severe cybersecurity skills gap and the explosion of the Edge with a work-fromanywhere approach .
Alain Penel , Regional Vice President- Middle East and Turkey , Fortinet , said : “ They need a broad , integrated and automated cybersecurity mesh platform that provides centralized management and visibility , supports and interoperates across a vast ecosystem of solutions , and automatically adapts to dynamic changes in the network . These are precisely the core attributes of the Fortinet Security Fabric .
“ Our Fortinet Security Fabric mesh architecture has been available for a number of years now , and over time , customers keep adding to it . Our portfolio of more than 50 security and networking technologies is designed from the ground up to interoperate , sharing threat intelligence , correlating data , and automatically responding to threats as a single , co-ordinated system .”
Fortinet will be exhibiting at Hall 7 , stand A20 .

VMware to help organisations embrace a multi-cloud approach

VMware will show attendees how to drive their transformation plans at this year ’ s GITEX .

Ahmed Auda , Vice President and GM , Middle East , Turkey and North Africa at VMware , said : “ VMware is dedicated to helping organisations embrace a multi-cloud and app-centric approach that opens-up new levels of innovation , while enhancing security and increasing agility .
“ This is especially important at the current time , as organisations seek to raise their game amid global challenges including inflation and supply chain issues .
“ As such we will have a strong focus on customer innovation and will show attendees how to accelerate cloud transformation , secure and empower a hybrid workforce and connect and secure their apps , enabling them to innovate faster and drive their transformation plans .
Ahmed Auda , Vice President and GM , Middle East , Turkey and North Africa at VMware
“ Our stand will feature distinct zones representing our strategic priorities to scale cloud-native platform operations , accelerate enterprise cloud transformation and empower the hybrid workforce .
“ During the show , we will also host various technology sessions on our stand including tech demos and a podcast series featuring top management and experts live from GITEX every day . These sessions will demonstrate VMware ’ s latest solutions and their use cases , including how multi-cloud and apps modernisation can help organisations develop and deploy software faster , run apps reliably at cloud scale , reduce risk and protect systems .”
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