Fortinet offers integrated NOC-SOC Solution built on its security fabric architecture

Fortinet has announced its first purpose-built NOC-SOC solution that bridges workflows, analysis and automated response across operational and security processes. Building on the Fortinet Security Fabric architecture, Fortinet has combined the latest capabilities of FortiManager 6.0, FortiAnalyzer 6.0 and FortiSIEM 5.0 to offer a unique NOC-SOC management and analytics solution.

Fortinet’s new NOC-SOC solution combines the latest capabilities of FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer and FortiSIEM, coalescing the operational context of the NOC, such as appliance status, network performance and application availability, with the security insights of the SOC, including breach identification, stopping data exfiltration, and uncovering compromised hosts.

This level of management and automation crosses traditional siloed functions, allowing each team to operate with the benefit of the other’s perspective. In this new model, once a threat is identified, the SOC teams have a real-time view of all assets, their current state and who owns them, allowing them to immediately understand the scope of the threat and automatically orchestrate action to remediate damage.

“Both security and IT teams are challenged by resource constraints. Yet, workloads and the rate of cyber threats continue to rise in scope and complexity. As the industry faces a cyber talent shortage and the pressure to maintain operational efficiency and security efficacy is critical for digital business, a new approach is needed that brings visibility and control into the NOC with workflow and response automation in the SOC. Fortinet is introducing a customized NOC-SOC solution that bridges the gap across IT disciplines to achieve broad and automated security response,” says Rajesh Maurya, Regional Vice-President, India & SAARC, Fortinet.

This intersection and overlap in operations and security is paramount for the defensive posture and risk management of today’s dynamic business environments. The new features and capabilities in the Fortinet Security Fabric that provide integrated NOC and SOC functionality include Centralized NOC-SOC Management, Comprehensive Security and Operations Visibility, Measurable Security Posture Assessments and Cross-silo Automation with ServiceNow.