Cybersecurity mesh architecture integrates security controls into and across widely distributed networks

Rajesh Maurya
Regional Vice President, India & SAARC, Fortinet

Protection against cybercrime

Organizations need to take advantage of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to speed threat prevention, detection, and response. Advanced endpoint technologies like endpoint detection and response (EDR) can help to identify malicious threats based on behavior. Also, zero-trust network access (ZTNA) is critical for secure application access to extend protections to mobile workers and learners, while Secure SD-WAN is important to protect evolving WAN edges. Segmentation is another foundational strategy that can be used to restrict lateral movement inside a network and confine breaches to a smaller portion of the network. Actionable and integrated threat intelligence can improve an organization’s real-time defenses as the speed of attacks continues to increase. Rather than trying to add on more products in each of these areas, a better approach is to use a cybersecurity mesh architecture that integrates security controls into, and across, widely distributed networks and assets. 

Solutions to prevent Distributed DoS attacks (DDoS)

A growing number of service providers and data centers now face continuous DDoS attacks rather than the occasional attacks of the past. At the same time, the growing volume of applications and services are also forcing data centers to migrate to higher speeds. As a result, DDoS attack mitigation equipment deployed in the data center is expected to perform at levels approaching 100G speeds to avoid becoming a bottleneck. And at the same time, higher link speeds are needed for increased DDoS mitigation capacity.

Given the realities of this new threat landscape, modern data centers have to build DDoS attack mitigation into their basic infrastructure if they want to guarantee continuous availability to users. FortiDDoS products are designed to provide essential, broad, and advanced threat mitigation techniques for today’s environment. The FortiDDoS models are built using a new architecture that delivers the industry’s highest DDoS attack mitigation performance to ensure data centers can scale their defenses while meeting the evolving needs of their business. 
 

Approach to the current situation

The perimeter has become more fragmented and cybersecurity teams often operate in silos. At the same time, many organizations are transitioning to a multi-cloud or hybrid model. All of these factors create a perfect storm for cybercriminals to take a holistic, sophisticated approach.  Cybersecurity mesh architecture integrates security controls into, and across, widely distributed networks and assets. Together with a Security Fabric approach, organizations can benefit from an integrated security platform that secures all assets on-premises, in the data center, and in the cloud or at the edge. Actionable and integrated threat intelligence can improve an organization’s ability to defend in real time as the speed of attacks continues to increase.