Fortinet, a leader in broad, integrated and automated cybersecurity solutions, announced a complete solution to enable organizations to secure and connect work-from-anywhere.
By unifying Fortinet’s portfolio of zero trust, endpoint and network security solutions within the Fortinet Security Fabric, the company delivers security, services and threat intelligence that follow users whether on the road, at home, or in the office to provide enterprise-grade protection and productivity.
These capabilities – designed for the way business is done in the Work-from-Anywhere Era – are available now.
“Empowering users to move seamlessly between different work environments has critical implications for maintaining user productivity as well as security,” said John Maddison, EVP of Products and CMO at Fortinet. “Cybercriminals have been quick to exploit the expanded attack surface and security gaps created by this shift in work patterns to get a foothold into the corporate network. Today’s enterprise organizations require work-from-anywhere security that is as flexible and dynamic as today’s business demands. Fortinet is the only vendor capable of delivering unified security built for the Work-from-Anywhere Era that seamlessly adapts based on a user’s environment and risk profile.”
The COVID-19 pandemic has surfaced as the forcing function that greatly expanded the work-from-anywhere model. A forecast analysis from Gartner reveals,“by the end of 2024, the change in the nature of work will increase the total available remote worker market to 60 percent of all employees, up from 52 percent in 2020.”
Also according to Gartner,“Organizations are facing a hybrid future, with 75 percent of hybrid or remote knowledge workers saying their expectations for working flexibly have increased.”
At the same time, multi-stage sophisticated attacks like ransomware are plaguing organizations at an increasing rate. According to the 1H Global Threat Landscape Report from FortiGuard Labs, ransomware incidents have increased nearly 1,100 percent from June 2020 to June 2021. And in a recent global ransomware survey conducted by Fortinet, an astonishing 67 percent of organizations report having been a ransomware target.
It’s clear that remote and hybrid work is now the status quo and cybercriminals will continue to take advantage of this expanded attack surface. To address the shift in the workforce and threat landscape, enterprises must now take a “work-from-anywhere” approach to their security by deploying solutions capable of following, enabling, and protecting users no matter where they are located.
As users move between travel, office, and home, they access applications from the cloud, data center or SaaS. Because of this continual flux, it’s imperative that zero trust, endpoint, and network security are all unified by a common set of APIs and integration points to ensure users can seamlessly shift from one location to another, enjoying a consistent user experience that is adequately protected with contextual security.
Fortinet is capable of delivering this unification to enable security customized depending on where users are and what they are accessing. For information, visit https://www.fortinet.com/
