Latest news with #FortiReconActiveExploitation
Channel Post MEA
a day ago
- Business
- Channel Post MEA
Fortinet Enhances FortiRecon To Align with CTEM Framework
Fortinet has announced significant enhancements to the FortiRecon platform, evolving it into one of the industry's most comprehensive solutions aligned to the continuous threat exposure management (CTEM) framework. The latest release introduces expanded internal attack surface monitoring, adversary-centric dark web intelligence, and security orchestration, all in a single, unified platform. These enhancements help organizations proactively identify and prioritize real-world exposures, validate risks like an attacker would, and accelerate response, ultimately reducing the likelihood and impact of breaches. 'CISOs and security teams are overwhelmed by growing attack surfaces and an endless stream of unprioritized alerts. With the latest enhancements to FortiRecon, we're giving organizations an attacker's eye view of their internal and external exposures, backed by AI-powered threat intelligence from FortiGuard Labs, real-world validation, and automated response. This allows organizations to cut through the noise, focus on what matters most, and measurably reduce risks and vulnerabilities before attackers can exploit them, ' said Nirav Shah, Senior Vice President of Products and Solutions at Fortinet The announcement comes amid growing demand for exposure-driven security strategies as organizations struggle to manage expanding attack surfaces, alert fatigue, and fragmented security operations. According to Gartner®, 'By 2026, organizations prioritizing their security investments based on a continuous exposure management program will be three times less likely to suffer from a breach.'¹ A Unified Platform for Continuous Threat Exposure Management FortiRecon, in combination with its strong integration to the Fortinet AI-Driven Security Operations Center (SOC) platform, now delivers capabilities across the five pillars of the Gartner CTEM framework—scoping, discovery, prioritization, validation, and mobilization—enabling organizations to operationalize these pillars within a single, tightly integrated platform and drive coordinated remediation efforts across security and IT teams. The latest enhancements include: Attack surface management: Continuously monitors and delivers an adversary's view of the organization's internal and external digital attack surface. The latest release adds National Vulnerability Database (NVD) severity ratings, in addition to FortiRecon Active Exploitation severity ratings for faster and smarter patching. Continuously monitors and delivers an adversary's view of the organization's internal and external digital attack surface. The latest release adds National Vulnerability Database (NVD) severity ratings, in addition to FortiRecon Active Exploitation severity ratings for faster and smarter patching. Adversary-centric intelligence: Provides actionable threat insights from dark web activity, ransomware intelligence, leaked credentials, vulnerabilities being exploited in the wild, and at-risk vendors. Enhancements include bulk indicators of compromise (IOC) downloads and stealer infection details, accelerating SOC workflows, and improving breach detection. Provides actionable threat insights from dark web activity, ransomware intelligence, leaked credentials, vulnerabilities being exploited in the wild, and at-risk vendors. Enhancements include bulk indicators of compromise (IOC) downloads and stealer infection details, accelerating SOC workflows, and improving breach detection. Brand protection: Monitors for domain impersonation, rogue mobile apps, phishing campaigns, and executive targeting. FortiRecon Brand Protection uses proprietary algorithms to monitor, detect, and take down fake phishing domains, brand and executive impersonations, rogue mobile applications on multiple app stores, data leaks in code repos, open bucket exposures, and phishing campaigns, and helps protect executive online presence. Monitors for domain impersonation, rogue mobile apps, phishing campaigns, and executive targeting. FortiRecon Brand Protection uses proprietary algorithms to monitor, detect, and take down fake phishing domains, brand and executive impersonations, rogue mobile applications on multiple app stores, data leaks in code repos, open bucket exposures, and phishing campaigns, and helps protect executive online presence. Security orchestration: Leverages security orchestration and automated playbooks to investigate and respond to security threat findings. FortiRecon Security Orchestration reduces the time needed for responders to prioritize and take appropriate actions by automating and streamlining security workflows. Existing FortiFlex customers may use their FortiFlex credits to deploy FortiRecon Cloud. FortiFlex offers usage-based licensing with the security industry's broadest catalog for customers with dynamic hybrid and multi-cloud environments and MSSPs. When purchased through major cloud marketplaces, FortiFlex can also help customers meet cloud committed spend obligations.
