Fortinet Debuts Enhanced FortiGuard Center and Security Research Capabilities
June 2008 by Marc Jacob
Fortinet announced that it has significantly enhanced its FortiGuard® Center, the online resource and update center that provides up-to-the minute information on breaking threats, vulnerabilities and security research. Fortinet’s FortiGuard Center and team of security research professionals support the company’s FortiGuard Subscription Services™ offering – which includes FortiGuard Antivirus, FortiGuard IPS, FortiGuard Web Filtering and FortiGuard Antispam security research and update services.
The FortiGuard Center is Fortinet’s threat update and security research hub, where visitors and customers can find timely threat and vulnerability information, as well as advisories, trend reports, deep threat analysis and the living “Virus World Map,” which shows the top ten current threats per country. New FortiGuard Center features include:
Enhanced Vulnerability Coverage – A summary of new and recently-enhanced vulnerabilities, as well as the active exploitation, for customers to evaluate recent IPS updates in their products and focus on active threats
IPS Service Update History – A historical listing of all modifications in the IPS package that includes new and enhanced security content
Antivirus Top Threats – Top threats in virus/spyware, mobile threats, IM threats and phishing are now included in the updated antivirus page
Mobile Description Index – A listing of the current FortiGuard antivirus coverage on mobile threats
Data for the FortiGuard Center is culled from Fortinet’s global FortiGuard Network, which has data centers around the world in secure, high-availability locations that automatically deliver updates to the Fortinet security platforms. FortiGuard Antivirus, IPS, Web Filtering, and Antispam Subscription Services are regularly updated by the FortiGuard Global Security Research Team, which enables Fortinet to deliver a combination of multi-layered security intelligence and threat protection from new and emerging network and application-level threats. These updates are delivered to FortiGate® network security appliances, FortiMail™ email security systems and FortiClient™ endpoint security software.