Fortinet Expands its Services and Training Offerings to Further
Support SOC Teams in Preventing and Defending Against Cyber
Threats
John Maddison, EVP of Products and CMO at
Fortinet“Fortinet builds ML-driven automation into all of
its SOC offerings to support short-staffed teams affected by the
cybersecurity skills shortage. But technology alone won’t solve
this issue, which is why we are dedicated to also delivering
human-based SOC augmentation services to provide immediate support,
while investing in an industry-leading training institute to close
the cybersecurity skills gap. This combination of technology,
services, and training enables SOC professionals to better protect
their organizations from detection to incident recovery.”
News Summary Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT), a global
leader in broad, integrated, and automated cybersecurity solutions,
today announced new security operations center (SOC) augmentation
services designed to help strengthen an organization’s cyber
resiliency and support short-staffed teams strained by the talent
shortage. In addition, as part of Fortinet’s leadership efforts to
help close the cyber skills gap, the Fortinet Training Institute
has added initiatives across its programs to further increase
access to its industry-recognized training and certifications.
Cybersecurity Skills Shortage Prompts a New
Approach The prevailing talent shortage remains one of the
top challenges facing SOC teams globally. Fortinet’s 2022
Cybersecurity Skills Gap report found that 50% of global leaders
cite security operations as one of the most challenging roles to
fill, and 42% are still in need of security operations analysts.
Additionally, the same Fortinet survey found that worldwide, 80% of
organizations suffered one or more breaches due to a lack of
cybersecurity skills and awareness.
A lack of resources and personnel, combined with the sheer
volume of security alerts SOC teams receive per day, often results
in missed detections and slower responses that increase exposure to
cyber risk. SOC teams require an immediate solution to mitigate
these challenges through investment in automated and integrated SOC
and cybersecurity technologies and experienced professionals to
better protect against threats.
New and Enhanced SOC Augmentation Services Provide
Immediate Support for Short-Staffed Security Operations
Teams
Committed to helping organizations overcome these obstacles,
Fortinet’s new and enhanced services help SOC teams reduce their
organizations’ cyber risk while freeing up their time to focus on
higher-priority projects. These updates include:
- SOC-as-a-Service (SOCaaS): Fortinet has
expanded its SOCaaS offering, which blends FortiGuard cybersecurity
experts with Fortinet advanced SOC technology by adding more
artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) capabilities
to additional use cases. These updates enhance the offering’s
ability to aggregate security alerts in one single cloud-based
dashboard for customers to view actionable intelligence and
accelerate resolution, and further enables security operations
teams to offload monitoring and detection to Fortinet security
experts. With this approach, Fortinet speeds up alert triage,
rapidly escalates security incidents, and reduces false-positive
alerts for customers.
- Outbreak Detection Service: A new outbreak
detection service is available to customers that alerts subscribers
through email as well as automatically within key product user
interfaces to major breaking cybersecurity events that have the
potential for widespread ramifications. These alerts include
critical information about security incidents, such as an attack’s
timeline of events and what specific technology has been affected.
In addition, the alerts also provide organizations with custom
threat hunting to run against logs and identify the potential
impact of an attack, as well as recommendations to improve their
security posture for better protection in the future.
- Incident Response and Readiness (IR&R)
Services: Fortinet recently added cybersecurity readiness
services as part of its Incident Response offering and shifted the
purchasing model to prioritize prevention. By providing a suite of
proactive prevention-oriented services, such as risk assessments,
playbook development, and tabletop exercises as part of the
Incident Response and Readiness Services retainer, organizations
can strengthen their cyber preparedness, SOC effectiveness, and
reduce cyber risk, while still having access to a team of
FortiGuard experts to help with rapid containment and remediation
in the event of a cyberattack. In response to an accelerated demand
for these services around the globe, Fortinet is also expanding its
headcount dedicated to IR&R and SOC automation capabilities to
allow more enterprises to have access to the offering.
