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People on the move
Richard Stiennon is to take on the role of chief marketing officer at Fortinet.
Jan 1, 2007
CyberGangs and Thieves: An Unholy Alliance
Cybercriminals are increasingly working hand-in-hand with traditional criminals to steal identity and bank account information.
Dec 5, 2006
Charter Business to offer Fortinet security systems
The Charter Business division of Charter Communications is now offering its business services customers integrated security systems from Fortinet.
Nov 14, 2006
Insecurity Runs High in the Security Channel
Microsoft's security plans for Vista are causing anxiety in the channel, but rather than worry, solution providers should make plans.
Nov 1, 2006
Viruses, Phishing, and Trojans For Profit
Phishing fraud has also proven itself to be enormously profitable in aggregate. In just a few years, "phishing" has become a household name for stealing banking details from hapless victims over the Internet.
Oct 24, 2006
Mutating Email Bugs Swarm
Two resurgent email-borne exploits have been hitting users particularly hard over the last week, and researchers say the uptick could get worse.
Oct 23, 2006
The market always makes way for true innovation
If every entrepreneur shredded the business plan after being told there wasn't room in the market for his or her idea, the industry would have missed some great innovations.
Oct 20, 2006
Cybercrime: Better Than Drugs
Guillaume Lovet, a threat response team leader at Fortinet, says based on his independent research, a big-time phishing scam can be as profitable as the heroin business.
Oct 16, 2006
New phishing threat outpaces Netsky-P
A new phishing threat aimed at customers of a German-based bank is having an effect globally as it surpasses the Netsky-P phishing malware in detections, according to antivirus vendor Fortinet.
Oct 10, 2006
Fortinet Boosts Perimeter Defense
Fortinet continues to build up the speed and performance of its enterprise-focused unified threat management offerings to give companies a way to better secure their network perimeter.
Oct 9, 2006
Fortinet Cranks Up UTM Performance
Fortinet Inc has upgraded the hardware of its highest-end standalone unified threat management applicance, saying it offers up to 50% better performance than the previous version, but for the same price.
Oct 2, 2006
Fortinet, Juniper bolster multifunction security
Fortinet and Juniper plan to introduce this week new models of their multifunction security devices that break new ground for each company - Fortinet for protecting data centers and Juniper for defending smaller offices.
Oct 2, 2006
Network Security >> Stand & Deliver
October is national Cyber Security Awareness Month, and for the world of higher education, that means it's high time to take a look at defense systems and plan for the future.
Oct 1, 2006
FortiGate 300A Review
Fortinet FortiGate-300A applicance wins Hosting Week's Editor's Choice Award for value and protection.
Oct 2006
FortiGate-500A-HD
Fortinet's ForitGate-500A awarded 4 out of 5 stars in this enterprise SSL-VPN review
Oct 2006
Advanced Unified Threat Management for the Enterprise
This article explores the next-generation of Unified Threat Management (UTM) security systems - advancements that inspect through Layers 3-7 to provide complete protection in a single, easily-managed multi-layered security platform.
Sept 11, 2006
FortiGate-300A
Fortinet FortiGate-300A receives 4 stars rating in SCMagazine group test review for Multi-function security appliances.
Aug 24, 2006
20-Year Anniversary Of First Computer Virus
Twenty years ago: the first computer virus. A look at what we're up against now in the Internet age.
Aug 24, 2006
Keeping your computer network safe
FortiGate-60M was named the best all-in-one appliance for SMBs by Inc. Magazine.
Aug 2006
New Bot-Powered eBay Scam Uncovered
The scam, said Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Fortinet, is a new twist on an old con where criminals set up bogus auctions, rake in the proceeds, and then scram, never intending to ship anything to buyers.
July 31, 2006
FIPS policy creates Catch-22
Antivirus vendor McAfee has informed the General Services Administration that it now has an antivirus product that complies with the newest Federal Information Processing Standard for cryptography.
July 17, 2006
FortiGate-1000A
Fortinet FortiGate-1000A receives 4 stars and "recommended" rating in SCMagazine enterprise firewall group test.
July 10, 2006
Macromedia Flash Update Prompts an SF Rant
A newly released version of Adobe's Macromedia Flash Player fixes at least two security flaws in the program that more than 200 million people have installed on their computers.
July 7, 2006
UTM Security Technology Picks Up Enterprise Steam
Technology vendors are forever trying to combine many things into one. Some of these efforts--cellphone makers fortifying their devices with PDAs, MP3 players and gaming gadgets, for example--turn out pretty well. Others, such as Microsoft combining word processing, Web browsing and spreadsheets into a single Windows operating system, encounter a few, let's say, obstacles.
July 6, 2006
Fortinet Provides Mobile Operators with Industry's First Unified Multi-Layered Security Agent
Fortinet today announced FortiClient Mobile, an integrated security software agent for Microsoft Windows Mobile and Symbian OS-enabled mobile smart phones and PDAs.
June 28, 2006
Fortinet Offers Partners Deal Registration
Fortinet on Monday beefed up its channel partner program by adding deal registration, improved training and certification, and online renewal and registration tools.
June 5, 2006
In brief: Fortinet introduces 10Gbps security blade
Fortinet last week introduced a 10Gbps security blade for screening high-volume traffic in large organizations. The FortiController 5208 blade can aggregate traffic from smaller Fortinet security blades for uplinks to 10Gbps backbones.
June 1, 2006
UTM Boosts Hospital's Immunity
Tavares Marsh and Eric Conrad have a big job overseeing IT security for the 12,000-employee, 250,000-patient Caritas Christi Health Care chain in Massachusetts. Their IT shop, in the Dorchester section of Boston, is the hub of a network spanning two medical centers, four hospitals and a vast array of remote doctor's offices--all of which rely on the Internet to trade data back and forth.
June 2006
Fortinet Shores Up High-End Security Portfolio
Fortinet on Monday added a load-balancing switch and security blade to its high-end network security infrastructure line for carriers and large enterprises.
May 30, 2006
When Spyware Performs as Advertised
A few words of caution to any Myspace users out there considering "free" software designed to let you spy on unsuspecting others online: Be sure to read the fine print when a product like this says "free," and don't be surprised if the software is used to spy on you.
May 18, 2006
Tech Watch: Secure ADSL; Access Devices; Tablet PC
Small and midsize businesses are rapidly adopting asymmetric digital subscriber lines (ADSL) as a cost-effective connectivity option.

