The rapidly expanding threat landscape is testing the ability of enterprise security organizations to meet the speed and scale of attacks on the same terms. On Tuesday, Fortinet Inc. announced the release of a new product to help even the playing field. FortiGuard AI delivers automated threat analysis and detection as part of Fortinet’s Security ...

The notion of going faster is to accelerate, and it’s no accident that Fortinet Inc. chose to use that term in naming its annual gathering in Las Vegas, Nevada. The proliferation of attacks on information technology networks has created a sense of urgency not just in responding to threats, but in creating a security structure that ...

It sounds like a fairly basic solution for today’s energy crisis. Take large amounts of organic waste, convert it to biogas, generate electricity and heat, and store the excess for later use, making life easier for millions of people without access to sources of reliable energy. Simple. Yet, behind this basic approach from a startup ...

After recently identifying inadequate skills and expertise as being among the top three causes of slow digital progress, Dell EMC took steps on Thursday to do something about it. The company announced that it would add four new certification tracks to validate the levels of expertise needed to manage today’s modern information technology infrastructure. “What ...

Like air or water, people tend to take data for granted. A gigabyte here or there generally doesn’t add up to a lot of money. But what if one gigabyte of data cost more than nine percent of a person’s average monthly income? That’s the scenario in Africa where data optimization becomes critical, and it is ...

For years, U.S. government agencies were reluctant to follow the private sector and move information technology operations to the cloud. Concerns about security, legacy data, and the potential for vendor lock-in kept the federal government firmly planted in separate data centers. That picture has changed. Today, more than 2,000 government agencies are using Amazon Web Services ...

It’s called a pivot. By definition, it can be a swivel, spin, rotation or turn. It’s a term commonly used in the tech industry to denote the shift of a business from one model to another, and it’s happening a lot, especially in the evolving world of cloud computing and information technology. The shift taking ...

The global median time from when a computing network is compromised to discovery stands at 99 days, according to the Mandiant M-Trends 2017 report from FireEye Inc. The problem is that attackers are gaining access to domain administrator credentials (the keys to the kingdom) approximately three days after entry, based on data collected in the report. Come ...

The name of the game in modern-day communications is proximity. How close can users easily get to what they want to experience? First there was the TV screen across the room. Then there was the computer screen less than a foot away, followed by the smartphone that moved content even closer. And now, thanks to ...

As cyberattacks in the enterprise have escalated, so has interest in new tools to combat phishing attempts, ransomware ploys and denial-of-service exploits. One innovative approach uses artificial intelligence to perform non-stop, automated threat analysis. In other words, it turns the hunters into the hunted. One of the major players in the AI cybersecurity space is ...