Expanding Cyber Skills Through the Fortinet Training
InstituteWhile the new and enhanced SOC augmentation
services provide immediate relief to strained teams, a long-term
investment in continued learning and advancing cyber skills is just
as critical to keep up with the ever-changing threat landscape. As
part of Fortinet’s longstanding commitment to eliminate the skills
gap, the Fortinet Training Institute offers award-winning,
multi-level training and certifications to security professionals
seeking to advance and upskill their knowledge in key cybersecurity
areas. These programs also help untap new talent pools to help
build the cyber workforce of the future, with a focus on providing
training opportunities for women, veterans, students, and
underserved populations. Some recent updates across programs
include:
- Increasing Access to Advanced Technical
Training: Fortinet has made the practical exam for NSE
level 8 more accessible for IT and security professionals
everywhere. Both the written and practical portions of the exam are
now available in an online, proctored format, making the highest
and most elite level of the Network Security Expert (NSE)
Certification program more accessible to security professionals
around the world.
- Supporting the Advancement of Women Professionals in
Cybersecurity: The first women cohort of the Fortinet and
Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) bootcamp completed the program,
which offered 100 WiCyS members access to Fortinet’s NSE level 4
training and labs for free, technical mentors, exam vouchers, and
more. Fortinet has also awarded five of the program participants
with scholarships to attend the annual WiCyS Conference March
16–18, where they will have access to cyber leaders and
employers.
- Developing Cybersecurity Skills in Youth: To
further develop the cyber workforce of the future, Fortinet is
sponsoring various cybersecurity-based competitions for students in
varying academic levels, ranging from middle school to college.
This includes being a platinum sponsor of MITRE Engenuity’s
Embedded Capture the Flag (eCTF) 12-week competition and a category
sponsor for the Carnegie Mellon Capture the Flag competition.
Through these initiatives, Fortinet is progressing toward the
company’s pledge to train 1 million people in cybersecurity by
2026. Additionally, Fortinet’s new and enhanced SOC augmentation
services build on its expansive services portfolio backed by
FortiGuard Labs. With today’s announcement, Fortinet remains
committed to alleviating the challenges associated with the
cybersecurity talent shortage by helping organizations better
manage cyber risks with ML-driven automation, services, and
increased access to training.
Additional Resources
- Learn more about Fortinet’s FortiGuard Security Services
portfolio.
- Read more about NSE level 8 practical exams becoming more
accessible to security professionals globally in this blog.
- Learn more about FortiGuard Labs threat intelligence and
research and Outbreak Alerts, which provide timely steps to
mitigate breaking cybersecurity attacks.
- Read more about how security services can help SOC teams
enhance and automate critical security functions.
- Read more about how the Fortinet Training Institute is
increasing access to cybersecurity training.
- Learn more about Fortinet’s free cybersecurity
training, which includes broad cyber awareness
and product training. As part of the Fortinet Training
Advancement Agenda (TAA), the Fortinet Training Institute also
provides training and certification through
the Network Security Expert (NSE) Certification, Academic
Partner, and Education Outreach programs.
- Read more about how Fortinet customers are securing their
organizations.
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About FortinetFortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) makes
possible a digital world that we can always trust through its
mission to protect people, devices, and data everywhere. This
is why the world’s largest enterprises, service providers, and
government organizations choose Fortinet to securely accelerate
their digital journey. The Fortinet Security Fabric platform
delivers broad, integrated, and automated protections across the
entire digital attack surface, securing critical devices, data,
applications, and connections from the data center to the cloud to
the home office. Ranking #1 in the most security appliances shipped
worldwide, more than 615,000 customers trust Fortinet to protect
their businesses. And the Fortinet NSE Training Institute, an
initiative of Fortinet’s Training Advancement Agenda (TAA),
provides one of the largest and broadest training programs in the
industry to make cyber training and new career opportunities
available to everyone. Learn more at https://www.fortinet.com,
the Fortinet Blog, and FortiGuard Labs.
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