Oracle Magazine, May/June 2018

SPONSORED CONTENT hybrid cloud environments theyre actually creating multidimensional cloud ecosystems That creates new challenges when it comes to securing all these environments and the data traveling through them One of the top requirements for securing a hybrid cloud is delivering single pane ofglass management across all the disparate cloud environments Organizations need to maintain deep visibility centralized policy orchestration integrated event correlation and consistent controls and response That requires a high level of integration You need tools that are either natively designed to operate together across different environments or based on open standards and APIs so you can build a central security operations solution Securing the connections themselves is also key Hybrid solutions must support robust VPN functions for secure temporary access to resources when its needed while protecting the rest of the network In addition migrating data accessing large data sets or using third party cloud based analytics services requires secure connections to external networks When it comes to multicloud environments security teams need to be sure that their solution is scalable and elastic so it can keep pace with environments that are changing and growing fast And they need to be able to easily and dynamically separate and segment systems workloads and applications based on unique risk profiles Q How does Fortinet help organizations maintain consistent security visibility and control across multicloud networks spanning private and public clouds to Software as a Service SaaS applications A The deluge of isolated specialized security tools being deployed has created a blind spot in the overall security strategy of many organizations A critical lapse in visibility control or coordination in any part of the distributed network especially in the cloud can spell disaster for a digital business To protect todays distributed business organizations need to adopt an integrated security strategy that can collect share and correlate threat information distribute mitigation instructions across all attack vectors extend visibility and control across the networked ecosystem and enable a synchronized attack response One effective way to do this is to design a security fabric or architectural approach that enables you to tie your deployed security tools into a single holistic solution The Fortinet Security Fabric employs this approach to provide broad powerful automated security across physical virtual and cloud environments Q Are cloud providers and managed security service providers MSSPs facing the same concerns when it comes to security as enterprise organizations How does Fortinet address these concerns A An especially important part of the business model for cloud providers and MSSPs is the need to accurately bill customers for the consumption of cloud resources This can be tricky for security services because Fortinet and Oracle continue to expand their relationship to deliver virtualized security solutions across Oracle public and hybrid cloud environments John Maddison Sr VP of Products and Solutions Fortinet Inc