Techday NZ
a day ago
- Business
- Techday NZ
Fortinet upgrades FortiRecon to boost proactive cyber defences
Fortinet has introduced substantial enhancements to its FortiRecon platform, aligning it more closely with the continuous threat exposure management (CTEM) framework to bolster organisations' abilities to address evolving cybersecurity risks. The new release incorporates expanded internal attack surface monitoring, adversary-centric dark web intelligence, and security orchestration into a unified system intended to help security teams proactively identify and prioritise exposures, validate risks, and speed up response times. These features are designed to reduce the chances and impact of security breaches by mirroring an attacker's viewpoint in security assessment and response. Attack surfaces and risk prioritisation Organisations are increasingly seeking strategies that address their growing attack surfaces, rising alert volumes, and the fragmentation of security operations. According to Gartner, "By 2026, organisations prioritising their security investments based on a continuous exposure management program will be three times less likely to suffer from a breach." FortiRecon's latest update integrates with the Fortinet artificial intelligence-driven security operations centre (SOC) platform and aims to cover all five pillars of the Gartner CTEM framework: scoping, discovery, prioritisation, validation, and mobilisation. This integration is designed to facilitate coordinated remediation between IT and security teams by centralising security operations. Nirav Shah, Senior Vice President, Products and Solutions at Fortinet, commented on the challenges facing security professionals: "Chief information security officers and security teams are overwhelmed by growing attack surfaces and an endless stream of unprioritised alerts. With the latest enhancements to FortiRecon, we're giving organisations an attacker's eye view of their internal and external exposures, backed by artificial intelligence-powered threat intelligence from FortiGuard Labs, real-world validation, and automated response. This allows organisations to cut through the noise, focus on what matters most, and measurably reduce risks and vulnerabilities before attackers can exploit them." Expanded capabilities The platform's enhancements consist of several core areas: Attack surface management: FortiRecon now provides continuous monitoring and an adversary's perspective of both internal and external digital attack surfaces. New features include National Vulnerability Database severity ratings and FortiRecon Active Exploitation severity ratings to optimise patch management processes. Adversary-centric intelligence: The updated platform offers actionable threat intelligence from sources such as dark web activity, ransomware trends, leaked credentials, exploited vulnerabilities, and data on at-risk vendors. Enhancements enable bulk downloads of indicators of compromise and provide stealer infection details to support security operations centres in accelerating breach detection and incident response. Brand protection: The platform continues to monitor for threats such as domain imitation, rogue mobile applications, phishing campaigns, and executive targeting, employing proprietary detection algorithms to identify and assist in remediating those threats, as well as monitoring public code repositories and open data exposures. Security orchestration: The addition of automated playbooks for threat investigation and response streamlines remediation workflows and reduces the time required for responding to incidents. Flexible deployment and recognition Existing customers using FortiFlex are able to deploy FortiRecon Cloud via their credits under a usage-based licensing arrangement. FortiFlex supports a wide customer base, including those managing hybrid and multi-cloud environments, as well as managed security service providers. Purchases via major cloud marketplaces can also contribute towards fulfilling cloud committed spend obligations. The operational effectiveness of FortiRecon has been noted in the KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for Attack Surface Management 2025 report, where Fortinet is named as an Overall Leader, Market Leader, and Innovation Leader. The report highlights FortiRecon's capabilities within environments governed by Centre for Internet Security controls, industrial control systems, Internet of Things devices, and operational technology. Integration with the broader portfolio of Fortinet Security Fabric, such as FortiGate NGFW, FortiSOAR, FortiSIEM, and FortiDAST, was also recognised. These enhancements mark the next stage in Fortinet's efforts to assist organisations in managing continuous threat exposure and streamlining their security operations through a centralised and coordinated platform.
