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Fortinet Announces the First Next-Generation Firewall and Secure SD-WAN Integration in Microsoft Azure Virtual WAN

MassMediaLink India LLP SecurityLink IndiaFebruary 4, 2022November 14, 202407 mins

FortiGate-VM Integration Enables the Convergence of Security and Networking in the Cloud Fortinet®, a global player in broad, integrated and automated cybersecurity solutions, recently announced the expansion of its collaboration with Microsoft to deliver the industry’s first next-generation firewall (NGFW) and Secure SD-WAN integration with Microsoft Azure Virtual WAN. Customers can now – for the first time ever from any vendor – apply advanced security policies to virtual WAN traffic and extend Secure SD-WAN into the Azure virtual WAN hub. The result is the convergence of advanced security and networking capabilities in the cloud for an even more simplified, automated, and secure cloud on-ramp and SD-WAN experience. The integration also allows enterprises to more effectively interconnect with applications and workloads running Azure with the rest of their hybrid and multi-cloud deployments. Secure Traffic Into, Out of and Through Azure Virtual WAN with Fortinet Companies are increasingly looking to utilize Azure Virtual WAN as a global transit network architecture, providing seamless connectivity between endpoints. While Microsoft has long provided secure access to the Virtual WAN Hub, until now, it has been difficult to provide the same security policies with the same security tools within Azure Virtual WAN and across clouds and data centers. The integration of FortiGate-VM and Fortinet Secure SD-WAN into Azure Virtual WAN empowers organizations to achieve their desired digital innovation outcomes in the cloud while reducing complexity. Specifically, this integration enables IT and security professionals to easily configure networking and security in Microsoft Azure and delivers the following benefits: Advanced security for virtual WAN traffic: FortiGate-VM allows security policies to extend to traffic within the Azure Virtual WAN hub to enable better, more secure application experiences for users and branch offices by supporting encrypted data transports, granular segmentation and application-layer protection against advanced threats, and seamless overlay network with uniform policies across multi-clouds. One-click deployment: Azure Virtual WAN integration provides one-click deployment and easy scalability for FortiGate-VM in Azure. With this integration, customers can select, configure and deploy FortiGate virtual machines directly from the Azure Marketplace or from within the Azure Virtual WAN interface, allowing security to be part of the workflow for setting up a Virtual WAN in Azure. Securely interconnect applications and workloads across clouds: Azure Virtual WAN provides a global network transit backbone for branch-to-branch connectivity readily interconnecting regions together. Customers looking to deploy hybrid and multi-cloud networks that include Azure can now easily and securely interconnect applications and workloads, further extending the benefits of the Fortinet Security Fabric and Fortinet Secure SD-WAN across their entire infrastructure to enable consistent policies and centralized visibility. This simplifies security management, enables global visibility into security events and policies, and improves quality of experience (QoE) for users and customers. Earlier this month, Fortinet and Microsoft also announced the availability of FortiGate-VM integration with Azure gateway load-balancer, which enables customers to deliver superior experiences for applications and workloads running in Azure. Secure Any Application on Any Cloud FortiGate-VM is one piece of the Fortinet Adaptive Cloud Security portfolio of products, services, and industry-leading threat intelligence built to empower customers to secure any application on any cloud. With flexible deployment options, broad integration, and centralized management and visibility, Security and DevOps teams are able to close cloud security gaps while alleviating security management burdens and supporting the rapid release of innovation. Leveraging the broad, integrated, and automated nature of the Fortinet Security Fabric, the industry’s highest-performing cybersecurity mesh platform, organizations gain consistent security posture, visibility, and enforcement through uniform security management across multi-cloud and hybrid environments. “Partnering with Microsoft Azure gives our joint customers the best of both worlds combining Azure’s secure infrastructure with Fortinet’s industry-leading next-generation firewall capabilities and best-in-class Secure SDWAN solution. The integration of FortiGate-VM extends the Fortinet Security Fabric into Azure Virtual WAN and enhances our ability to secure any application on any cloud and to secure the cloud onramp into, between, and within the cloud” said Rajesh Maurya, Regional Vice President, India & SAARC at Fortinet. “We’re pleased to provide customers with new options for securing network traffic into, between and within cloud deployments thanks to the integration of Fortinet’s FortiGate-VM with Microsoft Azure Virtual WAN” said Erin Chapple, Corporate Vice President, Azure Core Products and Design, Microsoft.

