The push for digital acceleration has led organizations to improve application experiences and bring data closer to users. While the migration was once seen as a one-way move from on-premises to the cloud, applications now reside anywhere—from data centers to hybrid and multi-cloud environments to edge computing—depending on where they deliver optimal business outcomes. This
Organizations of all sizes have embraced digital transformation to drive growth and meet objectives, a process accelerated by the global pandemic. IT teams had to migrate many applications to the cloud more quickly than planned, increasing cybersecurity risks and straining infrastructure teams due to numerous new, platform-specific security tools. As public cloud adoption and data
Organizations have realized that achieving their digital acceleration goals requires applications to reside anywhere needed to meet business outcomes, including data centers, multi-clouds, and edge computing environments. However, these distributed environments introduce significant complexity and risks, compounded by cybersecurity skills shortages and the lack of a unified security solution. These challenges create substantial barriers to
Companies are increasingly pursuing a cloud-first strategy by developing and deploying applications with the cloud in mind. With the majority of organizations adopting a hybrid or multi-cloud approach to support various use cases and work models, the attack surface has significantly broadened, making securing today’s cloud environments more critical and increasingly complex. The 2024 Cloud
Critical Elements of a Sophisticated Security Architecture Even by the standards of technological change, plant operations and manufacturing organizations are experiencing an unprecedented rate of evolution. Many use supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems to keep industrial processes on track. These systems collect data from sensors, then incorporate that data into industrial control systems
5 Actionable Takeaways Organizations are converging their operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) environments for competitive advantages. This greatly increases cyber risk within the OT environment. Having a comprehensive, end-to-end security posture greatly reduces this risk. Plant operations and manufacturing leaders need to consider a security approach that integrates OT and IT security, is
FortiGuard Industrial Security Service Secures ICS and OT With Application Control and Virtual Patching As digital innovation initiatives dissolve the operational technology (OT) network boundaries, from IT networks (also known as the “air gap”), OT networks have become a target of a growing number of attacks. FortiGuard Labs leverages OT-specific knowledge and the analysis of
OT Considerations and Impact The Industry 4.0 initiative includes modernizing operational technology (OT) environments to improve business process efficiency and to provide more data for decision-making by connecting systems that previously were isolated. However, the convergence of these systems comes with significant repercussions in terms of security. Digital transformation and an increasing reliance on data
This guide reviews how elements of the Fortinet Security Fabric map to security controls in leading cybersecurity regulations, standards, and best practices. It outlines an architectural framework for securing OT—correlated to the Purdue Enterprise Reference Architecture (PERA)—and suggests actionable next steps in a journey to a desired state for cybersecurity. Finally, a helpful appendix maps
Analyst insights into OT cybersecurity trends and solutions To effectively stop attacks on OT environments, it’s important to have security designed specifically for OT networks. The newly released Westlands Advisory report offers insights into many aspects of securing OT including: The three OT-investment drivers OT’s layered security model Selecting an OT security vendor Fortinet’s profile