{"id":1676,"date":"2020-03-09T12:20:59","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T08:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techxmedia.com\/?p=1676"},"modified":"2025-04-18T00:04:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T20:04:21","slug":"fortinet-artificial-intelligence-appliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/fortinet-artificial-intelligence-appliance\/","title":{"rendered":"Fortinet introduces Self-Learning AI appliance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Fortinet\u00ae announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/fortiai\">FortiAI<\/a>, an appliance\nthat leverages self-learning Deep\nNeural Networks (DNN) to speed threat remediation and handle time consuming, manual\nsecurity analyst tasks. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/fortiai\">FortiAI\u2019s Virtual Security Analyst\u00d4<\/a> &nbsp;is developed\nby <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/fortiguard\/threat-intelligence\/threat-research.html?utm_source=nreleaseblog&amp;utm_campaign=2018-q2-fortiguardlabs-cta\">Fortinet\u2019s\nFortiGuard Labs<\/a> \u2013 directly into an\norganization\u2019s network to deliver sub-second detection of advanced threats. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>John Maddison, EVP of\nproducts and CMO at Fortinet<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFortinet has invested heavily in\nFortiGuard Labs cloud-based AI-driven threat intelligence, allowing us to\ndetect more threats, more quickly and more accurately. FortiAI takes the\nartificial intelligence knowledge from FortiGuard Labs and packages it\nspecifically for on-premises deployments. This gives customers the power of\nFortiGuard Labs directly in their environment,&nbsp;with self-learning AI to\nidentify, classify and investigate sophisticated threats in sub-seconds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Organizations Face\nan Uphill Battle<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Security architects confront many challenges when it\ncomes to discovering and remediating threats, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Cybercriminals are becoming more\nsophisticated<\/strong>. While\ntraditional cyber threats continue, sophistication of advanced attacks \u2013 often enabled by\nartificial intelligence, machine learning and open source communities \u2013 are\nincreasing. As a result, organizations and their defenses are challenged to\nkeep pace with threat evolution.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>The attack surface is expanding<\/strong>. Millions of new applications, growing <a href=\"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/tag\/cloud\">cloud<\/a> adoption and the increase in connected devices are creating billions of edges that security teams need to properly protect and manage. Organizations are challenged to keep pace with the threat volume resulting from many potential entry points.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Security teams are\nconstrained due to the cyber skills shortage<\/strong>. There are not enough skilled professionals available in organizations\nto properly triage, investigate and respond to the growing number of threats \u2013 potential\nand actual \u2013 making it easier\nfor cybercriminals to outpace legacy security processes and tools.<strong><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Self-Learning AI Adapts Organizations\u2019 Threat Protection <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To address these challenges faced by security\nprofessionals today, Fortinet is unveiling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/fortiai\">FortiAI Virtual Security Analyst\u00d4<\/a> to accelerate threat remediation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FortiAI Levels the Playing Field <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fortinet\u2019s Deep Neural Networks (DNN) approach enables <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/fortiai\">FortiAI<\/a> to revolutionize\nthreat protection by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Automating\ntime-consuming manual investigations to identify and classify threats in real\ntime<\/strong>: Organizations using legacy security\nprocesses combined with limited security staff find it difficult to perform\nmanual investigations for each threat alert. This creates additional risks including\na data breach or security incident due to slow response time. To solve this,\nFortiAI automates investigations using DNN to identify the entire threat\nmovement and uncover patient zero and all subsequent infections in a sub-second.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Transforming security processes for instant <\/strong>detection and remediation of attacks: FortiAI\u2019s Virtual Security Analyst\u00d4 significantly reduces the time organizations are exposed to threats by scientifically analyzing characteristics of threats and generating an accurate verdict to accelerate threat response. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Delivering\ntailored threat intelligence to significantly reduce false positives: <\/strong>False positives are a burden for security\nanalysts to investigate and it is time consuming to determine threats versus\nnon-threats. Through tailored threat intelligence, FortiAI learns new malware\nfeatures as it adapts to new attacks instantaneously and reduces false\npositives.&nbsp; <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>On-premises Protection for Air Gapped Networks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FortiAI offers on-premises AI\nsuitable for organizations that have air gapped networks. Operational technology\nenvironments, government agencies and some large enterprises must adhere to\nstrict compliance regulations and\/or security policies that limit their\nnetwork\u2019s connection to the internet. FortiAI with its self-learning AI model\ndoes not require internet connectivity to learn and mature, enabling\norganizations with closed environments or stringent security policies to stay\nahead of threats. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fortinet\u2019s AI-driven Technologies\nAutomate Threat Protection<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fortinet has a longstanding history of helping customers\nstrengthen their security posture by\nleveraging artificial intelligence. Some of the existing Fortinet offerings and\nservices, complemented by the new FortiAI, that leverage various forms of AI,\nsuch as least squares optimization and Bayesian probability metrics, include: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>FortiGuard Labs Threat Intelligence: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/fortiguard\/threat-intelligence\/threat-research.html?utm_source=nreleaseblog&amp;utm_campaign=2018-q2-fortiguardlabs-cta\">FortiGuard\nLabs<\/a> uses proven\nadvanced AI and machine learning to gather and analyze over 100 billion security\nevents every day. This threat intelligence produced by FortiGuard Labs is\ndelivered to customers through its subscription services available for a range\nof Fortinet\u2019s products, including the flagship FortiGate NGFWs. As a result,\ncustomers benefit from artificial intelligence deployed in global labs for\nfaster threat prevention.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>FortiSandbox:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/products\/sandbox\/fortisandbox.html\">FortiSandbox<\/a>\nincludes two machine learning models to its static and dynamic analysis of\nzero-day threats, improving the detection of constantly evolving malware, such\nas ransomware and cryptojacking. Through the use of a universal security\nlanguage to categorize malware, FortiSandbox also connects discussions between\nnetwork and security teams, leading to more integrated and improved security\noperations.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>FortiEDR:<\/strong> Fortinet\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/products\/endpoint-security\/fortiedr.html\">FortiEDR<\/a> uses machine learning to automate the endpoint protection against advanced threats\nwith real time orchestrated incident response functionalities. Customers also\nbenefit from more control of network, user and\nhost activity within their environments. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>FortiInsight:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/products\/ueba.html\">FortiInsight<\/a> uses machine learning analytics to\neffectively monitor endpoints, data movements and user activities to detect\nunusual, malicious behavior and policy violations attributed to insider risk.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>FortiWeb:<\/strong> To better protect web applications and APIs,\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/products\/web-application-firewall\/fortiweb.html\">FortiWeb<\/a> applies machine learning to tailor a unique\ndefense for each application. As a result, FortiWeb can quickly block threats\nwhile minimizing the false positives that may interfere with end user\nexperience.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>FortiSIEM<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/products\/siem\/fortisiem.html\">FortiSIEM<\/a> leverages machine learning to recognize patterns in typical user behavior like location, time\nof day, devices used and specific servers accessed. FortiSIEM can then\nautomatically notify security operations teams when anomalous activities occur,\nlike concurrent logins from separate locations.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As cyber criminals\nlook to exploit the expanding digital attack surface with sophisticated attacks,\nthe breadth and depth of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/solutions\/enterprise-midsize-business\/enterprise-security.html\">Fortinet\nSecurity Fabric<\/a>\u2019s AI-driven\ntechnology provides customers with unparalleled threat prevention, detection\nand response that can be instant and automated. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fortinet has invested heavily in FortiGuard Labs cloud-based AI-driven threat intelligence, allowing us to detect more threats, more quickly and more accurately. 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