National

Ankura Continues Strategic Global Expansion with Opening of Offices in India

MassMediaLink India LLP SecurityLink IndiaFebruary 4, 2022November 14, 202407 mins

Ankura Consulting, LLC (Ankura or the Company), an independent global expert services and advisory firm, announced recently a key milestone in the Firm’s strategic international expansion with the launch of its operations in India. The offices are located in Mumbai and Gurgaon, marking Ankura’s permanent presence in one of the most important economies and markets in Asia. The new offices offer Ankura’s wide range of multidisciplinary client offerings, with an initial focus on data & technology capabilities with added emphasis on machine learning and artificial intelligence, as it aims to deliver automated and repeatable services to its clients in the areas of monitoring and early identification of non-compliance, risk and fraud, financial crime, and cyber threats. Additionally, Ankura has established a dedicated center of excellence for data and technology in country to deliver new cutting-edge solutions for both Indian and global clients with a focus on innovation, advanced analytics, and cybersecurity. “Ankura’s continued global expansion and growing client needs in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region created a unique opportunity for us to open our India offices. India is a global hub for many industries where multinational companies are managing a myriad of complex issues, including the COVID-19 pandemic, cost pressures, and regulatory changes,” said Kevin Lavin, Ankura’s Chief Executive Officer, “We are excited to bring our firm’s independence and collaborative culture to a domestic consulting market where clients increasingly face conflicts of interest from incumbent firms. We look forward to building our team in India and bringing our global expertise to bear in helping companies in the APAC region resolve and navigate some of their most pressing and complex issues.” “India is a strategic market in the roadmap for expanding Ankura’s global footprint and bolstering its business growth. We are investing in readiness to address potential distress in the economy and increased regulatory pressures, due to the post COVID-19 business environment, along with increased economic and geo-political turmoil,” said Amit Jaju, Senior Managing Director, “We believe that businesses today face greater exposure and risk of fraud, cyber threats, and financial crime. Our vision, at Ankura, is to help our clients by utilizing our expertise supported by advanced, customized, and relevant technology solutions and services.” Since its founding in 2014, Ankura has achieved significant annual growth and now employs more than 1,600 professionals in 35 offices worldwide. Central to the Firm’s continued growth strategy is retaining the best experts and advisors in their respective fields, fostering a collaborative culture focused on delivering high-quality, independent advice, expertise, and services to clients, and having a presence in the geographic markets around the world that are important to the Firm’s global client base. Asia has long been an important area of expansion for Ankura and India has proven to be the ideal home for the Firm’s continued growth. “Our clients in Asia are seeing an unprecedented time of social and economic change, with immense support required to help protect, create, and recover value for clients across the entire corporate lifecycle. The market in India, which serves domestic businesses and multinational institutions operating from India, is seeing unparalleled demand. Our experience in supporting clients with proactive data and technology, risk management, litigation advisory, investigation, and restructuring support is of high importance here,” said Simon Michaels, Ankura’s Chairman of EMEA & APAC, “The opening of our offices in Mumbai and Gurgaon allows us to enhance our ability to deliver local solutions whilst leveraging our global best practices to provide effective solutions for our clients’ complex challenges.” Bolstering its deep bench of worldwide professionals, Ankura launches its new offices with the appointment of a team of over 30 professionals in India providing services across Data & Technology, Valuations, and Compliance. The team will continue to build on Ankura’s previous experience advising clients from India. This expansion is part of an additional future growth investment in Asia Pacific in the Data and Technology business to further grow its team and expand Ankura’s capabilities across disputes advisory and litigation consulting. Also Read:- Women in Private Security Industry – A perspective

International

Encrypting Video Security Systems Made Easy ‘Dallmeier Device Manager’ for Device Management and Cybersecurity

MassMediaLink India LLP SecurityLink IndiaFebruary 4, 2022November 14, 202404 mins

