Fortinet launches new security awareness and training service

Fortinet, a global provider of integrated and automated cybersecurity solutions, has announced the availability of its Security Awareness and Training service for companies to further protect their security posture by advancing their employees’ cybersecurity skillsets and knowledge.

According to Fortinet, it has designed its new service to address security, IT and compliance leaders’ growing concerns around threats and their workforce maintaining proper cyber hygiene. The cybersecurity vendor said Fortinet Security Awareness and Training service reduces the likelihood of a breach caused by an employee falling for a phishing email, clicking on a malicious link or becoming the victim of a social engineering attempt.

 A Fortinet survey found that 73% of organisations had at least one intrusion or breach that can be partially attributed to a gap in cybersecurity skills. The new service benefits any company seeking to reduce threats through employee cybersecurity awareness and training by providing:

• Curriculum: The service is designed by the Fortinet Training Institute which provides cybersecurity certification and training through its various programmes. The Fortinet Training Institute has received multiple industry awards for the calibre of its content and programmes. Building on the award-winning curriculum, the new service will help organisations educate users globally on the importance of vigilance against increasingly sophisticated cyberthreats and how to recognise and avoid falling victim to cyberattacks
• Alignment to NIST 800-50 and NIST 800-16 guidelines: The service is aligned to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) guidelines – NIST 800-50 and NIST 800-16 – providing training and awareness that is engaging and relevant on topics such as information security, data privacy, physical security, password protection and Internet security
• Intelligence-driven training: Leveraging FortiGuard Labs threat intelligence, the Security Awareness and Training service provides training informed by developments observed across the threat landscape. Coursework incorporates insights to further train employees on today’s threats, preventing them from falling victim to the latest potential cyberattacks

John Maddison, EVP of Products and CMO, Fortinet said: “Fortinet is committed to keeping organisations secure through our industry-leading technology and award-winning training and certifications curriculum. Designed by the Fortinet Training Institute, today we’re introducing the new Security Awareness and Training service, offering any organisation the ability to further protect their critical digital assets from cyber threats by building employee cybersecurity awareness. This service uniquely is informed by Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs threat intelligence so that employees are learning and keeping up with the latest evolving cyberattack methods.”