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Cisco launches a comprehensive security architecture
for Industrial IoT
systems hold to improve
production, manage
costs and enhance
safety metrics. Cisco
has introduced an IoT
security architecture
that provides enhanced
visibility across both
IT and OT environments
and protects
industrial processes.
Cisco’s new solutions
enable the collection
and extraction of data
from the IoT Edge so
organisations can increase efficiencies
to make better business decisions and
accelerate digitisation projects.
Osama Al-Zoubi,
Cisco CTO for MEA
etworks have become the
foundational backbone for
the operational technology
(OT) that underpins critical
infrastructure including energy,
transportation and manufacturing.
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Organisations increasingly require
real-time access into the data these
“Organisations need complete visibility
into the most disparate of network
environments in order to secure their
industrial edge, lower the risk of
cyberthreats and optimise industrial
processes,” said Osama Al-Zoubi,
Cisco CTO for Middle East and Africa.
Cisco’s new IoT security architecture
innovations include securing the
Industrial Network Environment.
Cisco Cyber Vision is the first
software-based security solution for
automated discovery of industrial
assets delivered via Cisco’s Industrial
IoT (IIoT) networking portfolio.
Cisco Cyber Vision analyses
traffic from connected assets,
creates segmentation policies in
Cisco ISE and DNA Centre to
prevent lateral movement of threats
across the operational environments
and is powered by Cisco Talos’
threat intelligence.
This provides real-time monitoring
of cybersecurity threats to industrial
assets and processes that impact
uptime, productivity and safety.
FORTINET AND EQUINIX ACCELERATE CLOUD
CONNECTIVITY WITH FORTINET SECURE SD-WAN
ortinet, a global leader in
cybersecurity solutions, has
announced it is teaming up
with Equinix, a global interconnection
and data centre company, to accelerate
cloud connectivity with the addition of
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN on Equinix’s
Network Edge. adopting a cloud-first strategy – moving
their workloads exclusively to the cloud
– or a hybrid multi-cloud strategy –
using multiple public clouds at the same
time for faster connectivity from WAN
edges – Fortinet Secure SD-WAN is
available as a virtual network service via
Network Edge on Platform Equinix.
Enterprise organisations are increasingly
turning to SD-WAN to improve user
experience, reduce costs and optimise
connectivity to multiple cloud platforms
from branch and campus locations.
Today, over 21,000 customers have
chosen Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, many
of them choosing to deploy directly
from the branch to accelerate their
cloud adoption and improve application
and user experience for business
applications. For enterprises that are John Maddison, EVP of products and
CMO, Fortinet, said: “The majority of our
customers use multiple cloud providers,
so it’s really important for them to be
able to choose where they deploy
services. Collaborating with Equinix
and offering Fortinet Secure SD-WAN
via Network Edge gives our customers
additional deployment flexibility, allowing
them the option to host services outside
of their branch location and accelerate
their cloud journey.”
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John Maddison, EVP of Products and
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