Installers and system administrators are familiar with the challenge only too well: Providing encryption for the connections of a video security system is a complex, time-consuming task. Expert technical skills are required, particularly when large network and system landscapes are involved. The new Dallmeier Device Manager tool makes configuring security much more convenient. Encryption in six easy steps In addition to all device management tasks, the recently unveiled Dallmeier Device Manager (DDM) makes it possible to conveniently encrypt a Dallmeier video system with TLS (Transport Layer Security) certificates. Accordingly, system administrators can provide the Dallmeier devices with the necessary certificates from a single central user interface. It is even possible to encrypt access via mobile end devices. In this way, DDM users further increase the protection for their Dallmeier video systems and can meet their individual security requirements. On its homepage, the manufacturer offers a configuration document which explains how to implement TLS encryption in six easy steps. Dashboard: The critical data always in view The Dallmeier Device Manager further features a dashboard which displays the most important data regarding hardware and security status, licensing arrangements and the software version. To make this device data available, the software automatically scans the entire video network TCP/ UDP for Dallmeier single sensor cameras, multifocal sensor cameras and recording systems. A scan for ONVIF-compatible devices is also possible. The DDM can also be used to change many settings and the IP addresses of the connected Dallmeier devices, open configuration dialogs directly, and to create wide-ranging reports for optimisation and maintenance. To improve system security further still, when they run the software for the first time, system operators are instructed to assign strong passwords for access to the individual devices. Additionally, the system informs the user about current software updates and software maintenance licences that are due to expire. Devices with the same software version can be updated together in a single step via the DDM. Full system continuity to the VMS As soon as the connected devices have been stored in the DDM, they can easily be transferred to the Dallmeier Video Management Software ‘SeMSy® Compact’ together with the corresponding configuration files using the multiple selection and drag-and-drop functions. The cameras are ready for use immediately after this operation, there is no need to log onto the VMS again.

International

NEC Develops High-Speed and HighPrecision Object Detection Acceleration Technology for Edge Equipment

MassMediaLink India LLP SecurityLink IndiaFebruary 4, 2022November 14, 202406 mins

NEC Corporation recently announced the development of a ‘gradual deep learning-based object detection technology’ that enables efficient and high throughput object detection for video analytics while maintaining detection accuracy. This technology enables up to eight times the processing speed of object detection for large volumes of images, even on edge devices with limited processing capacity. NEC aims to commercialize this technology in fiscal 2022, following further research and development. Video analytics are expected to be utilized for a wide range of applications, such as analyzing camera images of vehicles at intersections, optimizing traffic control, and analyzing camera images of stores and warehouses to detect intrusion or to optimize facility management. To perform these video analytics in real time, it is ideal to process them on an edge device near a sensor, such as a camera. However, because cooling is difficult to manage and electricity consumption is restricted in edge devices, high-performance processors such as GPUs used in high-performance servers are not available, and processing capacity is constrained. In video analytics, object detection software that utilizes deep learning (hereinafter ‘object detection AI model’) performs object detection processing in order to find the object to be analyzed from images captured by a camera Since highly accurate object detection AI models have a large amount of operations though, it is difficult for edge devices to process a large amount of images due to constraints on processing capacity. If the amount of operations for a high-speed object detection AI model is reduced, for example, the accuracy declines and the recognition accuracy requirements for image analysis cannot be met. Application of NEC’s newly developed gradual deep learning-based object detection technology enables efficient, high-speed, and high-precision detection of subjects from a large amount of images, even in an edge device with limited processing capacity, and enables simultaneous processing of images from multiple cameras in real time. Technology features High-speed, high-precision detection at the same time This technology combines an object detection AI model that is high-speed, but is only roughly accurate, with another object detection AI model that is highly accurate, but computationally complex. This combination enables efficient processing of multiple images and results in highspeed, high-precision detection. First, a high-speed object detection AI model detects multiple objects quickly, but with rough accuracy, then the detected results are processed together with a high-precision object detection AI model to gradually refine the detected objects. As a result, in an example of detecting a car license plate from a camera image, processing speed was approximately eight times faster than when using an object detection AI model with high accuracy alone, while maintaining detection accuracy*. Compatible with various detection targets, detection methods, and AI chips This technology is compatible with a diverse range of object detection processes according to detection targets, such as people, vehicles and car license plates, without being limited to specific detection targets and specific processing methods. In addition, the technology’s application is not limited to a specific AI chip. By taking advantage of the fact that AI chips have a large number of computing resources in common, the technology makes effective use of the internal computing power of chips. Going forward, NEC aims to enhance the safety, security, and convenience of society by expanding the use of video analytics technologies to a wide variety of applications.