SecOps (Security Operations) solutions offer a modern approach to cybersecurity by seamlessly integrating security policies and processes with IT operations. This strategy fosters collaboration between security and operations teams, enabling them to function as a cohesive SecOps unit for faster incident resolution. By leveraging SecOps tools within a unified platform, organizations can eliminate security gaps, reduce complexity, and enhance cyber resilience. Fortinet SecOps solutions deliver exactly this, now available to Romanian organizations through Datanet Systems, an Advanced-level Fortinet partner.

Industry reports consistently highlight the escalating nature of the fight against cyber threats. These threats, increasingly embedded within normal data traffic or disguised as legitimate activities, are becoming more adept at bypassing detection systems and expert vigilance, leading to substantial damage. This ongoing cat-and-mouse game, with its reliance on a vast array of security tools and the generation of overwhelming volumes of data and alerts, places a heavy burden on security teams, making the need for intelligent solutions more critical than ever.

Fortinet Security Operations (SecOps) solutions address these challenges head-on, dramatically reducing the time required to detect and respond to cyber intrusions—delivering a significant advancement in the defense against evolving security threats.

 

SecOps’ key-components

To combat evolving cyber threats, organizations require dedicated SecOps teams equipped with a comprehensive set of tools. Proactive preparation, continuous training, and the automation and orchestration of security operations are essential for early detection and prevention. Automated, enterprise-wide threat intelligence sharing transforms the security posture from reactive to proactive.

Unified cybersecurity tools and technologies are key to optimizing SecOps team performance. The fundamental components of a modern SecOps solution include:

• AI-driven behavioral sensors, threat intelligence, and advanced analytics to monitor user, device, network, email, application, file, and log activity, detecting abnormal or malicious actions that might easily be overlooked by humans.
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  Centralization and automation through platforms based on a common operating system for all components, enabling centralized investigation and remediation. These processes can be orchestrated, automated, or augmented to reduce cyber risks, operational costs, and effort.

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  Native integrations with other security tools, including AI, EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response), NDR (Network Detection and Response), SIEM (Security Information and Event Management), SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response), sandboxing, next-generation firewalls, and email security. This allows for seamless information exchange and automated containment to anticipate and mitigate risks.

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  SOC (Security Operations Center) services to enhance internal team expertise and preparedness, as well as provide support during major security incidents.

Fortinet SecOps Solutions

 

Fortinet SecOps solutions are divided into two key categories – the first category focuses on “Early Detection and Prevention“, with products like FortiEDR, FortiXDR, FortiNDR, and FortiDeceptor, designed to detect and often prevent threats that manage to bypass perimeter or baseline security measures. The second category includes “Unified Threat Response” solutions like FortiAnalyzer, FortiSIEM, and FortiSOAR, which provide enhanced detection capabilities and empower SOC analysts with the support they need to quickly investigate and respond to sophisticated threats.

Leveraging Artificial Intelligence, GenAI, and automation, Fortinet products not only identify threats but also neutralize them swiftly. This enables organizations to not just react to attacks but also proactively prevent them. With Fortinet SecOps, security teams are equipped with the essential tools to protect their organizations from complex cyber threats.

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Fortinet Security Operations  solutions are:

• FortiAnalyzer – SOC Automation
• FortiSIEM – SOC Automation
• FortiSOAR – SOC Automation
• FortiEDR – Early Detection and Prevention
• FortiNDR – Early Detection and Prevention
• FortiDeceptor – Early Detection and Prevention
• FortiRecon – Early Detection and Prevention
• FortiSandbox – Early Detection and Prevention
• FortiMail – Early Detection and Prevention
• SOCaaService – SOC Services
• MDR Service – SOC Services
• Incident Readiness & Response – SOC Services
• Security Awareness & Training – Early Detection and Prevention

The benefits

 

In 2023, an independent analysis by Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) quantified the significant advantages reported by organizations using Fortinet SecOps solutions. The ESG analysis highlighted improvements across three key areas:

•  Early detection and prevention (EDP): The time required to identify threats was reduced from 168 hours (21 working days) to less than an hour, and often just a few seconds, using Fortinet EDP technologies such as FortiEDR, FortiDeceptor, FortiRecon, FortiSandbox, and FortiNDR, which leverage AI and advanced behavioral analytics. The time required to triage these threats dropped from 8 hours to 10 minutes, and the time for isolation decreased from 4.2 hours to 1 minute, thanks to Fortinet’s integrated approach.

•  Central analytics and response automation (CARA): The time to investigate threats was reduced from 6 hours to 1 minute (or even less) using the insights and automation provided by Fortinet CARA components, including FortiAnalyzer, FortiSIEM, FortiXDR, FortiSOAR, and Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services. More importantly, the time required to remediate these threats was reduced from 12.5 hours to just 5-10 minutes in most cases.

• Training and readiness: Training for end-users and analysts provided by Fortinet reduced the risks associated with phishing attacks and improved incident preparedness and response, resulting in fewer hours spent by the security team managing incidents. For example, one client estimated an 84% reduction in the number of users clicking on harmful links. Additionally, cybersecurity education led to faster onboarding of new employees, increased productivity, and enhanced the efficiency and capabilities of the security team.

 

How Datanet Systems Enhances Your Security Strategy

 

Datanet Systems offers more than just access to Fortinet SecOps solutions. Our extensive experience, particularly in regulated environments such as those governed by the NIS 2 Directive and DORA, and our broad technology certifications, set us apart.  Our security portfolio features solutions from leading global providers, enabling us to handle complex projects that integrate EDR, NDR, SIEM, and SOAR technologies.

We provide comprehensive security coverage, crafting modern security architectures based on cutting-edge concepts like Zero Trust and SecOps. Moreover, Datanet Systems offers many of these solutions as managed services, ensuring they are implemented, configured, and maintained by our expert team. This approach not only enhances operational efficiency but also alleviates the burden on your internal teams.

To learn more about how to integrate Fortinet SecOps into your security strategy and how Datanet Systems can support you in this endeavor, please contact us at sales@datanets.ro.