Secure Networks Unplugged: From AI Adoption to Tackling Evolving Threats - Nasstar and Fortinet

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Overview

In this interactive CIO and CISO Inspired Summit masterclass, a Nasstar host is joined by Lucy, who leads a team of account and new business directors at Nasstar, and Rachel, a business development manager at Fortinet, using live audience polls to drive the conversation.

The session tackles the challenges attendees voted for, including evolving threats, protecting a remote workforce, integrating AI and adopting a secure access service edge (SASE), with practical strategies for strengthening security posture and reducing operational cost.

Key takeaways

  • Cybercrime is industrialised, with ransomware-as-a-service and AI increasing the speed and number of attacks happening at once.
  • SASE brings networking and security together, helping to protect a distributed workforce.
  • Running many separate security tools and vendors is not sustainable at a time of cyber skills shortages; consolidation reduces complexity and cost.
  • Converged platforms can help bring remediation down to under an hour, significantly reducing potential consequences.
  • AI works both ways: using AI to improve security, and securing the AI your organisation adopts.

Watch the full session on YouTube: Secure Networks Unplugged: From AI Adoption to Tackling Evolving Threats - Nasstar & Fortinet

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