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FortiGuard Labs Predicts Weaponizing of the Intelligent Edge Will Dramatically Alter Speed and Scale of Future Cyberattacks
Applying Artificial Intelligence to Speed Threat Prevention, Detection, and Response Combined with Actionable Threat Intelligence is Critical to Protect
About this update from Fortinet, Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":"Applying Artificial Intelligence to Speed Threat Prevention, Detection, and Response Combined with Actionable Threat Intelligence is Critical to Protect Against Attacks\n SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Derek Manky, Chief, Security Insights & Global Threat Alliances, FortiGuard Labs“2020 demonstrated the ability of cyber adversaries to leverage dramatic changes happening in our daily lives as new opportunities for attacks at an unprecedented scale. Going into 2021 and beyond, we face another significant shift with the rise of new intelligent edges, which is about more than just end-users and devices remotely connecting to the network. Targeting these emerging edges will not only create new attack vectors, but groups of compromised devices could work in concert to target victims at 5G speeds. To get out ahead of this coming reality, all edges must be part of a larger, integrated, and automated security fabric platform that operates across the core network, multi-cloud environments, branch offices, and remote workers.” News Summary Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT), a global leader in broad, integrated, and automated cybersecurity solutions, today unveiled predictions from the FortiGuard Labs global threat intelligence and research team about the threat landscape for 2021 and beyond. These predictions reveal strategies the team anticipates cybercriminals will employ in the near future, along with recommendations that will help defenders prepare to protect against these oncoming attacks.Cyber adversaries leveraging intelligent edges, 5G-enabled devices, and advances in computing power will create a wave of new and advanced threats at unprecedented speed and scale. In addition, threat actors will continue to shift significant resources to target and exploit emerging edge environments, such as remote workers, or even new OT edge environments, rather than just targeting the core network.For defenders, it is critical to plan ahead now by leveraging the power of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to speed threat prevention, detection, and response. Actionable and integrated threat intelligence will also be important to improve an organization’s ability to defend in real time as the speed of attacks continues to increase.Highlights of the predictions follow, but for a more detailed view of the predictions ...