Intelligent CISO Issue 03 | Page 6

news Fortinet completes acquisition of Bradford Networks ortinet, a global leader in broad, integrated and automated cybersecurity solutions, has completed the acquisition of Bradford Networks, further enhancing the Fortinet Security Fabric by converging access control and IoT security solutions to provide large enterprises with broader visibility and security for their complex networks. Benefits include: F • Complete, continuous, agentless visibility of endpoints, users, trusted and untrusted devices and applications accessing the network including IoT and headless devices • Enhanced IoT security through device micro segmentation, dynamic classification of headless devices by type, profile, as well as automatic policy assignment to enable granular isolation of insecure devices, all using a simple web user interface • Accurate event triage and threat containment in seconds through automated workflow integrations that prevent lateral movement • Easy, cost-effective deployment due to highly scalable architecture that eliminates deployment at every location of a multi-site installation “As large organisations continue to see high growth in network traffic and the number of devices and users accessing their networks, the risk of breach increases exponentially,” said Ken Xie, Founder, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Fortinet. “According to a recent Forrester study, 82% of companies surveyed are unable to even identify all devices accessing their networks. The integration of Bradford Networks’ technology with Fortinet’s Security Fabric provides large enterprises with the continuous visibility, micro-segmentation and access control technology they need to contain threats and block untrusted devices from accessing the network.” 6 MIMECAST APPOINTS NEW CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER TO LEADERSHIP TEAM imecast Limited, a leading email and data security company, has announced Christina Van Houten has joined the firm’s leadership team as the new Chief Strategy Officer. M In this role, Christina will drive corporate development, product management and market strategy as part of building out Mimecast’s leading email security, archive and cyber-resilience cloud platform. “Almost every organisation is struggling to build truly sustainable cyber-resilience. Maintaining security, governance and operational resilience across an evolving IT estate is expensive and often inconvenient,” said Peter Bauer, Chief Executive Officer at Mimecast. “At the same time, attackers, technical failures and human errors work against IT and security teams that are already battling to attract and retain skilled personnel to do the job. Yet, too often these teams are drowning in complexity – complexity compounded by well-intentioned but narrowly focused vendors solving individual issues.” “Mimecast aims to help customers by delivering solutions that help make cyber-resilience for email much easier and more affordable with our unique platform, MimeOS. “Christina’s experience in driving innovation on a consistent large-scale technology platform, delivering a rich integrated suite and solving emerging customer problems is invaluable to us in this new role.” Christina is a veteran of the enterprise technology industry, bringing more than two decades of experience with some of the world’s largest firms. Issue 03 | www.intelligentciso.com