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Cloudflare firewall for AI will help secure AI applications
Fortinet joins the European Commission ’ s Cybersecurity Skills Academy initiative

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Cloudflare firewall for AI will help secure AI applications

loudflare has announced the development of firewall for AI ,

C a new layer of protection that will identify abuse and attacks before they reach and tamper with Large Language Models ( LLMs ), a type of AI application that interprets human language and other types of complex data .

Matthew Prince , Co-Founder and CEO at Cloudflare
Backed by Cloudflare ’ s global network , one of the largest in the world , firewall for AI will position Cloudflare as one of the only security providers prepared to combat the next wave of attacks in the AI revolution – those targeting the functionality , critical data and trade secrets held within LLMs .
A recent study revealed that only one in four C-suite level executives have the confidence that their organisations are well-prepared to address AI risks . When it comes to protecting LLMs , it can be extremely challenging to bake in adequate security systems from the start , as it is near impossible to limit user interactions and these models are not predetermined by design . As a result , LLMs are becoming a defenseless path for threat actors – leaving organisations vulnerable to model tampering , attacks and abuse .
“ When new types of applications emerge , new types of threats follow quickly . That ’ s no different for AI-powered applications ,”
said Matthew Prince , Co-Founder and CEO at Cloudflare . “ With Cloudflare ’ s firewall for AI , we are helping build security into the AI landscape from the start .”

Fortinet joins the European Commission ’ s Cybersecurity Skills Academy initiative

F ortinet has announced it has joined the European Commission ’ s Cybersecurity Skills Academy initiative . people worldwide in cybersecurity across a five-year span .

Through the Fortinet Training Institute , Fortinet pledges to offer its award-winning cybersecurity training and security awareness curriculum to up to 75,000 individuals for free in Europe over the next three years . This pledge is designed to help reduce the cybersecurity skills shortage across the European Union ( EU ), further contributing to Fortinet ’ s global goal set in 2021 to train one million
Rob Rashotte , Vice President of Global Training and Global Field Enablement at Fortinet , said : “ Fortinet is committed to making cybersecurity education and training accessible to all to address the global talent shortage ; public-private partnerships play a vital role in this effort . Our collaboration with the European Commission ’ s Cybersecurity Skills Academy is aligned with our goal of providing cybersecurity training to one
Rob Rashotte , Vice President of Global Training and Global Field Enablement at Fortinet
million people globally by 2026 . We look forward to providing more learning opportunities to individuals across all 27 countries of the European Union to develop the cyber workforce in the region .”
The Cybersecurity Skills Academy , introduced by the European Commission in 2023 , aims to help close the cybersecurity skills gap in the EU by bringing together private and public entities to promote cybersecurity skills and develop the workforce . The Academy offers a single point of entry for individuals , academic institutions and organisations to access cybersecurity training , certifications and funding opportunities .
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