Building Secure Office Networks with Fortinet

With digitization continuing to expand, and as cloud apps and IoT devices multiply, IT departments face growing security challenges for their networks. 

  • September 13, 2024 | Author: Ed Moltzen
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With digitization continuing to expand, and as cloud apps and IoT devices multiply, IT departments face growing security challenges for their networks.

Fortinet’s secure office solution delivers high-performance security to combat rising data breach risks.

With IoT devices, multiple consoles, and cloud applications proliferating, the complexity and workload for IT departments to maintain a protected network have surged. This increase in complexity has led to a significant rise in data breaches, with 82 percent of breaches in 2023 involving cloud-stored data, according to Poneman Institute.

The Cost of Data Breaches

The average data breach cost for organizations with fewer than 500 employees reached $3.31 million in 2023, which marked an increase of 13 percent compared with the previous year, according to Poneman Institute. While cybersecurity solutions use AI technologies extensively, hackers also leverage AI to create smarter malware.

Small and medium-sized businesses require enterprise-grade protection to secure their networks, users, and applications, regardless of whether they are in the office or working remotely. Fortinet addresses these challenges with its Secure Office Solution, which combines high-performance devices and advanced security services.

Fortinet's Secure Office Solution includes FortiGate firewalls to protect against threats, FortiSwitch ethernet switches for reliable connections, and FortiAP wireless access points for secure Wi-Fi.

Stopping Breaches Before They Start

According to Gartner, 99 percent of firewall breaches and bypasses are caused by policy misconfigurations. FortiGate Cloud, with unified management and analytics, is a powerful weapon to ensure those breaches do not happen.

Managed through the user-friendly FortiGate Cloud platform, these devices simplify management and reduce the risk of human error.

Its results are more than impressive: FortiGate scored 99.88 percent effectiveness – with the highest number of AAA ratings across the board – according to testing by CyberRatings.org, an independent, non-profit organization.

Additionally, Fortinet’s AI-powered FortiGuard security services provide real-time threat detection and response, enriching operations with the latest threat intelligence. This comprehensive approach ensures strong security without compromising performance or increasing complexity.

Think of it as “AI for the good guys.”

Fortinet offers businesses a robust and simplified solution to maintain secure, efficient, and cost-effective office networks by integrating high-performance hardware with advanced AI-powered security services.

 

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