FORTINET
BUILDING HOLISTIC SECURITY STRATEGIES Alain Penel, Regional Vice President, Middle East, Fortinet, draws attention to the importance of converging security with networking when devising strategies to enhance cybersecurity postures.
with protecting across their entire
to cybersecurity: zero trust access
infrastructure as the threat landscape
(ZTA) and zero trust network access
has become much more sophisticated
(ZTNA).
and harder to manage with isolated
organisations a unified services
Which aspects of digital transformation are customers not paying adequate attention to?
offering to secure across any network,
In today’s evolving environment,
endpoint or cloud with simplified
any impact on application, network
consumption and one licensing
or security performance can have
model for all form factors. As a
devastating business repercussions.
result, customers can further protect
Organisations can no longer leave
the growing digital attack surface,
security as an afterthought or as
securing critical devices, data,
an overlay in their transformation
applications, and connections from
strategy. An overlay security system
the data center to the cloud to the
constantly struggling to keep up with
home office and more.
dynamic changes in the network
point products and disparate services. Expanding on the Fortinet Security Fabric’s portfolio, FortiTrust provides
will introduce security gaps that can be easily exploited. To address
What is the main focus for your company at GITEX 2021?
Which key technologies should customers invest in today to ensure business continuity in the digital era?
At GITEX we will showcase the
With remote work likely here to stay
networking and security into a holistic
Fortinet Security Fabric platform
even as offices open up around the
solution that can begin protecting
which delivers broad, integrated,
world, and with network complexity
any edge the moment it is created.
and automated protection across an
ever on the rise, IT and security
Converging security and networking
organisation’s entire digital attack
teams must implement zero trust
is fundamental to organisations’
surface to deliver consistent security
protections and controls to enable
overall security posture.
across all networks, endpoints, and
robust cybersecurity. With zero trust,
clouds. As part of the Fortinet Security
no devices are allowed to connect to
Fabric, we will highlight solutions
corporate resources freely. Instead,
such as FortiXDR, Fortinet Adaptive
any user or device requesting access
Can you elaborate on your plans for the regional market over the next few quarters?
Cloud Security Solutions, Secure SD-
must provide validated credentials.
Fortinet has been focused on
WAN and SASE.
Even then, they are only permitted
strengthening its position through
to access the minimally required
innovative thinking and strong
How can customers fast-track their digital transformation ambitions with your solutions?
resources needed to do their job. By
solutions that help solve enterprises’
denying all unvalidated traffic by
network and cybersecurity issues.
default, bad actors and compromised
We will maintain this strategy while
The proliferation of new devices
devices can’t even ping the network
adapting our support to suit the needs
and edges along with investments
to explore its resources, let alone the
of customers in the current hybrid
in digital innovations continue to
rest of the network. Organisations
working environment. In the region,
expand the digital attack surface.
must adopt two critical strategies to
we see a strong interest for Secure
Many organisations are challenged
implement a true zero trust approach
SD-WAN, cloud and OT solutions.
these challenges, organisations need to implement a security-driven networking approach that combines
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