FortiCNP Checks Cloud

FORTICNP CHECKS CLOUD DATA CHANGES, OFFERS SECURITY

Fortinet develops and sells cybersecurity solutions, such as physical firewalls, antivirus software, intrusion prevention systems, and endpoint security components. Alain Penel, VP - Middle East and Turkey at Fortinet talks about Fortinet’s security fabric to deliver cloud security solutions for securing cloud workloads.

Alain Penel

VP – MET, Fortinet

Discuss the risk management potential of FortiCNP

FortiCNP is a cloud-native protection platform natively integrated with cloud service providers (CSP) security services and Fortinet’s security fabric to deliver a comprehensive, full-stack cloud security solution for securing cloud workloads. FortiCNP delivers the following features that allow security teams to effectively manage risk in the cloud: FortiCNP resource risk insights (RRI) leverage a patented risk score algorithm to contextualize security findings from Fortinet cloud security solutions and AWS products and services to provide teams with prioritized, context-rich, and actionable insights about resources that present the highest risk and need immediate attention.

Integrations with Amazon GuardDuty malware protection leverage a zero-permission, agentless approach for detecting malware throughout the data supply chain by scanning cloud data stores, disk volumes, and workload images.

For customers utilizing Fortinet cloud security solutions such as FortiGate-VM and FortiWeb, RRIs will be able to trigger stopgap remediations to block high-impact threats. FortiCNP continuously scans and monitors changes to cloud data with industry-leading threat intelligence and content scanning powered by FortiGuard Labs.

What advice does Fortinet want to give the Middle East enterprises to safeguard their business from cyber threats?

Organizations need security operations that can function at machine speed to keep up with the volume, sophistication, and speed of today’s cyber threats. AI and ML-powered prevention, detection, and response strategies based on a cybersecurity mesh architecture allow for much tighter integration, increased automation, as well as a more rapid, coordinated, and effective response to threats across the extended network.

Cybersecurity awareness and training are also important as the threat landscape changes to keep employees and security teams up to date.

presenting at GITEX 2022

Our focus at GITEX this year is to showcase our cybersecurity mesh platform which gives businesses a broad, integrated, centralized management and visibility, supports, and interoperates across a vast ecosystem of solutions, and automatically adapts to dynamic changes in the network. Our portfolio of more than 50 security and networking technologies is designed from the ground up to interoperate, share threat intelligence, correlate data, and automatically respond to threats as a single, coordinated system.

On site, visitors will experience the key pillars of the Fortinet Security Fabric such as the Zerotrust network which securely connects applications hosted everywhere with users working from anywhere; Security operations which enable fast, coordinated detection and enforcement across the entire attack surface; Network security which addresses digital acceleration challenges by tightly integrating network infrastructure with advanced security across all edges; and cloud security which delivers visibility and control across cloud infrastructures.

Regional strategies ahead of GITEX

In the future, security will become a larger share of the networking market and Fortinet is wellpositioned to continue to meet the needs of organizations looking to enable digital acceleration through convergence. New advanced solutions, such as AIOps, integrated zero-trust network access (ZTNA) and identity, zero-trust, and AIenhanced outbreak detection, are only possible because Fortinet has converged critical security and network functions into a single, expansive platform.

INTERVIEW

NETSCOUT

KEEP YOUR NETWORKS SAFE AGAINST DDOS; NETSCOUT OFFERS SUPPORT

NETSCOUT is a leading provider of business assurance, a combination of service assurance, cybersecurity, and business intelligence solutions, for enterprise and government networks. Gaurav Mohan, VP, SAARC & ME, NETSCOUT explains the cybersecurity and service assurance offerings that the company is showcasing at GITEX 2022.

Explain the latest enterprise solutions NETSCOUT offers to SMEs and large enterprises

One of our latest innovations for businesses is Omnis AIF. This AI-based solution helps users instantly and automatically thwart a significant amount of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, thereby streamlining operations and reducing exposure to risk. Our approach is different because we leverage global observations in DDoS attack activity to drive local automation and response. Therefore, we can drastically lessen our customers' exposure to DDoS attacks and their potential consequences for their businesses. We have added the nGeniusEDGE Server to our service assurance offerings to guarantee that businesses are kept up-to-date and protected against any potential vulnerabilities to their networks. This all-in-one, plug-and-play solution gives customers the oversight and information they need to guarantee a positive final-user experience, regardless of where staff members physically perform their duties. nGeniusEDGE Server is a simple-to-deploy technology that alerts IT departments to issues as soon as they arise, allowing them to fix them before they disrupt business operations and end-user satisfaction.

What are the key products or solutions you are presenting at the GITEX 2022?

At GITEX, we will showcase our full suite of cybersecurity and service assurance offerings. NETSCOUT

Gaurav Mohan

VP, SAARC & ME, NETSCOUT

Omnis Security is a portfolio of network-based cybersecurity solutions and products that delivers the scale, scope, and consistency necessary to secure today's enterprise networks, thereby strengthening the digital infrastructures of regional businesses. These tools enable cybersecurity teams to detect and respond to threats quickly and comprehensively throughout their networks. We'll also be showcasing our service assurance portfolio, which is built to facilitate seamless operations across enterprises. Our nGeniusONE Service Assurance solution is one of our flagship solutions, providing visibility and analysis into any infrastructure environment - data center, private & public cloud, and co-locations; for whatever service is deployed - customer-facing applications, voice, video, SaaS, and UCaaS; and from wherever they are accessed - headquarters, regional locations, or home offices.

Tell us about NETSCOUT's business goals for the remainder of 2022 and plans for 2023

At NETSCOUT, we constantly listen to our customer's evolving needs and objectives. We're growing our presence in the Middle East by securing new customers, introducing our services to a wider range of existing customers, and deploying more sales staff to the region. We are devoted to improving the efficiency of our customer's online environments.

How do you distinguish between NETSCOUT and its competitors in offering cloud and cybersecurity solutions?

Businesses and service providers worldwide rely on NETSCOUT to help keep their networks safe against distributed denial of service attacks and other advanced threats. We protect digital business services against disruptions in availability, performance, and security. Our market and technology leadership stems from combining our patented smart data technology with smart analytics. This is what differentiates us from other vendors in the industry.