FortiGuard Labs: Advisory Services for Cyber Resilience

In today's rapidly evolving cyber landscape, achieving resilience and embedding security by design into your evolving IT environments is no longer optional-they are essential. Established in 2002, Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs has been at the forefront of threat intelligence and cybersecurity innovation. With a highly skilled team of cybersecurity professionals, researchers, and service experts, FortiGuard Labs delivers solutions designed to address the most pressing security challenges organizations face today.

At the core of the FortiGuard Labs approach are three foundational pillars:

• FortiPrepare: Services designed and led by FortiGuard Labs experts to assess, enhance, and bolster an organization's cybersecurity readiness.
• FortiResponse: Emergency response services deliver swift support from FortiGuard Labs experts to mitigate the impact of cyber incidents.
• FortiRecon: Advanced digital risk protection (DRP) service that provides visibility into an organization's attack surface, risk exposure, brand threats, and dark web activity.

Together, these technology and professional services equip organizations to defend and fortify security before threats materialize proactively, respond effectively to incidents to minimize impact, and provide forensic analysis to safeguard against intrusion in the future, ensuring robust protection in an increasingly volatile digital age.

FortiPrepare: Proactive Readiness and Resilience

FortiPrepare strengthens organizational resilience by equipping teams and systems to handle cyberthreats effectively. FortiGuard Labs advisory services suite includes strategic assessments, real-world simulations, and readiness training to identify gaps and refine response capabilities. FortiPrepare tailored response plans, comprehensive vulnerability testing, and SOC maturity assessments to ensure that organizations are prepared to detect and respond to incidents and can recover with minimal disruption. These services effectively combat targeted threats such as ransomware, helping organizations maintain a robust security posture and critical resilience in today's ever-evolving threat landscape.

FortiResponse: Swift and Expert Incident Response

FortiResponse delivers immediate support from FortiGuard Labs experts to mitigate the impact of active cyberthreats. Subscribers benefit from a one-hour response time backed by a global team of specialists utilizing advanced forensic tools. FortiResponse services include malware analysis, compromised account identification, attack timeline documentation, and data breach assessment, ensuring efficient detection, containment, and remediation of security incidents.

FortiRecon: Advanced Digital Risk Protection

FortiRecon offers advanced DRP services, enabling organizations to address external threats proactively. This SaaS-based solution includes Attack Surface Management, Brand Protection, and Adversary-Centric Intelligence (ACI). Leveraging FortiGuard Labs extensive threat intelligence capabilities, FortiRecon continuously monitors for risks such as brand impersonation, phishing campaigns, and data leaks on the dark web. By delivering real-time insights and actionable recommendations, FortiRecon enables organizations to address vulnerabilities before they are exploited.

Specialized Services Supporting Cyber Resilience

Preparing for potential threats and attacks is the most crucial aspect of any security strategy. The challenge is that improving or defending against issues you don't yet see is hard. That's where advisory services come in. The FortiGuard Labs team of certified security professionals offers a portfolio of specialized services tailored to enhance your readiness, improve your incident response capabilities, and address your specific organizational needs. Some of these include:

Incident Readiness Services

• Tabletop Exercises (TTXs): Simulate real-world cyber incidents to test response playbooks and communication strategies, identify process gaps, and enhance team readiness.
• Incident Response Training: Provide modular training to equip teams with critical containment, evidence collection, and digital forensics skills.
• Incident Response Readiness: Prepares organizations for rapid threat detection and response, reducing impact through proactive planning and expert support.
• Incident Response Playbook Development: Create custom playbooks detailing response steps, roles, and actions to minimize business disruption during incidents.
• Incident Response Plan Development: Design or update incident response plans based on NIST guidelines to ensure swift and coordinated responses.

Risk Assessment Services

• Compromise Assessment: Identifies hidden threats, vulnerabilities, and attacker activity, providing actionable insights to strengthen cybersecurity defenses and prevent breaches.
• Vulnerability Assessment: Scan networks, systems, and applications for exploitable vulnerabilities, prioritizing remediation actions based on risk levels.
• Active Directory Security Assessment: Analyze Active Directory configurations to identify gaps in authentication, auditing, and monitoring practices.

Testing and Simulation Services

• Penetration Testing: Emulate real-world attacks to uncover and prioritize network, application, and device vulnerabilities.
• Ransomware Readiness Assessment: Evaluate organizational defenses and recommend measures to improve resilience against ransomware threats.
• Red Team Assessment: Simulate advanced persistent threats to test organizational resilience, exposing vulnerabilities and providing actionable recommendations.

SOC Services

• SOC Assessment: Assess SOC maturity across people, processes, and technology to optimize operations and enhance threat preparedness.
• SOC Development Service: Supports the setup or enhancement of SOC capabilities for improved threat detection and response.

Empowering Resilience in an Evolving Cyber Landscape

FortiGuard Labs comprehensive suite of services spanning threat intelligence, proactive readiness, and rapid response empowers organizations to stay ahead of today's rapidly evolving cyberthreat landscape. Whether through FortiPrepare readiness programs, FortiResponse emergency support, or FortiRecon risk protection, FortiGuard Labs provides organizations with the tools and expertise they need to secure their operations and maintain resilience in today's era of unprecedented digital transformation.

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