May 15, 2006
Security Watch: More Patches On The Way for Windows, Exchange
We're coming up on the monthly Microsoft patch day, and there will be new updates to Windows this week. Find out what we know so far in the Security Alerts and Updates section.
May 8, 2006
FortiMail-400
In an Email content filtering group test, SC Magazine awarded Fortinet's FortiMail-400 four stars!
May 6, 2006
FortiGate-300A
The FortiGate-300A is a fullfunction front-end system for protecting a network in a way that goes far beyond intrusion prevention.
May 1, 2006
FortiGate-300A and FortiAnalyzer-100A
It comes with a quick-start guide, but it lacks consistency with other documentation. For example, we received both the FortiGate and the FortiAnalyzer appliances for our tests. We were able to get the appliances running smoothly by themselves, but when we tried to get them to work together there were many sub-netting and addressing conflicts.
April 14, 2006
Security Watch: Zero-Day Attack Advances Unpatched
The zero-day bug in Internet Explorer that came to light almost two weeks ago is still in the wild, and a new exploit makes it faster and more dangerous. Get details in the Top Threat section. And while Microsoft won't bother to patch this threat till next week, others have taken action, patching it themselves. See who they are in Security Alerts and Updates.
April 3, 2006
Optimized IE Exploit Speeds Up Infection
A new twist on the existing exploit of Internet Explorer's zero-day vulnerability has slashed the time it takes to compromise a computer, a security company claimed Friday.
March 31, 2006
Security Watch: Adobe, Apple, Microsoft All Issue Fixes
If you have a Windows Mobile device you have something new to worry about: malicious programs can run on your PC and migrate to your mobile device. See how it works in this week's Top Threat section.
March 20, 2006
Vendors, VARs Try To Stay One Step Ahead Of Cybercriminals
Cybercrime is on the rise as attackers increasingly seek financial gain for their handiwork, industry observers said.
March 10, 2006
Fortifying Firewalls The Fortinet Way
The firewall market has driven vendors to add features and capabilities to their products. Those enhancements have forever changed the definition of a firewall as most vendors have morphed their products into security appliances.
March 3, 2006
10 People You Should Know
Just to be up front, this list is completely subjective. As I considered the candidates, these screening "qualifications" jumped to mind.
February 27, 2006
Is your cell phone due for an antivirus shot?
Programs that fight viruses have become a necessary evil on Windows PCs. Now the antivirus industry is turning its attention to mobile phones--but it's running into reluctance from cell service providers, who aren't so sure that the handset is the best place to handle security.
February 24, 2006
Kama Sutra Spoofs Digital Certificates
Another twist has been discovered with the newest worm making the rounds: Kama Sutra can fool Windows into accepting a malicious ActiveX control by spoofing a digital signature.
January 14, 2006
Major Canadian Library Systems Purchase Multi-function Security Appliances
Fortinet last week announced that seven regional Alberta library systems and the Calgary Public Library, Canada's second largest public library system, have purchased a combined total of more than 200 FortiGate multifunction security appliances.
January 10, 2006
eWeek Widener University Finds Firewall Flexibility
Case Study: The large IT department, also an ISP, chose Fortinet's solution for a scalable firewall that would integrate with its existing Nortel network.
January 9, 2006








 
 

   
   
 


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