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SecurityEditor) • March 3, 2021 Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs is out with its latest
Global Threat Report, this one reflecting on the second half of 2020. No surprise: After the SolarWinds attack, supply chain security takes center stage. But don’t forget about ransomware and the ongoing attacks on new home branch offices.
Highlighted trends from the new Global Threat Report;
Why supply chain security takes center stage – and what to do about it;
The onslaught of ransomware and the “home branch office” as a target.
Manky brings more than 15 years of experience to a strategic and visionary cybersecurity role. He consults with CSOs and CISOs of Fortune 500 companies worldwide across multiple industries. He is actively involved with several global threat intelligence initiatives including NATO NICP, INTERPOL Expert Working Group, the Cyber Threat Alliance and the Forum fo
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Derek Manky, Fortinet s FortiGuard Labs
The remote workforce of 2020 is gone. Now we re talking about the new, permanent branch office - and it comes with its own unique set of cybersecurity concerns, says Derek Manky of FortiGuard Labs. He discusses new social engineering trends and how to respond. This is a large, distributed enterprise with branch offices, and it s here to stay, says Manky, Chief, Security Insights & Global Threat Alliances at Fortinet s FortiGuard Labs. We need to get [cybersecurity] right.
In an interview with Information Security Media Group, Manky discusses:
Latest research into threat trends;
The latest, high-end forms of social engineering;
FortiGuard Labs predicts weaponising of intelligent edge to alter future cyberattacks 11:26 | 24/12/2020
FortiGuard Labs has highlighted growing security risks in the future
FortiGuard Labs predictions reveal strategies the team anticipates cybercriminals will employ in the near future, along with recommendations that will help defenders prepare to protect against these oncoming attacks, according to FortiGuard Labs.
Cyber adversaries leveraging intelligent edges, 5G-enabled devices and advances in computing power will create a wave of new and advanced threats at unprecedented speed and scale. In addition, threat actors will continue to shift significant resources to target and exploit emerging edge environments such as remote workers or even new operational technology edge environments, rather than just targeting the core network.